British Rail Relics Hidden in London Garage
A large collection of British railway relics dating to the 1800s sits unused in a London bus garage, including Queen Victoria and King Edward VII carriages and the world’s first double deck bus. Officials envision a future transportation museum, preserving 42 locomotives and 83 rail vehicles along with historic timetables, restraints, and other artifacts.
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Tom A. Cullen
London
NER
United States
Britain
Queen Victoria
Edward VII
Queen Alexandra
George V
Mary
George VI
Queen Elizabeth
Queen Mary
King Edward VII
North Western Railway
Queen's Royal Train Guarded by Pilot Engine Tests
The queen traveled with a protective pilot engine in front of her royal train to test for explosives or derailment. Crossing gates were locked and surrounding traffic halted as her coach passed. She objected to speeds over 40 miles per hour.
Start Foreign Language In Grade Three Urged By Educators
A joint NEA and Modern Language Assn report urges starting a modern foreign language by third grade and continuing for ten years. It calls for four years of high school study as a minimum and a six year middle and high school sequence, with a potential second language for talented students. The proposal stems from Carnegie-funded conferences aiming to boost universal language education.
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Washington
UPI
U.S
National Education Assn
NEA
Modern Language Assn. of America
Carnegie Corp
Fathers and the New Servant Class
A social science overview surveys changing father roles. It cites Janet Rioch Doris Milman Geoffrey Gorer and Russell Lynes noting a shift from the traditional patriarchal father to a diminished and more accommodating male figure in modern families.
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Doris Milman
New York State College of Medicine
Geoffrey Gorer
United States
The Father Figure Debate and Language Learning Shifts
Opinion pieces clash over whether busy fathers neglect family roles or embrace domesticity. A second topic highlights a report urging audio lingual methods and early immersive foreign language instruction for elementary students to replace grammar heavy teaching.
Officers Named By Sales Group
Don Raher of the Laur ance Press Company was named president of the Cedar Rapids Sales Executives club at its annual election. Other officers elected were Norb Chehak Oscar Amador and Jack Schiffour as vice presidents Evers Washburn as treasurer and Jim Hunt as recording secretary. Directors named were Walt Hibbs Walt Wendler Dick Frye Lowell P Schwinger Frank Carideo Marv Tucker and Gordon Larson.
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Don Raher
Laurance Press Company
Cedar Rapids
Walt Hibbs
Walt Wendler
Dick Frye
Lowell P. Schwinger
Frank Carideo
Marv Tucker
Gordon Larson
Hand-Shaking Across Cultures Explored By National Geographic
The National Geographic Society surveys how different cultures greet and the varied rituals used when meeting strangers. It notes that ancient beliefs about weapons influence handshakes and cites examples from Chinese, Ainu, Andaman, Lapp, Tierra del Fuego, and Moslem traditions along with ritual weeping and lamentations in Aboriginal communities.
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National Geographic Society
Japan
Tierra del Fuego
Australia
New Zealand
Courteous driver award goes to Cedar Rapids welder
Leonard B. Ramsey 32 of 460 Ninth Ave SW was named courteous driver of the week by the department of public safety for June 11 at Mt Vernon Rd and 14th St SE. Ramsey, a Link Belt Speeder Corp welder, stopped to let a turning car pass, unaware its driver was Patrolman Kenneth Vanous.
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Ninth Ave
Department of Public Safety
Mt. Vernon Road
Fourteenth Street
Ramsey
Kenneth Vanous
Vanous
Bamsey
Link
Blood-Curdling Screams Send Burglar Fleeing in Houston
Two elderly widows Ann L. Blas ing, 64, and Irene West, 65, frightened a burglar so much with their screams that he leaped through a closed bedroom window to escape, sending him fleeing the scene.
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Ann L. Blasing
Irene West
Old Seat Belts Find New Use for Children's Ward
United Airlines mechanic Henry W. Thomas devised a program using used seat belts to restrain children in wheelchairs beds and orthopedic carts. More than 250 belts have been donated to nine children’s hospitals nationwide for safety. Thomas a Salt Lake City Shriner initiated the effort two years ago at Intermountain Shriners hospitals.
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Salt Lake City
U.S
United Airlines
Henry W. Thomas
Thomas
Shriner
Salt Lake
Intermountain
Shriners Hospitals
British Teachers College Students Fail Basic Division
A UPI survey of British teachers college students finds about one in five unable to divide by eight. The result highlights gaps in basic arithmetic understanding among future educators and raises concerns for math instruction.
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London
UPI
Teachers College
Wrist watch found underwater at Benbrook lake by Sharp
T. L. Sharp reeled in a wrist watch from Benbrook lake after one catch. He cleaned it and reported it runs fairly well though loses about ten minutes per hour.
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Fort Worth
UPI
T. L. Sharp
Benbrook Lake
Sharp
Johansson Patterson Heavyweight Title Fight On KCRG Radio
KCRG Radio offers live coverage of the Johansson versus Patterson heavyweight title bout Monday at 8 05 P M with play by play and ring action expected from the arena.
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KCRG
Johansson-Patterson
Camera Detects Sewer Leaks Cuts City Repair Costs
Hollywood Florida uses an 18 inch waterproof TV camera to locate leaks in the sewer system. Over five years the device saved taxpayers an estimated 215000 by pinpointing faults, avoiding street tearing, and enabling internal sealing or targeted repairs. City Manager Joseph W Watson notes typical avoidable costs if streets were dug. The system was developed by Hollywood sewer and engineering departments and tested in other Florida cities.
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Hollywood
Fla
Joseph W.W. Watson
Hollywood Sewers
Florida
Odd fare leads to gold sovereign discovery in Salisbury
A Salisbury bus conductor believed a woman passenger paid an odd fare of a halfpenny and later found she had given a gold sovereign worth about $9. The incident highlights the unusual currency mix encountered on a routine bus ride in England.
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Salisbury
England
UPI
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Sixteenth St. NE
Joy Miller
Associated Press
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Pop
John Cavanagh
Margaret Mead
Junior
Dad
C.R. Welder
Leonard B. Ramsey
Belt Speeder Corp
Spirit Lake
Leonard Bamsey
Houston
Galia NA Cee i
Arnold Pfiffner
Pechar Realtors
John Zachar, Jr
Queen's Railway Car
Morgan Optical
Kryptok
First Avenue S.E
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