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State Rep. Lyla Berg, a former public school principal in Hawaii, said union, state education officials and the governor do not appear motivated to find another solution to the furloughs. At a recent briefing on the subject with the state lawmakers, it seemed that education and union officials were not interested in "assessing and correcting inefficiencies, waste, duplication and misuse of existing monies," said Berg, a Democrat and vice-chair of the Education Committee. "As a former teacher and middle school principal, I personally find the furlough alternative completely unacceptable," Berg said. "I hold all three parties responsible...
...many New Yorkers volunteered to help sick or elderly neighbors, and even waited in line to place calls for them at one of the temporary pay phones. Doctors in the area transferred to working answering-service numbers, and regularly sent nurses to pay phones to get messages. Editor Lyla Aubry compared the phone-out to "the electric power blackout of 1965: it made us feel closer together...
...Babuns are front men for the CIA and that last October the ship took part in a machine-gunning raid on the Cuban seaside town of Boca de Samá, in which several people were killed and wounded. Earlier this month the Cubans seized another Babun freighter, the Lyla Express, near Great Inagua. That ship and its crew are still in Cuba...
Last week, on a mountain slope near Vancouver, in buff-naked conclave assembled, 95 nudists held a contest to choose their Royal Family. As Queen they selected Housewife Lyla Olson, 23; as King, Dan ("Tiny") McDonald, a jolly, 210-lb. carpenter. Along with a prince and princess, the regal pair then had their picture taken, discreetly screened by silver trophies and bouquets. Explained one member: "We've nothing to hide...
...Married. Lyla M. Townsend, daughter of Delaware's Senator John G. Townsend Jr.; and Prew Savoy, Washington attorney; by Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia of New York City; in the Mayor's office...