Why Johnny Can't Read and U S Reading Methods Examined
The piece reviews Rudolf Flesch's Why Johnny Can't Read and critiques American reading instruction. It notes the shift to a sight word method around 1925, the dominance of word-card memorization, and the neglect of phonics. Amarillo teachers and editors discuss the need to emphasize letter sounds and phonics earlier in schooling. Cecil Waggoner of Claude News signals further coverage.
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Germany
France
Italy
Norway
Spain
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San Francisco Chronicle
Joseph Henry Jackson
Flesch
Jackson
Amarillo
Cecil Waggoner
The
Claude News
Promoter Eludes Purchase With Pocket-Empty Exchange
Johnnie Linn discussed on his TV show while M. T. Johnson Jr promoter of a Plains Boulevard shopping center asked for 60 cents credit to take 12 newspapers from The Globe-News office. An Amarillo executive quips about the new income tax form and authority in a terse office scene.
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Globe News
Stalin Demanded Sweeping Concessions From Yalta Notes
The long secret Yalta conference records released reveal that Soviet leader Joseph Stalin demanded sweeping concessions from the United States and allies. The disclosures surface in a March 16 AP report from Washington detailing the 1945 talks and the Soviet Union’s strategic aims.
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John M. Hightower
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Yalta
Joseph Stalin
Yalta documents draw sharp British criticism in London
Britain denounces U S wartime Yalta papers as undesirable and accuses Washington of mismanaging disclosure. Foreign Office says London was informed in advance, front page reports trigger alarm among Churchill allies. Daily Mail calls the release a major blunder amid wartime explanations to the Soviet Union.
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Publication of Yalta Talks Stir British Press Debate
The Foreign Office declined further comment on publication of Yalta conference documents. Churchill remains the last surviving member of the Big Three as debates continue over publishing the top secret records. The State Department released the two volume, 834 page set to reporters as discussions over disclosure proceed with no new agreements revealed.
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Yalta
Big Three Talks Reveal Postwar Power Talks and Secret Plans
The reports describe Roosevelt Stalin and Churchill debating postwar strategy. Roosevelt warned that Russia gaining two UN votes was embarrassing. He hoped Britain would cede Hong Kong to China, a move not realized. A British Foreign Office spokesman called publication of secrets undesirable.
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China
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New Yorker Matu sow is sentenced in El Paso
U S District Judge R E Thomason sentenced 28 year old Harvey Matusow to three years in federal prison for criminal contempt in recanting testimony against Clinton Jencks. Matusow, jailed for awaiting a $10000 appeal bond, said it would take days to raise the money not from the Communist Party. The judge found Matusow’s reversal part of a deliberate plan to obstruct justice and believed his original testimony true.
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Matusow
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Thomasow
Clinton Jencks
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Hearing Opens On Tax Bills
In Austin on March 16 Rep. Jerry Sadler said a House majority will oppose a two cent gasoline tax hike. He stated the group has pledged to hold the line and not pass the increase, while witnesses and highway officials voiced positions for and against the bill.
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Jerry Sadler
Hickory Grove
House of Representatives
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House Delays Vote On Gas Price Fixing Measure
A House committee postponed action for a week on a bill granting the State Railroad Commission power to shut down gas fields with prices deemed too low for conservation. Railroad officials cited the Hugoton field as an example of price inequity between Texas and neighboring states.
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Daily News
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W. J. Murray
House Committee
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Texas
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Hugoton
Oklahoma
Kansas
Peress Case Mixup Told in Army Hearing
Army witnesses testified of months of mixup and delay before dentist Irving Peress received an honorable discharge. Senator McClellan called the handling inexcusable as the Senate Investigations subcommittee probes his promotion to major and loyalty questions amid Fifth Amendment claims.
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McClellan
Senate
Peress
New York
Sen. McCarthy
Curtis R. Kirkland
Jacksonville
Fla
Publication Considered Inadvisable By Foreign Office
The Foreign Office says publication is inadvisable though some participants remain alive. Churchill Stalin and Roosevelt met at Yalta in February 1945 to discuss Germany’s fate Eastern Europe UN and wartime progress. The State Department reportedly decided to publish after learning a newspaper held a copy, despite earlier hesitation to reveal the record.
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Dulles
State Department
Agreements at Yalta under Fire in Uproar over Concessions
Postwar debate centers on Roosevelt's Yalta terms with Stalin. Critics argue concessions strengthened Soviet control in Europe and Far East, while defenders say the talks aimed for free elections and independent governments in liberated nations.
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Poland
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Yalta
Yalta Conference Details and Postwar Arrangements
The February 1945 Yalta talks produced Russia joining the war against Japan within months after Germany’s defeat, with Japan surrendering in August 1945. The meetings also touched on Hong Kong’s status, a three-seat UN plan for the USSR including Ukraine and White Russia, and Roosevelt’s discomfort over including those states as sovereign.
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China
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Notes by Alger Hiss Raise Yalta Conference Embarrassment
State Department released a two volume 834 page set of papers containing Hiss kept notes. The notes show Molotov at Yalta proposing inviting UK and WHR as original members at the San Francisco conference. Roosevelt called it very embarrassing to me. Churchill was mentioned in the context of the discussion.
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Light Sprinkles Reported Downtown Overnight Weather
Sprinkles fell briefly in the city between 11 p.m. and midnight with evidence on car windshields. Temperatures maxed near 48 degrees, with a low around 30. Skies may clear today as winds shift southwest and highs climb toward 60.
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Shamrock Irish Celebration Kicks Off Local Parade
Shamrock marks St Patrick's style with green hats and Stetsons as Old Erin comes to town. The event showcases McNamara's band, an old-timers reunion, and Colleen contest. The parade features bands and floats and begins with registration at 9:30 a.m. at Lewis Motor Company.
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Colleen
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Oklahoma
Texas
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