Virginia teachers vote to raise dues and fund reform
The 2000-member Virginia Education Association delegates approved a $1.4 million budget and a $5 annual dues increase to $25. They refused to compel NEA membership, backing item by item expenditure approvals and boosting the defense fund to 30000 and funding a full-time president and lobbying staff.
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Richmond
VEA
National Education Association
NEA
Robert G. Leonard Jr
Warren County
WEA
Tes
Virginia
General Assembly
Ferocious piranha described as world's most dangerous fish
The 12 inch piranha is noted for razor sharp teeth and strong jaws. Reports claim these fish can reduce a 100 pound animal to a skeleton in under a minute.
Army Warns of Rising Viet Nam Drug Death Toll
The Army in Saigon reports 89 American soldiers may have died from drug overdoses in the past 10 months with 25 confirmed by autopsy and 64 suspected. It cites improved reporting and a shift to hard drugs, plus new prevention efforts and medical support.
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Saigon
USS. Army
South Vietnam
Army
Thomas J. Dodd
Dconn
Washington
Vietnam
Japan denies Nixon Tokyo visit invitation
Tokyo spokeman says government unlikely to invite President Nixon in near term. Foreign Ministry notes no talks planned despite Sato meeting Nixon in the U.S. last week. Cites 1960 incident when leftists mobbed Hagerty at Tokyo airport and Eisenhower visit was canceled.
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Tokyo
Nixon
Foreign Ministry
Naruichi Fujiyama
Eisaku Sato
United States
Japan
Fujiyama
U.S
White House
James Hagerty
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Kentucky among four states officially designated a commonwealth
Commonwealth Kentucky is one of four states officially designated as a commonwealth, joining Virginia Massachusetts and Pennsylvania in that title.
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Commonwealth
Frankfort
Kentucky
Virginia
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Med Students Needed Los ELES
The Carnegie Commission says entering medical students must rise 50 percent to 16,400 by 1978 to avert a health care personnel crisis. Kerr warns of continued health care cost inflation if recommendations are ignored. The plan includes 126 area health education centers, nine new medical schools, and shorter training periods.
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Los Eles
U.S. Medical
Carnegie Commission On Higher Education
Clark Kerr
University of California
Commission
American Medical College
United States
Kerr
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