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SECTION B-PAGE SIX ALEXANDRIA DAILY TOWN TALK, ALEXANDRIA-PINE VILLE, MONDAY. JUNE 26, 1972 People in the News Pearl S. Buck 80 New NEA President Speaks Political Power Said Need in Education the membership. It is more than 4H cc tkff possible that we will." Q. What will be your top priority this coming year? A.

"I have two priorities and they are side by side. I want to make teachers recognize political force and to achieve legislation which by 1976 will see the federal government contributing at least one-third the cost of education. The highest it's ever been was 8.8 per cent and this past year was only 7.1 per cent. proposition, whether in vetoing a proposal, whether in failure to support funds for education and whether to support busing. He would take society back to an era we got rid of years ago.

There is nothing in the Nixon administration to indicate his support of education or that he's prepared to take action to give every youngster an equitable opportunity." Q. Have teachers become more politically active? Do you think they can be united at the polls on the local and national levels? A. "Teachere in 42 states have organized teacher political action committees. In New York State, teachers are organized in all key legislative districts and are now endorsing candidates after intensive study. They also are organizing in congressional districts and will issue report cards on candidates' educational voting records so that teachers are able to make a complete judgment.

Whether the NEA will endorse a presidential candidate will depend on African ruler during the visit Sunday. Selassie's next stop is Yugoslavia. BURNS IN PERU LIMA, Peru (AP) Chairman Arthur F. Burns of the U.S. Federal Reserve Board confers today with two high Peruvian officials before moving on to Buenos Aires on a trip which takes him to four Latin American countries.

Burns is scheduled to meet with Emilio G. Barreta, president of Peru's central reserve bank, and Francisco Morales, Peru's minister of economy and finance. Also on Burns' itinerary are visits to Argentina, Brazil and Venezuela. PEKING BANQUET TOKYO (AP) Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike of Ceylon says the recent agreements reached by President Nixon and Chinese leaders were a "historic watershed event that brought to an end the freeze in relations" between China and the United States. zation Friday at the conclusion of the NEA's 110th annual meeting.

In an interview, Mrs. Barrett said her two top priorities will be to "make teachers recognize political force" and to "achieve legislation which by 1976 will see the federal government contributing one-third the cost of education." With teachers already organized politically in 42 states, Mrs. Barrett said she is hopeful that they will have an impact on presidential balloting and congressional elections in November. For the past year, as president-elect of the Mrs. Barrett has spent much of her time touring the United States advising teacher groups on how to organize politically.

Here are her answers to specific questions: Can teacher groups or yourself support President Nixon in the November election? A. "Mr. Nixon is very negative as far as education is concerned whether it be a budget PHILADELPHIA (AP) Author Pearl S. Buck, whose "The Good Earth" won both a Pulitzer Prize and a Nobel Prize in literature, celebrates her 80th birthday today. The only American woman ever to win the Nobel in literature, Miss Buck has turned out a total of 84 books during her writing career.

Born in Hillsboro, W. Buck spent most of her first 17 years in China with her missionary parents. She also served as a Presbyterian missionary herself in China, from 1914 until 1935. "The Good Earth," the story of a Chinese peasant's rise to power, was an offshoot of her Chinese experience. It won the Pulitzer in 1931 and the Nobel seven wars later.

POPE ON YOUTHS VATICAN CITY (AP) Pope Paul says a question recently posed to him by a youth makes him believe youths are close to him. Speaking to a crowd in St. Peter's Square before his usual Sunday noon blessing, the pon By William J. Waugh AP Education Writer ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) The new president of the National Education Association says the only way to meet the educational needs of all children is with "raw political power." Mrs.

Catharine Barrett, a Syracuse, N.Y., inner city ele-, mentary teacher for more than 40 years, takes over leadership of the 1.2 million-teacher organi- La. VFW Names New Commander BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -Lester Joseph Boudrcaux of Westwego is the new department commander of the Louisiana Veterans of Foreign Wars. Boudreaux wae installed Sunday at the group's 42nd annual convention here. He is a supply menagement officer at the U.S.

Naval Station in New Orleans. other new officers include John Harris of Baton Rouge, senior vice commander and Jim Collins of New Orleans, junior vice commander. Wedding Photography TO TREASURE Wrw F0REVER m.irt..i -run jnffl aiVWi Author Pearl S. Buck begins ber 80th year today with optimism. She Is busy with her writing and her work as head of several organizations concerned with the welfare of children of mixed Asian-American parentage.

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De Gaulle's son, Rear Adm. Philippe de Gaulle, greeted the About People Fischer Fails To Show Up LOS ANGELES (UPI)-When Bobby Fischer didn't show up in Reykjavich, Iceland as expected Sunday there was concern he had changed his mind about meeting Russian Boris Spassky in the world chess championship there July 2. But Fischer, in seclusion here, has every intention of playing Spassky, a chess source said today. Like his game, however, the exact time the American champion will make his move is uncertain. Fischer and world chess officials have been at odds over the conditions under which the $125,000 world championship match will be played.

SURGERY PLANNED HOUSTON (UPI)-Heart specialist Dr. Michael DeBakey says today's operation on Kentucky Gov. Wendell Ford for removal of a tumor from an abdominal artery should be standard and not take much more then an hour. The Kentucky governor flew to Houston Sunday to be examined by DeBakey. A Methodist Hospital spokesman said the 47-year-old Ford was expected to be in intensive care for about three days and should be dismissed from the hospital by late next week.

Ford's tumor an aneurism of the abdominal aorta was discovered June 15 when the governor was examined for a back injury he sustained during the Governor's Cup Hydroplane Regatta in Owensboro, four days before. HAPPY MOMENTS VATICAN CITY (UPI)-Pope Paul VI says some of his happiest moments are spent with young children. "It is an immense pleasure for us when we are surrounded by these innocent, happy, jubilant, noisy children," the Pope said Sunday in a message to pilgrims and tourists in St. Peter's Square. "We want to take time to occupy ourself a little with such beauty and such joy." LMYIUS: U.S.

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