Bilingual Education Proposal Gains Support Across Districts
The Civil Rights Commission endorses teaching academic subjects in students native tongues while they learn English. Texas already pursues a statewide bilingual curriculum for first graders, with expansion to sixth grade. Critics warn higher costs and bureaucratic expansion, but the piece argues bilingual instruction better preserves access and assimilation for Spanish and other language speaking students.
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Ig Civil Rights Commission
Texas
U.S
Civil Rights Commission
Wall Street Journal
End of the Tunnel In Ho Chi Minh City Parody
A satirical dialogue imagines entering a tunnel that leads to Ho Chi Minh City with jokes about American military hardware, political posturing, and a mock sale of equipment. It riffs on Vietnam War era themes with a closing quip about finding another light at the tunnel’s end.
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Washington
Ho Chi Minh City
Saigon
People's Republic of Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh
Henry
Israel
Africa
Far East
Cryptoquip puzzle clue from King Features 1975
A cryptogram describes an armed robber making off with filthy loot. The puzzle notes Eugene Sheffer crosswords and a cryptoquip with W equals T for today.
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King Features Syndicate, Inc
Public Letter Claims Garden City Police Misconduct
Rudy Servantez recounts a May incident alleging police harassment and abuse, including insulting language, false arrest threats, rough handling at the station, and refusal of rights notification. He claims officers mocked him, damaged city property, and used racial slurs, posting bond and facing added charges.
Chief Denies Accusations In Alcohol Arrest Incident
Rudolph Servantez faced charges of public intoxication resisting arrest and destruction of city property after a stakeout incident. He posted $80 bond, failed to appear, and reportedly pleaded guilty. A citizen observer noted no officer profanity and said Servantez was drunk.
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Rudolph Servantez
Servantez
Richard Colwell
The Peace Corps idealism fades in secret files
Hidden records reveal how the Peace Corps mission deteriorated from Kennedy era idealism to bureaucratic pragmatism. Volunteers faced political pressures, indoctrination criticisms, and culture clashes in Somalia Afghanistan and Morocco, with reports burned and officials claiming the agency serves as a State Department instrument.
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Washington
Peace Corps
John F. Kennedy
State Department
Somalia
Raymond Thurston
United States
Afghanistan
Morocco
Garden City Telegram publication details and pricing
Garden City Telegram is published daily except Sundays and certain holidays. The paper lists editors, address, phone, and advertising manager. Subscription rates: by carrier in Garden City $2.18 monthly, other cities $1.70, by mail $21.63 yearly, plus sales tax. motor car delivery $2.50 monthly.
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Garden City Telegram
Telegram Publishing Company
N. 7Th
Garden City
Kansas
Fred Brooks
John Frazier
Roy Allman
Man and Woman Share Simple Country Wedding Anecdotes
A country woman recalls a wedding in the eastern part of the state where the bride fainted during the ceremony and the best man fainted twice, causing a halt to the recessional. An interview with a father reflects on his eldest finishing high school and planning college, admitting mixed feelings about the change. The piece also notes the Garden City Public Library’s Bicentennial era Summer Reading Club Yankee Doodle for three age groups, signups on Monday, and university courses in country music and culture led by a PhD ethnomusicologist. a new book titled Confessions of a Murderer etc. by Alain Arias-Misson.
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Garden City
Alain Arias-Misson
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Monkey Lupino
Jones Or Carson
Julie Or Jack
Sea Eagle
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Tat
Saily Alett
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Cryptoquip
Art Brown
Human Relations Commission
Ben Picazo
Rudy Servantez
Emerson
Jack Anderson
University of Texas
Juan & Sul Favoritos
Lubbock
Club
Chamisal
City OF
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Edward D. Jones and Company
Dodge City
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