Word: macarthur
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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DIED. Edward M. (Ned) Almond, 86, whip-cracking Army infantry commander who as Douglas MacArthur's chief of staff in Korea in September 1950 led the bold landing behind enemy lines on the treacherous shores of Inchon that turned the tide of the war; in San Antonio...
...will be a long, long time before things are normal again in the Levittown schools. The strike's bitterness reverberates harshly. "The teachers' union was for the teachers," says Dawn Fishbein, a slim and intense MacArthur senior. "But the board of education was supposed to be for us. Instead, it was a board of taxation." Says Rae Anne Caponi, Sabato's sister: 'Tm so glad to be back. But I'm worried about college credit courses and advanced placement tests." In Rae Anne's first psychology class, the teacher asked if anyone wanted...
...MacArthur High the shiny corridors echo emptily after 2:30. Many teachers and students leave as soon as possible after the last bell. "I'm working hard not to take it out on the students," says one lanky high school teacher. He is wearing a defiant lapel button picturing two crossed boards. (One of the school board members allegedly threatened to hit the teachers' union with a two-by-four, then hit it again with a four-by-six when it was down.) Other teachers wear buttons reading I GAVE TO LEVITTOWN. So far, more than 20 teachers...
...says one principal. "What are we going to say now when a kid cuts classes?" Students saw some teachers break windows in school buses. Indeed, some parents have told their children that they do not have to obey certain teachers any more. 'They set a bad example," declares MacArthur Junior Suzanne Lewis. "They broke...
Unfortunately for sellers, Levittown houses have declined in value. "One Sunday the real estate fellow was bringing a couple out," says Rae Caponi. "When they found out what school district the house was in, they said 'No way.' " A mile down the road at MacArthur High School, the playing fields that in previous falls were ablaze with red and white jerseys are now deserted. Levittown likes its football, and people used to find the game a unifying force. Not this year. The schedule was canceled. For three or four seniors, the lost season means lost scholarships. "I would...