Nason On Education on Retirement Learning Habit
Education expert Dr. Nason discusses retirement as a chance to learn anew. He cites letters from readers in Pennsylvania and California about organizing study groups for retirees and notes that exam anxiety can be eased with planning and practice. He advocates teamwork with prior preparation and thoughtful critique, not cram sessions, to keep the mind active.
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Pennsylvania
California
Nason
National
Retired Teachers Association
F. M. Upper Darby
Retired Persons Association
A. R
Alhambra
Cali
Dr. Nason
Garland Again Declines Debate With Tupper
Rep. Peter A. Garland refuses a televised news conference with GOP rival Rep. Stanley R. Tupper for the First District nomination. Tupper had accepted WGAN-TV’s invitation to appear in late May or early June. Garland telegram says the issue is a clear cut conservative versus liberal candidate. The station plans to proceed with newsmen interviewing Tupper.
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Peter A. Garland
Stanley R. Tupper
Garland
Tupper
Wgan-Tv
Raoul Simard Elected National Post Delegate in Maine
Raoul Simard of Saco named a national delegate for four years to the Artisans Society. He serves as Local 14 president of the southern Maine chapter and state president, the first from the region in 25 years. The society has over 180,000 members and convenes twice yearly in Montreal. Simard runs a furniture store and parking lot business in Biddeford and lives on Old Orchard Road in Saco.
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Raoul Simard
Saco
Artisans Society
Simard
Maine
United States
Canada
Montreal
Old Orchard Road
Biddeford
Private Lozowski Assigned To Texas After Training
Pvt Helen R Lozowski completed eight weeks of basic training at the Women’s Army Corps Center Fort McClellan Alabama. She was tested for field suitability and sent to Fort Sam Houston Texas for advanced training at Brooke Army Medical Center. She is a 1961 graduate of Sanford High School.
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Helen R. Lozowski
Leonard Clegg
25 River Road
Biddeford
Women's Army Corps Center
Fort McClellan
Ala
Lozowski
Fort Sam Houston
Tex
Army Medical Service School
Brooke Army Medical Center
Sanford High School
Refresher Courses for Former Teachers at UM Summer Session
The University of Maine summer program offers refresher courses for former teachers renewing certificates. Flora Burgess Harriman will teach two courses June 18 to July 6 covering basic skills, classroom management, and teaching content in elementary education. Isabel MacPherson will lead the second three week period July 9 to 27 focusing on social studies science health and recreation.
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Orono
University of Maine
Flora Burgess Harriman
Yarmouth
Isabel MacPherson
College of Education
Plane crash near Nogales halts Mexican pilots
Two Ciudad Obregon, Mexico, men escaped injury when their light plane crash landed near Nogales, Arizona. They did not know why the engine failed and said their trip to the United States was to buy airplane parts.
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Nogales
Ariz
Ciudad Obregon
Mexico
United States
Justice Clark To Be UM Commencement Speaker
Associate Justice Tom C. Clark of the U S Supreme Court will deliver the commencement address at University of Maine graduation exercises June 10 in Bangor municipal auditorium. Clark, a Dallas native and first Texan on the court, was nominated by President Truman in 1949 and is an alumnus of the University of Texas. He has long been active in civil rights, public education, and anti communism efforts, with notable Supreme Court victories in labor, minerals rights, utility regulation, and antitrust cases. He also backed the Freedom Train exhibition of historic documents.
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Justice Clark
Northwestern
University of Montana
Department of Justice
Truman
Supreme Court
U. S
Public Utility Holding Company Act
Clark
New England Vignettes of a Provi dence lunchroom veteran
Frank Koerner of Providence has spent over 55 years as counter man cook and owner of a lunchroom. He recalls prices from the turn of the century with meals 20 cents and a total 1.95 for 27 items if all eaten. A heavy customer nicknamed Nick Tartgalione once ate 18 franks at one sitting. Also noted is a regular poor man who ordered beans roll and water daily for five cents. The Island Audubon Society praises coverage and thanks a Westerly Sun editor Abe Soloveitzik for news and a bird photograph.
