Dictionary clash over Webster’s Third upheaves usage rules
A nationwide debate erupts over Webster’s Third International Dictionary dropping colloquial labels. Critics say it reflects language change while supporters argue usage defines correctness. The dispute spans schools, courts, media, and daily life as editors defend evolving definitions and cite long-term research.
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Ward Cannel
Assi
New York
NEA
Berka
Laos
Cuba
Webster
Merriam Company
Samuel Johnson
Billy Rose
Ted Williams
Philip Gove
Ennsylvania
Cart
York
Kennedy School Aid Plea Fails to Spur House Action
President Kennedy urged action on his general school aid bill and college aid plan but the House showed little enthusiasm. Republican objections blocked a scholarship program, delaying compromise between House and Senate versions. Kennedy pressed the effort after State of the Union and other messages.
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Washington
Kennedy
House
Senate
Congress
Yne Mil
Rives Committee
Education and Labor
Rules Committee
Education and Labor Committee
Adam Clayton Powell
D- NU
Powell
Cleveland M. Bailey
West Virginia
Bailey
Albert H. Snips
Rocky Mount Man Cleared In Loan Case
Herman Drake, veteran city employee and sanitation chief in Rocky Mount North Carolina, was cleared of criminal responsibility in an alleged loan shark operation. He was suspended after lending checks from Negro workers to a local grocer for cashing. a news conference was scheduled as he was restored with loss of pay and a reprimand. The case intertwined with broader education and school funding debates in Congress and state politics.
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Rocky Mount
N.C
Herman Drake
William H. Batchélor
Drake
Bennie W. Pollard
Pollard
Recorder’s Court
Kent
Railroad Gives Wilmington its Property
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad completed donation of most local land and buildings to Wilmington to back a $3.3 million urban renewal project by the Wilmington Redevelopment Commission. Deeds were presented in a ceremony as ACL officials delivered the final tracts and a $162,686 payment for key buildings and offices.
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Wilmington
N.C
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Jacksonville
Fla
Wilmington Redevelopment Commission
Allsbrook
John Weldon
ACL
Highway Department
Man charged in wife's death in Wilmington case
Willie Smith, 40s, charged with first degree serious case in the death of his wife Merniva Smith, 45, after an argument Tuesday night. Autopsy cited blunt force injuries and complications from internal bleeding. Sheriff said both drank that night and Smith said he struck her with firewood, then found her on the porch at dawn.
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Wilmington
N.C
Willie Smith
Marian W. Millis
Merniva Smith
Smith
Bom
St Louis
College
Lady Chatterley
Pwo
Colleq
Washington
East
Tand
Daily Crossword Puzzle Across and Down Clues
A garbled list of crossword clues and partial answers across and down. The fragment includes many numbered hints such as poets, places, and descriptors with incomplete entries and stray letters, resembling a puzzle page with missing portions.
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U.S
4Th Infantry Division
Army
Hohenfels
Germany
Fort Lewis
Wash
Neuver
JFK
Rocky Mount Man
Railroad
Valentine
Princess
BEN David’s
Main Street
Miller
Miller High
Milwaukee
Miller High Life
Millar Brewing Company
Milwaukee, Wiscon
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