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Newspaper
Anderson Herald
Location
Anderson, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1956
Page
11
Bahrain, oil wealth since 1932, has sparked modernization and unrest as a large American expatriate community grows. The Persian Gulf island under British protection sees improving health and transport collide with education and social tension amid petroleum development and refinery activity.
John C Finney a teacher at Anderson High School was elected second vice president of the National Council for Geographic Education at Atlantic City. He will lead national publicity and has held multiple state and national roles in geography education. He coauthors Global Geography with Dr Eugene Van Cleef and is a member of the American Geographical Society and other groups.
Six former Shadeland students swept all commencement speaker and alternate positions for Anderson High School in Tyne. Selected in a tryout by a faculty committee were David Clem Jody Coon Ann Days and Mike Maine. War Roe Bailey and Beth Swinfird will be alternates.
CMICAGO reports croquet is back in fashion after decades as an attic item. A King Kora Slamp survey of customer preferences shows croquet sets as the top single item in redemption sales. The surge follows a shift to suburbia and retro décor, with tubular top-stools and other retro pieces also rising in popularity.
EAST LANSING Mich UP Michigan State University economist Dr Leland Tick says kindergarten is the best age to start teaching economics. He argues pupils should learn basic skills in buying and the rudiments of insurance housing savings and investing at age five.
Bahrain's geography and climate set the stage for pearl fishing revival and oil wealth. The Bahrain Petroleum Company, largely American owned, holds the concession under Sheikh Salatan bin Mamet al Khalifa. The piece links ancient pearl fisheries to modern energy-driven prosperity and notes exiled, entangled regional trade dynamics and demographic shifts.
In Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania King's College displays an altar carved from a single block of anthracite coal weighing 4200 pounds. Donated by the Corgan family of Kingston the altar bears the seal of the Congregation of the Cross. The piece was mined from the Top Red Ash Vein and cut by The French Creek Granite Co with engraving by Edgar Patience Wilkox Barre.
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