Public science centers reshape learning in modern venues
A New York Times report surveys global science centers from Singapore to Toronto, highlighting Exploramtor in San Francisco and Toronto Science Centre as models. They blend art and showmanship, emphasize school programs, and use hands on exhibits plus advanced tools like electron microscopes to teach basic principles.
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Warsaw
San Francisco
Toronto
American Museum of Natural History
New York City
Association of Science-Technology Centers
Washington, D.C
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Palace of Arts and Science
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Avec
Elias Ashmole
Britain
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Ashmolean Museum
Christopher Wren
Oxford
Deutsches Museum
Julies Rosenwald
Sears Roebuck and Co
Museum of Science and Industry
Deutches Museum
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New York Times
General Motors
International Harvester
Bell System
IBM
David Davies
Nature
California Museum of Science and Industry
Los Angeles
Pacific Science Center
Seattle
Toronto Science Center
Rockefeller warns charity strain may ruin society
Vice President Nelson Rockefeller touring the Southwest warns Judeo Christian heritage and free enterprise risk overpromising aid to the needy. He cites federal deficits as he criticizes charity programs and asserts the nation faces financial trouble.
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Enid
Okla
Winthrop P. Rockefeller
Ford
Congress
FCC orders upwire rate changes and AT T adjustments
The Federal Communications Commission ruled illegal a Telpak exemption that let news services lease bulk lines at cheaper AT T rates and ordered AT T to remove unlawful discrimination within 30 days. The decision directs expedited hearings to resolve interim Bell System rate issues and examines press rates for private line services.
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The
Federal Communications Commission
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
FCC
At&t
Bell System
Dukakis Pushes Offshore Oil Royalties for States
Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis urged Congress to grant coastal states 16 to 23 percent royalties from offshore drilling bids. He backed revenue sharing to fund environmental safeguards, fisheries, and public services, and favored environmental impact statements to adjust plans amid potential damage.
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Massachusetts
Michael S. Dukakis
Congressional
House Select Committee
Dukakis
Fshing
Georges Bank
Horse Sense Answers Card
Answers cover a quiz with six items. The list assigns Hour extremely poisonous spurs and numeric codes to sports and distances for North Dakota and five games. The mapping shows Baseball 90 ft Hockey 188 200 ft Football 160 ft Lacrosse 330 ft Tennis 78 ft.
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North Dakota
Ford to Dedicate Franklin Museum London with Bailey
President Ford invited vocalist Pearl Bailey to help dedicate the Benjamin Franklin Museum in London. Bailey will miss a Sunday performance of Hello Dolly at the Shubert to fly to London with Vice President Rockefeller for the Monday dedication. The Shubert Theater will be closed Monday night.
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Los Angeles
Ford
Pearl Bailey
London
Shubert Theater
Iss Bailey
Dolly
Shubert
Air Force Two
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Miss Bailey
Rockefeller
Longmont honors Apollo astronaut Vance Brand with awards
Apollo-Soyuz astronaut Vance D. Brand, Longmont native, is named Longmont High School's most traveled graduate. He speaks at Longmont and Ninot High Schools, receives awards, and presents Longmont with a flag carried on Apollo's three million mile space journey.
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Longmont
Colo
Vance D. Brand
Longmont High School
Ninot High School
Apollo
Burger Visits Paris Meeting Giscard d Estaing
Chief Justice Warren E Burger on a week long official visit to Paris dined with President Valery Giscard d Estaing and presented a two volume history of American civilization. Dionne Warwick hospitalized with bronchitis but in good condition. Petula Clark substitutes. Michel Laurier of Longueuil Quebec sentenced to 13 years for trying to claim 500000 on a stolen lottery ticket following a June RBC branch holdup.
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Valery Giscard d'Estaing
Ee d
Las Vegas
Dionne Warwick
Sunrise Hospital
Riviera Hotel
Petula Clark
Miss Warwick
Montreal
Michel Laurier
Longueuil
Que
Laurier
Royal Bank of Canada
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