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Providence
R.1
Kuerner
Nick Tartgalione
Island Audubon Society
Abe Soloveitzik
The
Westerly Sun
Caterer Marion Boggs Aims 150 Pound Diet Goal
Mrs Marion Pooley Boggs a veteran caterer weighs 290 pounds after a spell of dieting and plans to lose about 150 pounds this year. She has tipped the scales at 290 three times before and vows this time will end the need for dieting.
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Marion Pooley Boggs
Massachusetts Police Study Reveals Highway Crash Causes
The Massachusetts State Police report from Framingham Natick area on Route 9 shows rear end crashes at 63.4 percent, left turns 13.1 percent, overtaking 9.9 percent, and cross movements or failing to keep right accounting for 13.6 percent of accidents. Westerly members of the Rhode
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Massachusetts
Framingham - Natick
Rhode
Navy Relief Carnival May 31 to June 1 in Boston
The Navy Relief Carnival plans in Boston for May 31 and June 1 with a space themed schedule. The organizing committee jokes about renaming to Navy Relief Canaveral and has drafted a glossary of space age terms.
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Boston
Navy Relief
Massachusetts legislators flooded by requests for low plate numbers
Massachusetts lawmakers report an influx of requests for low automobile registration numbers after Governor Volpe began issuing special plates to favored campaign workers. The plates are produced at the state prison. One prisoner wrote that he cannot drive, asking for a low number to wear on his prison garb to gain status in his community.
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Massachusetts
John A. Volpe
State Prison
Past Presidents Of Gurney Corps Meet
The Past Presidents Association of Fred S. Gurney corps in Saco met at Mrs. Irene Ayer's home in Saco. Ruth Willey presided and Alice Brock welcomed back from Florida. Plans for a June 13 banquet were made with Willey arranging and Phyliss Wright handling transportation. The group voted to provide geraniums for Memorial Day in Saco.
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Fred S. Gurney Corps
Saco
Irene Ayer
Portland Road
Ruth Willey
Alice Brock
Florida
Sunshine Committee
Phyliss Wright
Union Campaign Stirs Interest In Public Relations
Portland Maine union organizing drive boosts interest in public relations labor relations says Roger C Williams program chairman of a May 23 Maine seminar co sponsored by University of Maine Greater Portland Chamber of Commerce and Northeast Public Relations Inc The Providence seminar last November covered avoiding unionization and working with unions if certified 15 Maine speakers plus 10 out of state authorities will join panel discussions on corporate financial stockholder relations press relations and government and legislative relations Registrations capped at 100 first come first served with fee covering all talks luncheon and study materials
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Portland
Afl-Cio
Maine
Roger C. Williams
Williams
University of Maine
Greater Portland Chamber of Commerce
Northeast Public Relations, Inc
Northeast Public Relations
New England
New York
Providence
Brown University
Providence Chamber of Commerce
Out of State
Dozen East Germans Dig Out To Freedom
In Berlin on May 5 an escape through a tunnel to West Berlin was disclosed. Twelve East Germans including seven men four women and a 16 year old boy escaped under the leadership of an 81-year-old man. Police found the tunnel five days after the flight and workers spent sixteen days digging it. End.
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Berlin
West Berlin
Raine Hildebrandt
Union of
Hildebrandt
TV Aiming At Big Show On Aurora 7 Trip
TV coverage of the Aurora 7 flight mirrors the Glenn era with Navy Lt. Cmdr. Malcolm Scott Carpenter in the spotlight. The piece notes program strengths and weaknesses, NBC’s White Paper slot, and suggested weekend viewing including the Preakness and a hunting drama.
