Dyslexia case shows reading struggle masks strong math and ambitions
Kathleen Joy Rice, once labeled a reading failure by age 13, charts a rare path from dyslexia to engineering. She now studies civil engineering at Columbia, aiming to graduate by 1977 after starting at Purdue in 1969. Doctors describe dyslexia as a disconnect between written words and spoken meaning, with ongoing debate about its nature.
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Columbia University
School of Engineering and Applied Science
Purdue
Indiana
Richard L. Masland
Department of
Neurology
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Six cities compete for 1976 Democratic convention site
Washington reports the Democratic National Committee has narrowed bids to six cities for the 1976 convention. Kansas City and Cleveland filed formal bids. Los Angeles Miami Beach New Orleans and New York were set for hearings the next day. In other news a medical issue notes up to ten percent of school children may have a learning disability named dyslexia. Kathleen Joy, once labeled a failure, overcomes obstacles with aid from parents and engineers her way back toward a degree aided by tapes from the blind records program.
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New York
UPI
Katheen Joy Rice
Kathleen Joy
Washington
Democratic National Committee
Kansas City
Cleveland
Los Angeles
Miami Beach
New Orleans
Western High
Louisville
Purdue
Grand Island Officials Respond to Gov Exon Letter
Grand Island leaders Mayor Oscar Bredthauer Hall County Airport Authority Chairman Howard Hinman and Chamber President Sam Houston replied to a letter from Gov Exon advocating a milk run air service for outstate Nebraska. They voiced support for a practical air link and urged action to improve regional air connectivity.
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Grand Island
UPI
J.J. Exon
The
States Aeronautics Board
Air Service
Nebraska
Oscar Bredthauer
Hall County
Exon
Frontier Airlines
Hastings
Kearney
State Aeronautics Commission
Rites Friday for 11 killed on Easter
Eleven hearses carry remains of a single family slain at Easter gathering in Hamilton Ohio as funeral rites proceed at Sacred Heart of Jesus Church in Fairfield. Ten victims shot in the head or with multiple wounds. a grand jury considers indicting James Ruppert on 11 counts of aggravated murder.
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Hamilton
Ohio
UPI
Sacred Heart of Jesus Church
Fairfield
Garrett Boone
Butler County Grand Jury
James A. Ruppert
Ruppert
Ikes convention set in Fremont
Annual convention of the Nebraska State Chapter Trank Walton League of America planned for June 7 8 at the Fremont lodge. Registration starts 10 am June includes a Louis E May Museum tour no skeet shooting horse show pitching and a Hawaiian luau with dancing and games. Main speaker National President Alfred J Kreft will present a film on youth work.
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Nebraska
Trank Walton League of America
Fremont Lodge
Louis E. May
Alfred J. Kreft
Portland
Ore
League
Delmar Miller
Lincoln
Robert Rice
Columbus
Arthur Gerber
Gerber
Carl Muller
Viet orphans begin new life in San Francisco barracks
SAN FRANCISCO UPI 52 Vietnamese orphans, aged three months to eight years, who escaped war after a defiant World Airways captain flight, arrived at Oakland and were taken to an Army Reserve site near the Golden Gate for medicals and adoption processing. A second report from Bogota notes a kidnapping shootout leaving three dead.
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UPI
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Oakland International
World Airways
Buse
6Th Army
Presidio
Ken Healy
Saigon
Healy
William Keating
Oakland
Phoom Penh
Edward 8. Daly
da Nang
Federal Aviation Administration
Harmon Hall
Friends of Vietnamese Children
Denver, Colo
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Peking
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Conoco
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BO Rea
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Jan Wollett
Vietnam
U.S. Agency For International Development
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