European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 07, 1967, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday september 7, 1967 the stars and stripes Page 3 nyc teachers Union threatens to strike new York up a Union representing new York City s 55,000 Public school teacher tuesday night rejected a $125 million wage and Benefi increase proposal and threatened a strike next monday that could close classrooms to More than one million  Shanker president of the United federation of teachers called the City s latest offer unacceptable an asserted school will be closed  earlier Story p.5. School Board officials announced they would try to Ope schools despite the aft s threat of a mass resignation but Shanker said the doors May be open but there won t be an teachers  the 49,000-member Union which is the bargaining agent for 55,000 teachers and 5,000other school personnel said it has received pledges from More than 31,000 teachers that they will resign unless a contract agreement is reached this week. The Union has scheduled amass meeting Friday when members will vote on the City most recent contract proposal. If it is rejected the strike will begin monday when pupils Are due to return to school. Fort Lauderdale closes Public schools fort Lauderdale Fla a the Broward county school Board faced with 2,384resignations from Public school teachers closed the county schools tuesday until sept. 25. Teachers will not be paid while the schools Are closed Board chairman w. Samuel Tucker said. A Board spokesman said the schools would remain closed tallow the classroom teachers association to make an in dept study of the county s education Al needs. The decision came Only minutes after gov. Claude Kirk announced his Long awaited plan which he said would make Flo Rida first in education by 1975. In Vietnam Only 4 Days officials in Saigon irked by Romney Saigon a ruffled by presidential hopeful George rom Ney s charge that he was brain washed in Vietnam . Officials Here said wednesday that nine other governors were with the Michigan Republican on his 1965 visit and none of them has made any such complaints publicly. Members of the american Mili tary and diplomatic establish ments said Romney was Only in South Vietnam four Days that he spent three of them on Field trips outside Saigon and that wit the other governors he was Given Only the Standard treatment for important visitors. Romney a candidate for the 1968 Republican nomination was asked Why he had changed his earlier View that . Involve soviet boost the soviet Union is showing off its accomplishments at a Golden anniversary exhibit of science and engineering in Budapest with the giant rocket for the Vostok space ship providing one of the main attractions in the hungarian capital. Up photo no fight just change i you Don t have to lineup for it and you certainly Don t have to fight for it you can simply have stripes delivered to your Home circulation office phone numbers Germany Bufi Lin Civ 7i a Iii , Civ Iril. Mil 7th Frankfurt Civ dial ill i ill. Mil Al no sch 7fii  is Laititi in Civ h7, Mil Vok Ukweli 7 150 Manneh in. Civ s7iiol1. Mil ill in ii Oik Afutu a la Iii Riillo Mil 7lfiii slut Lii i to. T in 77i i l7, Mil Cut Stuttgart Civ ill Mil 7o we Simu a Civ i Jinnu. Mil 2sr.ir Greece Athens Civ Fly Jas Italy leghorn Mil jump Darby Hiya Spain Madrid Civ 22-js2