High School Reading Patterns Favor Shakespeare and Classics
A survey of 691 schools shows high level reading across public Catholic and private schools with Shakespeare leading authors in all groups. Macbeth and Julius Caesar top lists. Silas Marner and Hamlet rank highly. Mercy lists include Our Town and Great Expectations.
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Silas Marner
Princeton
N. J
Shakespeare
Macbeth
Julius Caesar
Venice
Poe
WV SRC opens 3 million highway bid set in 16 counties
West Virginia State Road Commission opened bids totaling over 3 million dollars for 2 highway projects on the Southside Expressway in Charleston and for resurfacing 16 counties. The largest bid of 1 576 015 dollars was thus from W N Green Co and Central Asphalt Paving Co of Charleston for one mile of the expressway.
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Charleston
West Virginia
State Road Commission
SRC
W. Va
W. N. Green & Co
Central Asphalt Paving Co
Camp Creek Junction
W&h Contracting Co
Bluefield
Mcdowell
Northfork-Ashland
Wyoming
Hanover
McDoweLl County Line
Braxton
Sutton-Summersville
Mobile Paving, Inc
Huntington
Clay
Ivydale
Fayette
Milburn-Kanawha County Line
Gauley Bridge
U. S. 19
Burdete Asphalt & Paving Co
Kanawha
Anderson Black Rock, Inc
Mason
Point Pleasant
New Haven
Ansome Black Rock, Inc
N and W Board Declares Dividends in Philadelphia
The Norfolk and Western Railway board declares a quarterly 25 cent dividend on adjustment preferred stock payable Aug. 10. It also declares a $1.50 quarterly dividend on common stock with $25 par value payable Sept. 10.
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Roanoke
Norfolk & Western Railway Board of Directors
Philadelphia
Indian film industry ranks third largest globally
The article states that the Indian film industry is the third largest in the world, highlighting its global standing and significance within the entertainment sector.
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India
Khrushchev Opens Talks With Sweden Leaders
Soviet Premier Khrushchev and Prime Minister Tage Erlander began three hours of talks in Erlander's office behind heightened security. A 30 year old foreigner in custody was questioned over alleged dangerous activity tied to a supposed kidnapping plot. police deny the gun story. Security forces at Haga Palace were strengthened as 5 000 armed officers manned barriers and patrols guarded by mounted units.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Khrushchev
Tage Erlander
Erlander
Aake Magnusson
Haga Palace
Elf
Williamson Boy Drowns In River
Eddie Lee Kerns fourteen of Williamson drowned Tuesday in the Tug River near Williamson. He was the river s third victim in two months. Police said he was swimming with four companions when he went under. His body was recovered thirty minutes later.
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Williamson
Eddie Lee Kerns
Tug River
Here
Corber Seeks GOP Role in Virginia Apportionment Talks
Virginia GOP chairman Robert J. Corber urged Gov. Albertis S. Harrison Jr. to form a bipartisan panel to plan legislative reapportionment. He warned against unconstitutional plans from the privileges and elections committees and echoed calls to avoid further delays and tax waste as the General Assembly prepares for a special fall session after the Supreme Court invalidated the 1962 map.
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Richmond
Virginia
Robert J. Corber
Albertis S. Harrison Jr
Corber
Harrison
Privileges and Elections Committees
GOP
General Assembly
U. S. Supreme Court
Assembly
House of Delegates
Senate
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Fai
Manhattan
Radio City Music Hall
Chinatown
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Fair Lway
New York City
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Honaker Avenue
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Mercer County
U. S
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Grant County
Terra Alta Limestone Co
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Pleasants
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Marys Road
Shelly & Sands, Inc
Zanesville
Randolph
Roane
Spencer Jackson County Line
State Construction, Inc
Dunlow & Ronk, Inc
Mantington
Webster
Webster Springs
Buckhannon Poe
Harman Brothers
Grafton
Jug Run Road
Ingram’s Inc
St. Marys
N&w
Richard Stanley
Oughtibridge
Sheffield
England
Salos
Richard
Nana
Williamson Boy
Dan Gerber
P.S
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