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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1963
Page
3
A mine near here pulled three miners to the surface after a seven day entrapment following a dam flood that trapped eighty six other workers. Dr Horst Hartmann and Paul Syska led the rescue with a decompression chamber and a surface hospital reunion to follow.
Virginia Education Association delegates in Richmond tabled a motion opposing the poll tax as a voting prerequisite by a 671 to 391 vote. The assembly also defeated a motion urging local associations to publish their positions. Public schools closed in many areas for the day to allow 12 000 teachers to attend.
Recommendations call for state financial assistance to expand programs and for including kindergartens in public schools funded by state and local money. Proposals urge salary differentials for teachers with master’s degrees, a solid base salary schedule before merit pay, and driver education training for physical education instructors with in-service courses.
Crowds visit the new Winchester Savings and Loan Assn office at Washington for a grand opening over two days. Visitors win prizes from the Magic Vault while 300 orchids are given to visiting ladies. The event features gifts, a transistor radio door prize, and a copper fronted roof on a modern building.
At the Richmond convention, the Virginia Teachers Association approved a range of resolutions. Theyback privately funded Prince Edward County School effort while calling for desegregated public schools. They urged a federal civil rights bill and asked commissions to rethink Civil War glory narratives for healing and education. They also supported a state sales tax for schools, abolishing the poll tax, expanding teaching programs to close the achievement gap, and hiring qualified Black staff in the state education department.
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