Teachers Walking Out Across Michigan and Pennsylvania Strikes
Michigan teachers in Detroit seek pay cuts from 15000 to 30000 salaries while the 8 percent rollback targets the 1980-81 levels. Strikes spread to Kalamazoo Troy Traverse City Southfield Waterford Ferndale and Suttons Bay. In Bucks County Pennsylvania 630 teachers walked out after a tense bargaining session. 154 in Greater Nanticoke. Illinois saw 550 teachers striking in District 15 with 10500 students affected.
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Ee Ae Elias
Detroit
Michigan
Kalamazoo
Troy
Traverse City
Southfield
Waterford
Ferndale
Suttons Bay
Pennsylvania
Bucks County
Philadelphia
David Horn
Charles McHenry
Nanticoke
Graffiti debate marks Syracuse walls as art or eyesore
In Syracuse graffiti on the Colvin Street bridge and Thornden Park water tank prompts mixed views from officials and professors. Some see urban vandalism, others call it a crude folk art born of culture. Experts doubt Colvin and Thornden rank as major urban exhibitions while noting ongoing removal efforts and public humor seen on a Thornden Park water tank.
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City Water Department
Lee Fordock
Steward
State Transportation Department
Charlie Ames
Charley
Colvin Street
Thornden Park
Syracuse
Tinkelman
Larry Bakke
Syracuse University
Bakke
New York
Tinkerman
Ames
Barnaby Jones
Paul
Frank
Lynda
Miami crime panel honors two for stopping eight killings
MIAMI AP Two men who chased and killed former teacher Carl R Brown after he fatally shot eight at Bob Moore's Welding and Machine Service were awarded certificates of merit and $100 each by the Florida Crime Prevention Commission. Mark Kram and Ernest Hammett described as brave received recognition. Kram recalls sleepless nights yet defends his action as justified to stop a man who would have killed more. Investigators ruled Kram used justifiable force in shooting Brown.
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Miami
Florida Crime Prevention Commission
Mark Kram
Ernest Hammett
Carl R. Brown
Bob Moore
Welding and Machine Service
Kram
Brown
Donna Shepard
Commission
Ruling on Title IX Won't Be Appealed by Government
The Reagan administration decided to obey a federal judge's ruling limiting federal power to combat sex bias in colleges and schools. Education and Justice departments said they would not appeal Warriner's July 8 decision, which holds Title IX applies only to programs that receive direct federal funds and rejects broad enforcement across all campus activities.
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Lyle Denniston
Baltimore Sun
Washington
White House
Department of Education
U.S
D. Dortch Warriner
Richmond
Departments of Education and Justice
Warriner
4Th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Education Department
Terrel H. Bell
Congress
Dems force Wallace runoff in Alabama primary
Wallace failed to win a majority, prompting a Sept. 28 runoff. He led McMillan in Macon and Lowndes counties with strong black support. The runoff winner faces Montgomery Mayor Emory Folmar in November as Alabama’s governor race advances. Florida and Arizona results highlighted incumbent and reform candidates with varied margins.
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Alabama
Wallace
McMillan
Macon
Lowndes
Montgomery
Emory Folmar
Bob James
Florida
Graham
Fred Kuhn
Homestead
Bob Kunst
SSO Concert Negotiations Face Budget Struggles and Demands
Last season 65 musicians worked 42 weeks earning the same salary as the prior year while the SSO faced a 450000 deficit in a 35 million budget. In June the board proposed a 34 week schedule with a 19 percent pay cut. the union rejected, seeking retroactive freezes and raises for 82 83 and 83 84, personnel changes, and a development overseer. Lawlis did not discuss related issues.
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SSO
Eleanor Shapiro
Lawlis
Burial for Oakland Symphony conductor Calvin Simmons
More than 2,000 mourners attended the funeral for Calvin Simmons, the Oakland Symphony conductor who died at 32 when a canoe capsized near Lake Placid, New York. The service at Grace Cathedral featured opera and spirituals and was led by Kurt Adler. Simmons, the first Black conductor of a major American symphony, led the Oakland Symphony for three years as the organization plans to hire a guest conductor while the search continues.
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San Francisco
Oakland Symphony
Calvin Simmons
Simmons
Connery Pond
Lake Placid
Grace Cathedral
Nob Hill
Kurt Herbert Adler
San Francisco Opera
America
San Jose Symphony
George Cleve
Oakland
Marylyn Horne
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
Grace
Oklahoma Education Association cites new law cutting teacher attacks
Schools tighten safety as Oklahoma passes a law imposing fines and imprisonment for assailants aged 12 and up. Philadelphia’s system faced high violence last year, but a 50 day teacher strike preceded sharper security measures. Teacher assaults fell from 373 to 316, with fall plans for stricter alarms, student ID cards, and 25 percent more security guards. Philadelphia also moves to expand administrator expulsions to curb disruption and boost education quality.
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Philadgelphia
Schooes
PhiadelIoma
Eva Pic
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