Learning To Read Well Improves Grades And Study Habits
Dr. Leslie J. Nason answers readers on reading focus and concentration for a fifth grader, stressing remedial reading support to build confidence and motivate learning. He also argues handwriting remains a crucial muscular skill tied to grades and calls for continued handwriting instruction in schools. A parent seeks help for a college student failing despite long study hours. Nason suggests college counseling and professor guidance, noting services exist but require student use.
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G.B.C
Annandale
Dr. Nason
G.I.S
Falls Church
Weekly Food Market Guide by Lucy F Sheive
The guide explains food bargains by income and price trends since the postwar period. It notes declines in farm prices and rising service costs, with best weekend buys listed for vegetables fruits meats fish and dairy based on quality and price.
TV Experiment To Have Debut
AP reports That Was The Week That Was makes NBC network debut as a weekly half hour satire show. Marshall Jamison directs the live program using daily news for material and aims for a distinct offbeat political edge rather than broad mass appeal. The program previously faced a British ban and may adjust lyrics as events unfold.
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New York
Jamison
Bobby Baker
LBJ
Holiday visits noted across towns and states
North Lebanon Miss Gloria Roberts spends holidays with her parents while teaching in East Warwick Rhode Island. Mr and Mrs Ralph Wallingford visit son Roland Brown and Mrs Lucy Brown in Almont Colorado. Mrs Gertrude Gale and Mrs Bessie Lewis visit Mr and Mrs Ralph Cousens in Acton. Mrs Ruth Stevens visits Miss Florence Stevens in Milton Mills. Mr and Mrs Fred Gale visit Adra Keene in Merrill's Nursing Home South Casco and Mr and Mrs Everett Bear with family in Otisfield. Premiere quiz show Meet the Press on NBC features Sen Barry Goldwater: The Problems of the Presidency with NBC 5 5 30 p m. 10 11 news analysis.
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East Warwick
R. I
Ralph Wallingford
Roland Brown
Lucy Brown
Almont
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Gertrude Gale
Bessie Lewis
Ralph Cousens
Acton
Ruth Stevens
Florence Stevens
Milton Mills
Fred Gale
Adra. Keene
Merrill's
South Casco
Everett Bear
Otisfield
Meet the Press
NBC
Barry Goldwater
Medieval knights and the lance in battle on horseback
During the Middle Ages armored knights favored the lance to unseat foes. Battles often broke into many single combats as opponents faced each other with lances leveled and charged. Lances could reach about 16 feet in length.
Engagement of Barbara Wemyss to Charles Leichman
Mr and Mrs George S Wemyss of Fortunes Rocks Biddeford announce the engagement of their daughter Barbara Elizabeth Wemyss to Charles Andrew Leichman son of Mr and Mrs Andrew Leichman Aliquippa Pa Miss Wemyss is a Gorham High School graduate attending York Beauty Academy in Saco Leichman a Midshipman Second Class at Maine Maritime Academy Cas tine is a graduate of Aliquippa High School and is currently in training The notice also includes an extensive unrelated article on ice dam formation and roof insulation methods.
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George S. Wemyss
Fortunes Rocks
Biddeford
Gorham
Barbara Elizabeth Wemyss
Charles Andrew Leichman
Andrew Lechman
Aliquippa
Miss Wemyss
Gorham High School
York Beauty Academy
Saco
Aliquppa
Maine Maritime Academy
Castine
Colonel Margeson to Speak at Wells-Ogunquit Society
Portsmouth resident Col. Margeson president of the Portsmouth Athenaeum will be guest speaker at the Wells Ogunquit Historical Society meeting on Monday January 6 at 7 30 p m in Ogunquit Firemen's Hall School Street. He will share early Portsmouth pictures and discuss the Strawberry Banke project. arrangements are by President A Lord Littlefield and the public is invited.
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Wells
Col
Hos. Margeson
Portsmouth
N. H
Wells-Ogunquit Historical Society
Ogunquit Firemen’s Hall
School Street
Margeson
Portsmouth Athenaeum
Earl Days of Portsmoth
Historical Society
A. Lord Littlefield
Tips For Teens by Elinor Williams on divorce questions
Dear teen readers ask about divorce timing child living arrangements school options and talking with friends. Elinor Williams replies that divorce rarely happens quickly there is little a child can do to prevent it and the choice of custodial home depends on circumstances. If possible a child should have one stable home with time with both parents and moving away for school depends on finances and court rules. Be frank with friends about the situation but avoid details.
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Elinor Williams
Elinor
Kennedy Peace Award renamed by synagogue council
New York AP reports the annual Peace Award from the Synagogue Council of America representing Reform Conservative and Orthodox Judaism has been renamed the John Fitzgerald Kennedy Peace Award. The change honors the late president and reflects interfaith and civil rights emphasis in the era.
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New York
Synagogue Council of America
John Fitgerald Kennedy Peace
Dear Abby letters over the years and reversals
A reader asks Abby to reverse a prior stance on clergy fees then presses about money with clergy. Multiple letters share dating, relationships, and a suggestion to pressure Congress for cancer cures over lunar funds. The Biddeford Saco Journal prints reader voices and Abby’s responses on ethical help and marriage.
Boy thrown from scooter lands on moving divan in truck
Michael Mack Keller, 15, was riding a motor scooter when he flipped and landed on a soft divan loaded on a truck bed. He sustained a broken knee believed caused by hitting the handlebars during the somersault.
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Roswell
N. M
Michael Mack Keller
Michael
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