Must Four-Year-Olds Start School Now
A policy commission of the National Education Association proposes starting public schooling at age four citing evidence of early mental growth and equalizing access. The piece questions whether years 4 to 6 are truly lost without classroom time and argues for preserving childhood and home learning before formal schooling.
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Policy Commission
National Education Association
Commission
Soviet Union
Ambulance Siren Use Questioned By Surgeon Expert
Dr. Robert H. Kennedy of the American College of Surgeons warns at a Chicago health conference that ambulance sirens and high speeds may harm patients. He urges rare siren use and written justification for when it is employed, citing increased shock and traffic risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert H. Kennedy
American College of Surgeons
Chicago
Minnesota urged to match Wisconsin in tourism push
The piece argues Wisconsin leads in attracting visitors with an accelerated highway program funded by bonds and gas taxes. Governor Knowles toured the state to study immigrant groups and boost tourism centers while promoting bike trails and entry-point guidance. It calls Minnesota to adopt a similar aggressive strategy in the next legislature.
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Minnesota
Wisconsin
Chicago
Knowles
Dedication for Minnesota's first new taconite plant
Opinion piece lauds Vice-President Humphrey as main speaker for the June 10 Eveleth dedication. It credits him with shifting Democrats toward the taconite amendment and notes former Gov. Andersen's early role in creating a favorable climate. The piece criticizes current sales tax leadership and calls for concrete funding plans.
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Humphrey
Minnesota
Eveleth
Elmer Andersen
Andersen
Proverb Quotes and Editorial Clippings in Austin Daily Herald
A collage of quotations and editorial excerpts from the Austin Daily Herald and other papers. Includes proverb lines, subscription notes, and critical passages about tax reform and mass slaughter, citing the Minneapolis Tribune and the University of Sussex study for context.
Turn Back The Clock Thirty Years Ago Highlights
Thirty years ago B W Kough was elected president of the Mower County Bankers Assn at the annual Rose Creek meeting. New WCTU officers were Mrs Netta Yates and Mrs Stelle Jorgen sen. Modern Woodmen and Bremer Midway Attractions seek a couple for a public wedding June 12 at the fairgrounds.
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B. W. Kough
Mower County Bankers Assn
Rose Creek
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Netta Yates
Stelle Jorgensen
Bremer Midway
Carnival Company
Fairgrounds
From Pot Pourri to Dissent and Development
A collage of items notes the former Horace Austin State Park becoming Holiday Inn and nearby growth with a new YMCA, gas station, mall and bridge. It laments traffic at Main and 1st Dr NW while praising economic gains and cites a France poll on husbands. It quotes Jones on wise living and McNamara supporting dissent amid Viet Nam protests.
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Horace Austin State Park
Holiday Inn
YMCA
Citgo
Country Kitchen
Sears
Cedar River
Main St
Ist Dr. NW
Main
1St Dr. NW
Herald Office
New Struggle for Freedom Wages in the Soviet Union
In the Soviet Union the press shows growing willingness to express opinions on literary, economic, sociological and political topics. Dr. Albert Parry argues a quiet mutiny by scientists and engineers is forming within the ruling bureaucracy as Khrushchev’s fall reveals attempts to control new forces in the dictatorship.
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Leon Dennen
New York
NEA
Kremlin
Russia
Nikita Khrushchev
Albert Parry
Macmillan
Parry
Communist Party
The New Class Divided and the Rise of a Russian Rift
Parry expands on Djilas view of a growing split within Russia's new class. He argues leading scientists and engineers move toward opposition as party control tightens. The book traces how Brezhnev era dynamics shape russias political evolution and power structure.
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Pyotr Kapitsa
Andrei Sakharov
Russia
Igor Tamm
Leonid Brezhnev
Stalin
Milovan Djilas
Djilas
Tito
Parry
Colgate University
Quick Quiz Q its and historical notes in a mixed set
A collage of Q and A style trivia covers handball in England known as fives. Sam Slick author Thomas C. Hailburton. Cro Magnon as first modern man. Sassafras bark shipped to England in 1603 by Martin Pring. George Weymouth sent white pine logs from Maine. 16th amendment enabled federal income tax in 1913. Early Chinese dress money coins bought clothing. Pytheas possibly crossed the Arctic Circle in 325 B C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Massachusetts
England
Martin Pring
George Weymouth
Penobscot
Kennebec
China
Objective view of Viet Nam in Hungarian press
A UN dispatch summarizes Hungarian newspaper coverage showing skepticism toward anti American propaganda and calls for objectivity. It notes Delmagyarorszag and Dolgozok Lapja publish doubts about US policy and condemn cannibalism charges while stressing mass protests reflect official rhetoric not popular mood.
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Johnson
United States
Morse
J. W. Fulbright
Robert F. Kennedy
Hungary
Communist Party
Delmagyarorszag
Viet Nam
Delmagyar
Szag
Soviet Russia
Worker’s Club
Dolgozok Lapja
Washington
Red World
Fiery Civil Rights Militants Strain Movement Faith
The article notes SNICK and CORE move toward black nationalism, viewed as weakening the civil rights push. Moderates warn the shift erodes unity, risks alienating white supporters, and hampers practical gains in jobs schooling and housing.
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Washington
NEA
SNICK
Snick and
CORE
White House
Atlanta
Normandy invasion anniversary marks turning point in war
A collection of June 6 historical notes highlights D day in 1944 as the start of the reconquest of Europe, plus milestones from 1755 Nathan Hale birth to 1942 Yorktown sinking and 1945 Forrestal and Brazil war declarations. It notes St Paul city clerk departure and Michigan State University's 1965 teaching graduates.
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Associated Press
Normandy
Nathan Hale
Alsace
Germany
France
U.S
Yorktown
Pacific
Navy
James Forrestal
Brazil
Japan
Colombia
Michigan State University
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Austin
Eeerree
Peewee Resi Naeees
Avetin
Aneed
St. Paul
Minneapolis Tribune
Adolf Hitler
Josef Stalin
Mao Tse-tung
Britain
University of Sussex
David Astor
the Observer
London
Christian Science
Arnold Wuertz
Erma Ruhter
Donna
Texas
Wuertz
Theodore Jorgenson
U.S. Senate
Kar F. Rolvaag
St. Olaf Hospital
Todd Park
C. J. Hanson
Chester Weseman
Ruth Viste
St. Louis
Edna Rolands
Lake Mills
Iowa
Knowles Dougherty
Richard C. Dougherty
el Salvador
Unesco
American Friends Service Committee
San Francisco Chronicle
Jenkins Lloyd Jones
Defense
Robert McNamara
McNamara
Pittsburgh
State Dept
Berry's
Sam Slick
Thomas C. Hailburton
America
Arctic Circle
Pytheas
B. C
NEA, Inc
Iron Curtain
United Nations
N. Y
Sen
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Bruce Biossat
Congress of Racial Equality
Urban League
NAACP
Stokey Carmichael
Bulganin
West Germany
East Germany
Kennedy
Paris
de Gaulle
Vienna
Khrushchev
Harold Macmillan
Catholic University
Robert B. Gerber
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