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Cynthia Lowry
NEW York
John H. Glenn Jr
Navy
Malcolm Scott Carpenter
Glenn
ABC
Howard K. Smith
Smith
CBS
NBC
Palermo
Sicily
Pimlico
Baltimore
Peter Falk
Sal Mineo
Bachelor Is Distraught By Lassies in Sydney Flight
In Sydney a chartered Greek immigrant flight brought eighty five single Greek girls and one Jane Greek bachelor. George Gnessoilis, 29, lamented being the sole man among many women and joked it is a bachelor’s nightmare. He plans to stay with his brother, says he won’t seek another Greek woman for at least a month.
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Sydney
Australia
Athens
Bangkok
George
Boston Broker Dies by Own Action in Manchester
John Clark Rice Jr., 53, an investment broker and husband of Lucy Coleman Carnegie, was found shot dead in his Manchester, Massachusetts home. Authorities ruled it a death by own action after a note cited fear of an incurable disease. Rice, a Harvard and Harvard Business School alumnus, previously with Georgeson & AO, leaves a widow, two stepdaughters, a stepson, and a sister.
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Manchester
Mass
John Clark Rice Jr
Andrew Carnegie
Rice
Lucy Coleman Carnegie
Jinnet Cushing Seaver
Boston
Harvard
St. Mark's
New Prep School
Cambridge
Harvard Business School
Sweatpeas in the Sky Baltimore Dialect Study
John Goodspeed of the Baltimore Evening Sun is quoted in a lively anecdote about city speech, as bystanders mistake his talk of Baltimorese for a comment on flowers, revealing local dialect quirks and urban humor.
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Baltimore
John Goodspeed
Baltimore Evening Sun
Goodspeed
Former Stone Mason Among Group Members
Among the group is a former stone mason whose craft and craft experience are noted as a key element of their background. The description highlights skilled labor and a connection to traditional building methods. The passage emphasizes practical expertise and a grounded, hands-on approach.
Stormy weather linked to tremor study and weather bureau push
A Columbia University scientist ties June tremors to a violent offshore storm off Africa. Lamont Observatory data and global stations support the quake link. The Weather Bureau widens storm surveillance with planes and ground stations to better understand tornadoes and squalls. Minor injuries were reported at a restaurant incident, while South Viet Nam reports 33 guerrilla deaths and 718 captures in Mekong delta operations.
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Columbia University
Africa
Columbia
Lamont Geophysical Observatory
Jack E. Oliver
South Atlantic
U.S
Mans
South Viet Nam
Mekong River
Bomb Hit Downtown Saigon Restaurant Near GIs
Terrorists tossed a small home made bomb into a crowded Saigon restaurant frequented by American servicemen. Two people were slightly injured and security was tightened with extra guards at hotels and embassies. South Vietnamese agents searched for more recent bomb shipments amid ongoing Viet Cong threats.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
August Philippe
Edgar Fisher
Circus
Berlin
Ger
St Andre Home Hospital Group Installs Officers
Mrs John Emond was re elected president of the St Andre home and hospital auxiliary at the annual banquet and May meeting held at Scarborouch. New and re elected officers included Mrs Leo Paul Taillon first vice president Mrs J Alfred Cabana second vice president Mrs Raymond Audie recording secretary Mrs Armand Reay corresponding secretary and Mrs Marc Simard treasurer. Mrs Albert W Cookson past president presided amid a candlelight installation and corsage ceremony. Final plans were announced for a Sunday public silver tea from 2 to 5 pm and a fall executive board meeting to plan first fall projects.
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John Emond
St. Andre
Parents Of Astronaut Visit World's Fair
The parents of Alan Shepard, America's first astronaut, toured the space-age exhibit at the Seattle World's Fair. Mr. and Mrs. Shepard viewed a film of his 16 minute suborbital flight of May 5, 1961, and spoke of the anxiety and confidence felt before and during the mission.
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Seattle
Alan Shepard
America
Alan B. Shepard Sr
East Derry
N. H
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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