VEA President Urges Political Action Across Virginia Levels
Richmond AP Don Rapier president of the Virginia Education Association urges teachers to intensify political action at local and state levels to influence the General Assembly. He criticizes Powhatan County High School facilities and calls for broader precinct level organizing to back quality education starting July 1. Eugene Karol of NEA emphasizes teachers’ political power and urges delegates to return home prepared to mobilize.
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VEA
Richmond
Virginia Education Association
General Assembly
Don Rapier
Rapier
Fairfax County
Powhatan County High School
Arkansas
State Board of Education
Preston C. Caruthers
Arlington
Virginia
Eugene Karol
National Education Association
Baltimore County
Karol
Little Theatre Tryouts and Meeting Set for May
The Winchester Little Theatre holds tryouts for its final 1970-71 season production at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday at Bark Mill Theatre with an 8 p.m. membership meeting. about 15 women and 9 men are needed for three one act melodramas over May 11 to 15. Each play runs about 30 minutes and emphasis will be on costumes and atmosphere.
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Winchester Little Theatre
Bark Mill Theatre
Wolfe and Braddock Sts
Board of
The
Little Theatre
Local waitress training course opens Tuesday
The Winchester Frederick County Distributive Education Adult Service offers a waitress training course starting Tuesday and ending April 22. It comprises six two hour classes for 12 hours credit toward the Distributive Education Adult Education Diploma. Contact John Pence or James Biddle at James Wood High School 667-7315 or Ronald McGuigan at Handley High School 662-3471 for information.
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Winchester-Frederick County
John Pence
James Biddle
James Wood High School
Ronald McGuigan
Handley High School
Shrimp scarce for centuries reserved for royalty
The article notes that while almost one million pounds of shrimp are eaten daily now, for centuries they were so rare that access was limited to royalty.
Seaman recounts sinking of tanker off Atlantic coast
Vernice Newsome, a survivor from the Texaco Oklahoma Newsome, describes a treacherous 120 mile northeast of Cape Hatteras sinking after the hull split. He and 25 others endured 26 hours in the stern, clung to makeshift rafts, and witnessed crew lost to the sea and a fuel oil blast.
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Norfolk
Vernice
Bud
Newsome
New York
Virginia
Carolina
Texaco
Oklahoma Newsome
National Maritime Union
Cape Hatteras
N. C
Wee
Whitley Wins Merit in V: Artists 1971 Sculpture Exhibit
William J P Whitley Jr of Winchester is among 20 recipients of a Certificate of Merit at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts biennial exhibition V: Artists 1971 in Richmond. His sculpture will tour with the Museum Art Mobile for two years. The show drew over 1 460 entries from 187 Virginia artists.
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William J.P. Whitley, Jr
Winchester
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Richmond
Thomas Hess
Whitley
William J. Whitley
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Belefontaine
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Rogers C. B. Morton
Spiro Agnew
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Sandi
James Wood School
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