Navajo Indian Education Is Still A National Disgrace
The Navajos face deep education challenges with English as a barrier among 120000 on the reservation spanning Arizona New Mexico and Utah. Efforts include ESL programs and local control, aiming to raise literacy and school success while balancing Navajo culture and modern schooling.
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Ariz
Ned Natathli
Natathli
Navajo Community College
Rosemary Benaly
Fort Wingate
Ella Mae Johnson
Rosemary Jimmy
America
Arizona
New Mexico
Utah
West Virginia
Congress
Bureau of Indian Affairs
BIA
Robert A. Roessel Jr
Roessel
Russell Miller
Shiprock
N.M
Big Momma
Willard Bass
Albuquerque Laboratory
Bass
Wallace Cathey
Frances Lee
Cathey
Season Nearing End For Indian Play At Tahlequah
Tahlequah Oklahoma hosts the Tsa-La-Gi Village and The Trail of Tears drama with less than 20 performances left before the August 30 closing. Attendance rises with visitors from 48 states and 31 foreign countries. Algeria becomes the 50th nation in the visitors book as the Cherokee Center plans a museum and national archives on the 44 acre site. Dr. Kermit Hunter, Dallas writer, is the play author and Robert Telford directs, with no beer sold in the Ada store.
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Tsa-La-Gi
Oklahoma
Algeria
Cherokee Cultural Center
Tahlequah
Cherokee Center
National Archives
Kermit Hunter
Dallas
Robert Telford
Ft. Worth
Tulsa
Little Theatre
Ada
Date For Junior High Enrollment Now August 27
Ada Junior High School enrollments are rescheduled to August 27. Ninth graders meet at 9 a.m., eighth at 10 a.m., seventh at 11 a.m. New students may enroll 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. from August 20 to August 31.
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Ada Junior High School
Ardmore Wind Tunnel Turns Pollutant to Clean Emissions
A Bell Refinery waste incinerator in Ardmore uses a 24 000 cubic foot blower wind tunnel to burn combustible refinery wastes. Plant manager Lee Woodside says the design achieves 100 percent consumption with nitrogen vapors exiting, reducing air pollution from improperly burned materials. The unit cost about $10 000, with only the blower and motor bought intact.
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Ardmore
Bell
Lee Woodside
Woodside
Muleshoe Postmark Returns To West Texas Town
Washington reports that Muleshoe Texas, a West Texas town of about five thousand two hundred twenty five, has regained its postmark after a period when the Post Office Department removed it. Residents note the return clarifies mail routing to Muleshoe and differentiates it from Lubbock.
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Washington
Muleshoe
Lubbock
West Texas
Post Office Department
Thought Lost Croydon Hotel Search Ends As Child Found
In Croydon England AP reports that more than 50 police searched Greydon hotel for five hours after 4 year old Lisabeth Bastrod of Norway disappeared. She was located alive and safe in another guest room tub soaking in a bathtub.
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Croydon
England
Greydon
Lisabeth Bastrod
Norway
Sure Bet Tacoma Birth Proves Crockett Queen Claim
In Tacoma Washington Mrs Gene Crockett bet on a girl after 91 years with only one girl born in the family and sewed 25 feminine outfits. Genia arrived May 5 weighing 8 pounds 4 ounces marking the Crockett line’s first granddaughter and a daughter Karlen Holt.
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Tacoma
Wash
Crockett
Gene Crockett
Genia
Tornado Hits Frisco Area Damages Outbuildings and Trees
Thunderstorms moved through southern Pontotoc County on Sunday with at least one tornado reported in the Frisco Wooley Flats area. Joe Daniels and his brother Jack reported damaged chicken coops pecan trees and a shed while their father’s near century old tornado memory loomed. Eight telephone poles and a South Wooley Corner shed also suffered damage as the storm tracked southeast and a nearby pasture fire caused by lightning was quickly contained.
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Hopscotch
Pontotoc County
Frisco-Wooley Flats
Joe Daniels
Jack Daniels
Wooley Corner
Fittstown
Crossword Across Clue Puzzle with Mixed Word Fragments
A compact crossword style clue list presents across and down hints with partial words and overlapping letters. Entries like Large woody plant Cripple and Indefinite article follow irregular spellings and include mis-typed prompts suggesting a partially completed puzzle grid.
Porter wins Cow Class sailboat race at Honolulu
Mrs Pat Porter of Kaneohe Yacht Club took first in a Honolulu sailboat race with no challengers. The event was labeled Cow Class, a detail noted as a possible reason for low female participant interest.
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Pat Porter
Kaneohe
Soldiers Hostel Opens for Israeli Troops in Jerusalem
A luxury soldiers hostel in Jerusalem opened this month offering a swimming pool bar and discotheque. The facility charges 85 cents per bed per night with meals available at minimal prices. Built for 1.5 million dollars from private contributions it serves Israeli troops.
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Jerusalem
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Alaska
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Rough Rock Demonstration School
U.S. Office of Education Southwestern Cooperative Educational Laboratory
Albuquerque
Taylor McKenzie
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Tex
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Boston, Mass
By Arnold
Wyoming
Colorado
U.S
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Art Beeman
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Woody
Black Bird
Sonny South
BY Courtney Alderson
Pops
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BY Kern Pederson
Deems
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Smith Service Demares
BEARS
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Sid Hathaway
Donald Akers
Winston
Oregon
Louisville
St. Andrew United Church of Christ
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