Nason On Education And Learning Habits From A Doctor
A letter response by Leslie J. Nason addresses slow perception and need for repetition as a habit, advises listening, mental recitation, and self-explanation after explanations. It also covers language learning strategies for a student with perceived mental blocks and suggests grammar mastery through rule-by-rule practice and spaced repetition. Advice included for a sixth grader struggling with careless errors and persistence, plus a note on Mount Olympus snow totals of 200 to 250 inches annually due to Pacific moisture deflection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Nason
Mt. Olympus
Wash
Pacific
Is Charity Getting Enough From The Charity Ball Surge
AP reports the charity ball, a long running social fundraising staple, draws big tickets and high costs yet often yields modest charitable proceeds. The Renaissance of Youth Foundation Ball raised 47000 with only 6500 reaching its charity after expenses, sparking debate on fund allocation and efficiency.
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Associated Press
NEW York
N.Y
Supreme Courts
National Information Bureau
Contributors Information Bureau
Miami
Robert Z. Greene
Bernard Perlmann
Scouting Helps To Combat Crime In Texas City
Robert Pomeroy a Boy Scout district executive faced a knife at a downtown Houston troop meeting. He disarmed the youth who later joined the troop, illustrating Scouting outreach in inner city areas. Ray Sweazey notes Scouting reaches about a quarter of U S boys but only 10 percent in inner cities, and stresses cooperation with housing officials urban renewal and local groups to recruit and fund troops.
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Houston
Tex
Robert Pomeroy
Omeroy
Pomeroy
Ray W. Sweazey
National Council, Boy Scouts of America
Sweazey
United
Detroit
Port Authority leases transmitter sites to federal government
The Dade County Port Authority will lease two transmitter sites to the federal government for free, noting that bookkeeping costs exceed the former one dollar per year rent. The action aims to reduce administrative expenses while maintaining site use for federal purposes.
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Miami
Dade County Port
Irradiation sparks talk of shelf life for foods and grains
Special Report from Washington describes FDA approved irradiated bacon and pending approval for irradiated potatoes oranges and lemons. Gamma or electron beam treatment preserves meat fish and produce by killing decay agents while avoiding radioactivity. Army research at Natick Mass weighs irradiated rations against canning and freezing with estimates of market debut around 1970. The National Geographic Explorers Hall in Washington features the world’s largest unmounted globe weighing about a thousand pounds and 11 feet tall pole to pole and 34 feet around the equator.
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Washington
Food and Drug Administration
Army
Natick, Mass
Anthony A. Bertasch
Bertsch
National Geographic Society
New Explorers Hall
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Nason
Leslie J. Nason
University of Southern California
Philco
Neault & Marcotte Inc
Bernard Perlman
Charities Registration Bureau
Albany
Banh
Tilly
Florenz Ziegfeld
Cecil Beaton
Cisc
Paris
Arpil
Elsie Maxwell
Fla
Marianne Reynolds
Alfred Levitt
Plymouth
America
Valiant
U.S.A
Chrysler Corporation
Chrysler Motors Corporation
Alfred
Chrysler Motors Corpor
Biddeford, Maine
Encyclopaedia Britennice
Michael A. Petit, M.D
Texas City
The
Christ
Earth
Woods Ishmael
Armstrong Crestmont
Crestmont
Deering Lumber
Elm St
Springs Island
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