Americas Regional Dialects Are Dying Four Generations Hence
The piece notes shrinking regional speech varieties across the United States as mass media and mobility promote Midwestern standard English. Experts like Allan H. Hubbell of New York University foresee most regional differences fading within four generations, replaced by a wide spread Midwest speech labeled Midwesternese.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Toidytoid
Toid Avenue
Eastern Seaboard
Allan H. Hubbell
New York University
U.S
Midwest
North Central States
Hubbell
Brooklyn
Kahlitch
Main
New England
Mountain South
American Speech Magazine
Modern Language Assn
England
New World
New
Mason-Dixon Line
Identical Tax Returns Yield Varied IRS Answers
Six men posing as a salaried worker presented identical tax data to IRS agents. Each of the six returns received different verdicts on owed taxes, ranging from $7.05 to $26.69. The experiment shows varying interpretations of IRS rules rather than arithmetic errors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald J. Rogers
New York Herald-Tribune
George Jackson
Internal Revenue Service
Uncle Sam
IRS
The Sicilian Gandhi Danilo Dolci as a controversial savior
Special to The Garretts profiles Danilo Dolci of Partinico, a 36 year old poet architect dubbed the Sicilian Gandhi. Despite fierce opposition from police Mafia and landowners, he mobilizes volunteers from Europe to aid Trapetto and Partinico, building shelters schools hospitals sewers and a river dam while promoting nonviolent reform and agricultural modernization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Partinico
Sicily
Palermo
North
Albert Schweitzer
Dolci
Itay
Gandhi
Italy
Mediterranean
England
Switzerland
Sweden
Danilo Doici
Danilo Dolci
Europe
Dolet
Village of God
Special Days in Funland Observed at Tot-Lots
Playground News notes Special Days in Funland this week at 18 city Tot-Lots with Tuesday start due to holiday. Activities honor Halloween Fourth of July Valentines birthdays Thanksgiving and Easter through crafts games story hours and music. Nancy Waddell and Mrs. Nancy Knowles lead songs and Hokey Pokey dance. Participants must be 4 by Nov 15 and not yet in kindergarten. 6-year-olds join daily junior programs at 28 playgrounds from 10 to 1130 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Waddell
Nancy Knowles
Weeklong theme parade list by Tot Lot areas
The text lists daily theme selections for multiple Tot Lot areas across a week. It names Anderson Harrison Cedar Hills Daniels Linwood Kenwood Van Buren Noelridge Redmond Haskell Wright Jefferson and Franklin Lincoln as areas with distinct themes each day from Tuesday to Friday, including holidays and seasonal motifs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson and
Harrison
McGurkey
Cedar Hills
Starsand Stripes
Daniels and Linwood
Dairydale
Little Jack Pumpkin Face
Tom Turk
Franklin and Lincoln
Kenwood and
van Buren
Redmond and Haskell
Wright and Jefferson
Space Satellite Week Lights Up City Playgrounds
The Playground and Recreation Commission marks Space Satellite week with activities across multiple sites. Family nights on Tuesday at Noelridge Daniels. Thursday at Johnson Cedar Hills Cedar Valley Alandale Cleveland Franklin. Shows at Noelridge McKinley Franklin all 2 15 PM. Nok Hockey tournament drives city contests with quadrant playoffs Thursday at Franklin Grant Wood Harrison Wilson and Friday city final at Riverside. Special space themed crafts contests and games fill the schedule along with a city Kalah winner list from last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Playground and Recreation Commission
Space Satellite
Noelridge and
Daniels
Johnson
Cedar Hills
Cedar Valley
Alandale
Cleveland
Franklin
Noelridge
McKinley
Grant Wood
Harrison
Wilson
Riverside Playground
City
Kalah
Bill Good
Roosevelt
Mike Conners
Carol Mraz
Madonna Sedlak
Cathy Suthers
Martha Jane Sewart
Riverside
Coe
Ellis
Erskine
Chemical Garden Project
Hayes
Jones
Kenwood
Reed
Sinclair — Jr
van Vechten
Outer Space
Whitlam — Jr
Joyce Underwood Cited For Courteous Driving
A Cedar Rapids businessman Joyce Underwood owner of Underwood's Mobil Service was cited for courteous driving by the department of public safety and the Iowa Electric Light and Power Co. after aiding a stranded motorist He pushed the car with four women to a nearby competitor station at Tenth Street and Second Avenue SE Marchal reported Underwood and his family reside at 2924 Dalewood Ave SE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Department of Public Safety
Iowa Electric Light and Power Co
Joyce Underwood
Underwood
Mobil Service
Bave
Wayne Marchal
Tenth Street
Second Avenue SE
Helmet Contest And Games At Weekend Sports Event
Friday features a helmet contest and a mixed volleyball game while Wednesday hosts Nok Wright and Thursday hosts Wilson in a sequence of Indian ball events and a para chute contest on Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Wright
Indian Leper Colony Revolt Turns Violent
In a Madras area leper settlement near Trichinopoly outraged inmates beat to death the superintendent during a dispensary visit after a day of starvation for refusing to work. Police arrested two lepers as mutiny followed hunger strikes and forced labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madras
India
Trichinopoly
Rats May Not Be Permanent In Newport Case
Dorothy Mappe, 57, lost a dispute over a cut in her property valuation after she complained of rats as big as cats. The court ruled it cannot guarantee how many rats will be present from week to week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
Wales
UPI
Dorothy Mappe
Purported burglary ends with radio stolen from fridge
In Bakersfield California police report William Bruce had his home burglarized yet only a transistor radio was taken from the refrigerator. Bruce quips that it was hidden there to prevent further theft. Deputies question motive in the odd case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bakersfield, Calif
UPI
William Bruce
Bruce
Dancehall Operator Clashes With Lawman Sunday Evening
A dancehall saloon operator and a lawman clashed in an incident Sunday at 7:30 PM. Details note a televised report on the confrontation and its immediate aftermath.
Good News for the Hard of Hearing Battery Aid
An advertisement promises a two second device that lasts long and provides ear level hearing. The copy states it will delight users who may wear it with pride and invites inquiries for self or as a gift to a friend, addressed to M. W. John.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tery
Also Mentioned on This Page
America
Norma Gauhin
York
Ayalabayamah
National Broadcasting Co
John Curran
NBC
Kee
New York
Garretts
Trieste
Trapetto
Mahatma Gandhi
Playground News
Valentine
Arthur
Jr Playground
Joyce, Jr
Dalewood Ave
Mochnick Typewriter Co
2Nd Ave
M. W. John
S. Elizabeth Street
Chicago
Illinois
Polaroid
FBI
First Avenue
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!