New York City Experiments Embrace Local School Control
Editorial notes New York City uses decentralization to empower 33 local school districts and allow boards to hire superintendents, set curricula, and manage budgets. Welfare reform shifts earnings retention to recipients, speeding transitions from dole to payroll. The piece argues urban labs can guide broader federalism and citizen involvement.
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New York City
New
New York
Central Board of Education
Ptaer
Dole
Washington
New York’s
Harvest set to be largest on record this year
AP analysis notes Americans have paid farmers to cut back for years, yet this year’s harvest may break records. Surplus will raise pressure on subsidies next year, with production likely rising again in 1969. Farm tech, subsidies, and weather boost yields while price squeezes hit family farmers. urbanization and processor power complicate income.
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John Cunniff
New York
Washington
Government Agen
Cies
Agriculture Department
Michigan
Enrich Your Vocabulary NEA Feature Word Puzzle
A jumble of clues for an Enrich Your Vocabulary NEA feature crossword style puzzle. The list includes numerous definitions across topics from linguistics to music, with entries such as Buckeye, rust drink, Greek letter, Hawaiian names, and various abbreviations.
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Ruhr
Baytown Sun staff and publication details
The Baytown Sun lists staff roles including Fred Hartman general manager John Wedley Beuleh Mae Jackson Paul Putman Ann B Pritchett ED Preston Pendergrass Johneilla Boynton Dwight Moody Corrie Laughlin. It is published afternoons and Sundays by The Baytown Sun Inc at 1301 Memorial Drive Baytown Texas 77520 with subscription rates 1.75 monthly 21 per year and 10c single copy.
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Fred Hartman
Salta
Jaca Ubliser
Bil Hartman
John Wedley
Beuleh Mae Jackson
Paul Putman
Ann B Pritchett
Dwight Moody
Corrie Laughlin
Baytown
Texas
Baytown Sun, Inc
Memorial Drive
P.O
Texas Newspaper Representatives, Inc
Mansfield Eyes New US Approach To Vietnam War
Senate leader Mansfield proposes a revised U S approach seeking a presided modest settlement in South Vietnam and a focus on consolidating military effort, arguing against full commitment to hold all of South Vietnam. The report notes irreconcilable Paris talks and warns of a long U S military engagement.
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Associated Press
Washington
Saigon
Senate
Mike Mansfield
U.S
United States
South Vietnam
Mansfield
Paris
FBI
Czechoslovakia
Ho Chi Minh
Chicago
Richard Daley
Dick Gregory
London
Gregory
Bertrand Russell
First talking film soundtrack on film in Jazz Singer
The Jazz Singer released in 1928 is noted as the first talking motion picture with the soundtrack on the film. The second item recalls DeWolf Hopper delivering the poem Casey at the Bat publicly on May 1, 1888 at Wallack's Theater in New York City.
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New York City
al Jolson
Casey
DeWolf Hopper
Wallack’s
TV convention coverage under House probe sparks debate
Washington Committee probes whether networks biased TV coverage of the Democratic Convention in Chicago. Chairman Harley Staggers questions if networks favored troublemakers and if cameras helped spark disturbances. The report notes industry lobbies and stockholdings complicating oversight, while other items cover agitators preplanned campus protests and Sen. McClellan’s cable copyright push amid Arkansas politics.
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Jack Anderson
Washington
House Commerce Committee
Harley Staggers
Chicago
Miami Beach
Richard Daley
Daley
U.S. House of Representatives
Staggers
Capitol Hill
Dort
House
Federal Communications Commission
Harmless hobby risks in painting and pigments
The doctor outlines hazards from paints and solvents used in painting. Traditional pigments may contain arsenic lead cadmium chromium or mercury. Grinding pigments and breathing dust pose risks, as do solvents like carbon tetrachloride benzene toluene and acetone. Safe practice includes good ventilation, gloves, and careful handling per manufacturer directions.
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U.S. Department of Commerce
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Verse and Mystery of Godliness Reference
A brief biblical quotation from First Timothy 3 verse 16 describing the mystery of godliness with attributes of manifesting in flesh justified by the Spirit seen by angels preached among nations believed in the world and received up in glory.
Minneapolis ties Montreal in summer bridge event
The Twin Cities team and Montreal finished tied after 72 boards in the American Contract Bridge League Summer National in Minneapolis. A key bidding dispute over three spades and four hearts shaped the match, with Minneapolis clinching the tie by four tournament points in the final eight boards.
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Minneapolis
Twin Cities
Montreal
Bridge bidding quiz: six clubs or four diamonds decision
You hold a balanced hand with honors and no trumps. After the sequence Pass and 3NT followed by a four club overcall from partner, consider bidding five clubs or five no trump depending on distribution. The twist asks what to do when partner bids four diamonds over 3NT. Tomorrow’s answer will clarify the best action.
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Montreal
Minneapolis
South
Dave Clarren
North
Sir Hearts
Hearts
Enterprise Assn
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