Orphans Counselor Converts Camp Choir With Music
Shirley Roden, a SIU Little Grassy Camp counselor, conducts a music program for mentally challenged children. Director William F. Price and choir director Robert Kingsbury recruited her for a summer project, and her class turns shy, delayed learners into a lively group singing and harmonizing, attracting praise from Don Cross.
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Shirley Roden
St. Louis
William F. Price
SIU
Little Grassy
Robert Kingsbury
Kingsbury
Shirley
Grassy
Don
Red) Cross
Price
Music teacher connects disabled kids to learning
Shirley Roden runs a summer program at Little Grassy for handicapped children in which music theory and word games accompany physical and language training. Her warmth and method engage diverse disabilities from cerebral palsy to spina bifida, drawing enthusiastic participation and even spontaneous affection from a student.
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Southern Illinois University
Little Grassy Lake
Shirley Roden
Little Grassy
Shirley
SIU
Kingsbury
Tupelo
Mississippi
Alfalfa Varieties Face Tradeoffs in SIU Study
Southern Illinois University agronomy findings compare fast yielding alfalfa types ideal for hay with longer lasting varieties suited for pasture. Flemish bred crops like Alfa Du Puits FD-100 and Flamantle SC 118 top yields but wilt easily, while resistant types such as Buffalo Cody Cayuga and Vernal offer longer rotations. Fertility maintenance and regular potash top-dressing support production. alfalfa weevil remains a persistent issue with spraying advised around plant feeding cycles.
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Southern Illinois
Southern Illinois University
Ranger
Carbondale Agronomy Center
Central Illinois
Illinois
Buffalo
Cody
Cayuga
Current Album Reviews Highlight 1960s Pop Classics
Linda Norris surveys new albums from the Lettermen, Al Martino, and Mrs Miller. The Lettermen offer two sided love song sets including Volare and Georgy Girl under producers Perry Botkin Jr and Jimmie Haskell. Al Martino returns with a refined country pop set, while Mrs Miller pushes country rock-a-sec notes with Memphis and Misty Blue.
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Lettermen
Perry Botkin, Jr
Dick Hazard
Jimmie Haskell
Impossible Dream
Born Free
Cherish
Georgy Girl
Volare
Kelly Gordon
Legion
al Martino
Daddy
Martino
Mary
Tom Morgan
Marvin Holtzman
Advertising and the consumer in a free market
The piece argues that advertising fuels healthy competition by informing consumers of options. It rebuts calls to curb advertising and cites Justice John Marshall Harlan's view that the consumer, not regulators, should decide which components of advertising are useful or harmful. It warns that restricting advertising would impair information channels for the public.
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Federal Trade Commission
John Marshall Harlan
Supreme Court
Commission
Short And Sweet On Weight Gain And Loss
The piece notes four times as many people are overweight as underweight, yet over 15 million Americans are underweight. Gaining weight or losing it follows the same principle: adjust intake to manage body weight for better appearance and health.
Breakfast Club live shows draw Midwest and Chicago crowds
The piece highlights Don McNeill's Breakfast Club radio show performing live in Chicago with a large studio audience, detailing the show's 34 years, orchestra improvisation, and widespread reach to 432 stations and about thirty million listeners in Europe. It also features the Kungsholm miniature opera at the Kungsholm Restaurant, noting its world class puppetry, 52 piece orchestra, and $20,000 production scale.
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Midwest
Don MccNeill
Mr. McNeill
Breakfast Club
Eddie Balantine
U.S
Europe
Allerton Hotel
Michigan Avenue
Chicago
Kungsholm
Orches
Royal Opera House
Copenhagen
Metropolitan Opera
la Scala
Kungsholm Opera
Charmer
Illinois
Law says no ticket scalping enforcement unlikely
Illinois bans reselling tickets for more than printed prices but enforcement is unlikely during sports seasons. The Illinois State Bar Association notes a 1907 Supreme Court view that selling above face value does not threaten public welfare, making prosecutions difficult.
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Illinois
Illinois State Bar Association
Bar Association
State Supreme Court
ISBA
Chicago
Handkerchief Still Best Road Distress Signal
The Greater New York Safety Council urges motorists to use a white handkerchief tied to the car antenna or door handle as the clear distress signal. Director Michael G. Birmingham notes raising the hood is acceptable but can be misread as cooling the engine. motorists should pull over when possible or report the location to a highway officer or service attendant if safe to do so.
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Greater New York Safety Council
Michael G. Birmingham
Council
Birmingham
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Orpheus
Southern
Albert Meyer
Close
Monee
Pitman
Bulg
Gregg
Anger
Linda Norris
Illinois Department OF Business and Economic Development
Mnenjoy
Aduke
Eleanor Sprague
Virginia Mars
U. S
Rosie Victoms
Cain Lane
Vietnam
Illinois Supreme Court
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