Hidden Language Gives Slum Children a Feeling of Unity
Pittsburgh educator John Bremer and Brewer describe a hidden slang used by slum children. The language, a creative coded vocabulary of about 4,000 idioms, helps youths cope with deprivation and masks true vocabulary gaps on standardized tests.
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David Wallace
Pittsburgh
Smokey the Bear
John Bremer
Board of Public Education
Brewer
Admonition Strikes Home for Attorney
In Fairbanks Alaska Judge William Taylor admonished his son attorney Warren Taylor for outbursts in court calling them inappropriate. The judge warned he trusted not to admonish again as the courtroom tension highlighted family ties in a legal proceeding.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
William Taylor
Warren Taylor
Man flies weekly to attend class at ENMU
Clifton Edwards a 47 year old Moriarty superintendent now travels 320 miles round trip by single engine plane to Eastern New Mexico University for a counseling techniques course. He holds bachelor and master degrees and aims for an education specialist degree. Edwards has logged over 1400 flight hours and served as Marine pilot in World War II and Korea. His son Max is a freshman at ENMU and his granddaughter is Lynn Strother of Albuquerque. King Faisal became Arabia's king after Saud's illness in November 1964.
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Moriarty
N.M
New Mexico
Eastern New Mexico University
Clifton Edwards
Central New Mexico
Edwards
Eastern
Portales
Dewey Hunt
Moriarty High School
Korea
Max
Lynn Strother
Albuquerque
On This Day in History August 24 Highlights 1966
Events tracked include 1814 Madison fleeing Washington as British troops advanced, 1867 Johns Hopkins University incorporation, 1891 Edison camera patent, 1912 Parcel Post authorization, 1939 Russo German nonaggression pact, 1941 Churchill pledge to aid the United States, ten years ago Hammarskjold dismissal of Petrov, five years ago Berlin crisis warning, one year ago Republican critique of Vietnam policy.
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James Madison
Washington
Johns Hopkins University At
Baltimore
Thomas Edison
Congress
Britain
Ister
Winston Churchill
United States
Japan
United Nations
Dag Hammarskjold
Viktor Ivanovich Petrov
Petrov
U.S. Justice Department
Berlin
White House
Soviet Union
West Berlin
Senate Clears Postal Bill for Servicemen
Washington AP reports the Senate approved a bill to air mail free taped personal messages and news publications to servicemen in Vietnam. The measure also authorizes airlift at surface rates for letter mail and taped messages to service members in noncombat overseas areas.
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Washington
Viet Nam
Senate
House
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Pate
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