You Can Buy Good Teaching As A Challenge To Tenure
Henry Toy, a 45 year old Peabody College graduate and former National Citizens Council for Better Schools director, argues teaching quality hinges on teachers who want to teach and learn. He opposes tenure as protecting unfit teachers and warns high salaries do not guarantee quality, stressing that improving teaching is essential even more than new school buildings.
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George Peabody College For Teachers
Nashville, Tenn
National Citizens Council For Better Schools
Henry Toy
Wilmington, del
DuPont
Toy
New York
U.S
Kansas
Arras
France
Saigon
Indochina
Hal Holbrook
Aging population and its rising power in business and politics
The piece cites quotes on longer lifespans and discusses a growing over-65 demographic. It notes 17 million Americans 65 or older, 15.4 percent of voters, and dramatic rises in the 85 plus group. It argues seniors will reshape work, retirement, income, and policy, forecasting further implications for businessmen and politicians.
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McNamara
Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank
America
Senate
Special Committee On
Views and Reviews of The Kennedy Circle
Miles A. Smith reviews The Kennedy Circle edited by Lester Tanzer, a collection of 19 profiles on White House and Kennedy cabinet figures. It notes depth beyond bios, focus on relationships with Kennedy, and hires 14 prominent journalists. David Brinkley provides an overview, portraying the subjects as pragmatists who favor workable ideas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennedy Circle
Lester Tanzer
Robert B. Luce, Inc
White House
Dean Rusk
Abraham Kibicoff
Robert Kennedy
Second Chester concert features Marty Caruso band
The Chester Recreation Board summer series presents a second concert at 8 Tuesday night at the municipal bandstand in Chester Park. Marty Caruso and his orchestra headline with soloists Lorraine Sharkey Tony Caruso Marty Caruso Henry Caruso and Jack Pedrick. The program covers 25 popular tunes.
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Chester Recreation Board
Chester Park
Marty Caruso
Lorraine Sharkey
Tony Caruso
Henry Caruso
Jack Pedrick
Emmett
Rosie) O'Donnell Jr
Air Force
North Korea
Pigeons Smarter Than Humans Say Editorial
Ward Cannel argues pigeons outsmart people and outlive city efforts to control them. notes California trials with tranquilizers, Warren's request for electric chasers, rooftop wiring, and failed anti-pigeon measures. cites legal risks and a World War I monument as unlikely hope while suggesting social psychology may offer a solution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Uniondale
N.Y
Porce-Cote
Moon Flight Push Faces Capitol Clash Over Costs
President Kennedy presses ahead with a moon mission by 1967 despite opposition from Rep Cannon and scientists. Cannon urges abandoning or scaling back the project to focus on defense, while Kennedy, Rayburn, and McCormack back the effort. Von Braun may head a lunar office within NASA.
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Robert S. Allen
Paul Scott Washington
Kennedy
Congress
Clarence Cannon
D-Mo
House Appropriations Committee
Cannon
White House
Russia
Earth
Moon
Khrushchev
Thor
United States
Soviet Union
House
Appropriations Committee
Sam Rayburn
D-Tex
John McCormack
D.mass
House Space Committee
George B. Kistiakowsky
Harvard University
Eisenhower
Wernher von Braun
Marshall Space Flight Center
Huntsville
Ala
von Braun
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Nature Demands Accountability for Error in All Things
The text argues that nature enforces strict accountability and swift penalties for those who ignore its laws. It laments society’s softening of rules in pursuit of ease, noting erosion of standards, pride in craftsmanship, and diminished accountability in business and social life.
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Heaven On
Earth
Quotable miscellany on health, birds and accountability
A column of varied notes covers changing body sizes between generations, curious science facts about thunder and pigeons, old folk remedies, quotes, retirement trends among elderly women, and light social commentary. It links everyday topics to broader accountability in foreign policy and the need for a testing deadline for nuclear limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Herold
U.S
Philadelphia conductor Henri Elkan leads Lansdowne Symphony
Special Times reports on Henri Elkan, a Philadelphia conductor born in Antwerp who began violin at seven and studied at Antwerp and Amsterdam Conservatories. The profile notes his active role in the city’s music scene and his early lack of flashy promise, yet hints at his notable career.
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Dot Flood
Contuctor
Lansdowne Symphony Orchestra
Henri Elkan
Philadelphia
Antwerp
Belgium
Antwerp Conservatory
Henri Elkan Old World Charm Shapes American Rise
Henri Elkan moved from Holland to the United States around 1920 and fostered music here by founding the Friends of Chamber Music Society of Philadelphia, the Philadelphia Society for Contemporary Music, and the Drama Opera Company. He conducted and played with major ensembles, supported Lansdowne Symphony Orchestra, and praised community orchestras for nurturing young talent. He also runs his own publishing company and the Matinee Musical Club Orchestra, while remaining critical of modern composers.
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Elkan
United States
Friends of Chamber Music Society of
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Society For Contemporary
Sic
Drama Opera Company
Leopold Stokowski
Philadelphia Orchestra
Steel Pier Opera Company
Atlantic City
Littlefield Philadelphia Ballet Company
Philadelphia Grand Opera Company
Convention Hall
Heritage House of Philadelphia
Lansdowne Symphony Orchestra
Lansdowne-Aldan High School
Don Feder
Lansdowne
Beethoven
Mortimer Mendelsohn
Drexel Hill
Eikan
Matinee Musical Club
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Daily Times, Inc
Chester
John E Tompkins
Sylvia Porter
Herbert S. Robb
Wayne College of Medicine
Edward L. Goldsmith
New York Hospital
Cornell Medical Center
Edward L. Bortz
The
American Medical Assn
Philadelphia Reserve Bank
Miles A. Smith
David Brinkley
Chamber of Commerce of
Chester and Vicinity
Chester Club
Delaware County Chamber of Commerce
A. R. Granger
George W. Thomson
William A. Faison
Albert R. Granger
Charles Hart
Charles R. Long
William F. Delahanty
J. I. Ward Hinkson
Old Chester Board of Trade
Pennsylvania Military College
Ward Cannel
Washington, D.C
Earl Warren
Supreme Court
England
Allen-Scott Report
Jack
Hal Boyle
Barry Goldwater
Castro
Koelcsy
MR. Elkan
Holland
Concertgebouw
William Mengelberg
E. E. Meyers
Charles E. Ellis School For Girls
Newtown Square
Otis Walter
Revere Read
Philadelphia Museum College of Art
Philadelphia Public Schools
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