European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 25, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                June 1985 the stars and stripes Nea head Calls for teacher certification tests Washington a the president of the nation s largest teachers saying it is time to face is seeking support for a plan that would require All new teachers to pass a certification Mary Hatwood Futrell says she will press the delegates to the National education associations an Nual which opens this for a Clear endorsement of such a in the the Union opposed standardized tests for students and claiming the tests were biased and blocked equal the Nea has gradually backed off on that we have to face Futrell said in an inter you cant run away from or ignore the fact that the tests Are being used and will continue to be used As part of the pre certification the smaller american federation of teachers has been a Stalwart defender of standardized its presi Albert Drew headlines in january when he called for a National certification test for new teach ers Akin to a bar exam for Futrell and other Neas leaders subsequently signalled their willingness to endorse make break tests for new teachers As part of a series of mandatory including successful completion of student teaching and Futrell said no one should be allowed to teach without a b average on the traditional 4 Point scale in for several the Nea has maintained that it supported testing new teachers but opposed barring any one from the profession solely because he or she failed such a the Nea president said she will press for an unequivocal endorsement of testing As part of the certification Shanker favors a nationwide cutoff score on a teacher licensing which is still to be but Futrell said that even if the exam is states should retain the right to decide whether to use it and what the cutoff score would the Nea contends the nation will need to hire 1 million new teachers Over the next teacher col Leges and education departments have suffered drastic enrolment declines in the past 15 states such As new Jersey have taken Steps to make it easier for non education majors to win Many states have also begun raising teacher salaries faster than the average classroom teacher earned in the school year just up 7 percent Over according to the some educators fear tests will keep minorities out of the in when California began requiring prospective teachers to pass a Basic skills Only 26 percent of Blacks compared to 76 per cent of White herself a Black and a product of segregated Virginia said it angers her to hear people say minorities cannot pass such we can pass the test if we take the Correct if were if we have test taking skills and if we understand fully that that expectation is in she the As a professional organization should have a clearer a More positive stand with refer ence to using she thirty one states test candidates before certifying Arkansas went a step further earlier this year and began testing Veteran Over the vehement opposition of the Neas state Texas and Georgia Are also developing tests for experienced Gas prices up despite drop in Cost of Oil los Angeles a despite a de Cline in International crude Oil the average pump Price of gasoline Rose a Quarter cent in the last two Oil Industry analyst Dan Lundberg the boost continued a climb that began in the publisher of the Vilori enter Lundberg letter said this latest two week increase has occurred in spite of widely reported declines in the International and Domestic Price postings for crude he motorists Are paying almost for a gallon of Gas this nearly 10 cents More than they were paying in february when the average Price was a said who surveys service stations in 50 states every two in Lundbergh latest the average Price of a gallon of regular leaded gasoline at self serve pumps was nearly regu Lar unleaded was almost a gallon and Premium unleaded was almost a Gal about 75 percent of All gasoline sales Are at self serve he said the Price of crude Oil has fallen by an average of a barrel in the last several which normally might Lead to a reduction of 2 cents to 3 cents a gallon in retail if International prices fall no Lundberg said he expects prices to continue for several reasons refiners Are trying to recoup first Quarter late Winter inventories have been de what one barrel of crude Oil provides Road Oil 4 other products Chicago Tri Burfe graphic source world Book strapless sequins Mark Gay Pride Parade and refiners had to spend Money rebuilding stocks in the face of an unseasonal increase in gasoline refiners had to reduce the amount of Lead in gasoline to meet a july 1 deadline set by the environmental Protection West a thousands lined the streets sunday to watch sequined covered Gay and lesbian Rodeo performers and other marchers in the 15th annual Gay Pride Parade in this City where a third of the residents Are at the Start of the Parade featuring some 200 about spectators were said los Angeles county sheriffs Deputy Harry As Many As people were expected before the Celebration organizers As a Marilyn Monroe lookalike wearing a White strapless gown prepared to March in the a Man in a Black sequined Black net Black lace Blond wig and feathered Boa prepared to under warm floats carrying brightly costumed riders inched Down the flanked by marching Baton Gay and lesbian Rodeo lawyers and the Gay mens Valerie mayor of the recently incorporated West and Mem Bers of the City Council served As Parade grand participants waiting to join the Parade shouted slogans eight in glad that in not posters and stickers proclaiming Gay and proud of it dotted the Parade the Parade culminated a today Cele bration in West which has about the City also celebrated six months of during the last the Council passed Laws favouring the rights of renters and senior i think theres a lot of respect for elected officials come to see me and they write they ask to see our Ordi there looking at what were said on saturday More than people attended a festival at the Pacific de sign Center that was sponsored by Christo Pher Street a nonprofit organization which has coordinated the last 14 Gay Pride festivals in the los Angeles the today Celebration attracted Gays and said spokesman George its just a big he people Are becoming More aware of the fact that the Only difference Between us is our actual Choice of sex we Are every segment of the of on prison farm May not be inmates a nearly 500 marijuana plants found growing at the state prison farm Here May not have been grown by authorities this int a place that is Cut off from the rest of the world like behind prison correction department spokesman John Taylor said it could have been planted by someone a regular its a very big Charles Warden of the Nashville Community service said a Tennes see Highway patrol helicopter Pilot spotted the plants saturday they were grow ing in a drainage two sauce and what else Washington a millions of americans turn to fast food restaurants every and a coalition of con Sumer groups says those people have a right to know what there hoping to Force disclosure of that the con Sumer advocates announced monday that they Are petitioning the government to require ingredient lists on the wrappers of fast fish and other products Are covered with spices and May contain a number of according to the nonprofit consumer nutrition Organiza the Center for science in the Public Consumers concerned about worried about fat and Salt or seeking to follow other dietary restrictions need to know what is in the foods they and ingredient labels should be required to inform explained Michael executive director of the joining Jacobson in the Appeal for More information were the new York state consumer Protection Board and the american College of Consumers rely on ingredient disclosure to avoid sub stances to which they Are or that Are linked to die related Jacobson he went without informative Label the composition of fast foods remains a this leaves health conscious Consumers completely in the under the most foods that Are sold in packages with labels must contain a list of ingredients on that but there is no such requirement for restaurant the consumer advocates Are asking the food and drug administration and the department of agriculture to conclude that fast food businesses Are not really restau rants exempt from but rather decentralized food manufacturing facilities which must list their unlike traditional fast food ingredients could easily be disclosed on labels because most of these products Are sold in some form of wrapper or the petition in the Chain operators make an Effort to keep the composition of their foods the Day in and Day across the besides the Label the consumer groups also asked that the chains be required to display posters listing the ingredients of their products so that buyers could look for problem ingredients before certain food forms of Corn sugar and milk solids can Lead to allergic reactions in Jacobson while other ingredients such As nitrites and Sac charin have been linked to various before filing the the Center for science in the Public interest requested that several major fast food chains provide it lists of their product ingredients for pub Only based in provided a full list of food according to a report in the centers nutrition most other chains either failed to reply or declined to provide the contending that ingredients Are confidential Burger based in and head quartered on Oak did suggest that concerned about allergies Contact them for information on which products might contain certain specific