Go Go engineering revives Arizona State freshmen
At Arizona State University the Introduction to Engineering course switched to the Go Go approach via the ASCEND mock company. Freshmen submit problems for real engineers to solve, forming student teams under a chief engineer to craft working prototypes like a portable traffic light and an automatic bolt-adjusting wrench. The program reduced dropout rates from about 65 to 70 percent by sophomore year and kept roughly the same success rate, reversing a prior trend.
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Lee Allan Gould
Tempe
Ariz
Arizona State
Beakley
Thornton W. Price
Ascend
Switzerland
Germany
U.S
Real gambler composer bets on self to 1776 Broadway hit
Sher man Edwards, composer lyricist of 1776, recounts an eight year bet on himself. Once torn between music and history, his path from Manhattan slums to Broadway spans acting, conducting, arranging for Elvis films, and writing hundreds of songs while he pursued a historical musical about the American Revolution and John Adams.
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New York
Sherman Edwards
Edwards
Manhattan
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Nee
Louis Armstrong
Mindy Carson
Lisa Kirk
Elvis Presley
Lee
John Adams
Eight Airmen Die in HH43B Helicopter Crash
Eight airmen were killed when an HH43B Husky helicopter crashed on a return flight from Avon Park bombing range to MacDill Air Force Base. Five crew members and three passengers died. identities withheld until families were notified. Local witness Dennis Surratt saw the blades come apart in midair.
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Fla
Avon Park
MacDill Air Force Base
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Dennis Surratt
Picnic
J D to continue Columbus inquiry
U S attorney Phillip Michael said the Justice Department will continue the Columbus investigation. Eight Columbus police officers were indicted for conspiring with gamblers and taking payoffs. A ninth man, a numbers operator, was charged with paying off officers. ten others named as co-conspirators.
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Michigan Senate Debates Abortion Law Reform Proposal
The Michigan Senate ordered preliminary debate on a reform bill to remove criminal penalties for abortions performed by accredited doctors in licensed Michigan hospitals. The vote stood 20 to 11 in favor, matching the number of affirmative ballots.
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Lansing
Mich
Michigan Senate
Michigan
Abortion Reform Bill Moves to Debate in Minnesota
A reform bill to permit abortion under narrow circumstances including rape or incest was sent to debate. The report notes Washington's Mt Rainier has 280 miles of trail, highlighting state and regional topics in the June 5, 1969 Austin Herald.
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Mt. Rainier
Austin High School
Minnesota
Austin
Hollywood
Broadway
Fire destroys Saratoga race barn killing 43 horses
A blaze swept through a public harness racing barn at Saratoga Raceway in Spring, New York, killing 43 horses. Among the victims was the notable filly Jostle, who earned more than $40,000 last year.
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N.Y
Saratoga Raceway
Raceway
Jostle
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