No Sacred Truth in College Grades Says Expert
A report by Edwin J. Shoben Jr of the American Council on Education finds no link between college grades and later success. The piece humorously notes that this undermines personal excuses for poor performance and jokes about blaming the analyst for past academic flubs.
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Pliny the Elder
Edwin J. Shoben Jr
Commission On Academic Affairs
American Council On Education
Shoben
Mr. Shoben
Gladiatorial sport taints airwaves says Washington Post
The Washington Post denounces boxing as brutal and immoral, comparing it to ancient Rome. It argues Cassius Clay embodies a harmful industry that glorifies violence and commercializes human lust and hate, urging an end to both the spectacle and its television promotion.
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Rome
Cassius Clay
Shirley Povich
Colosseum
Hoover Dictates Policy Clash Over Soviet Consular Treaty
The New York Times reports a clash between Secretary of State Rusk and J. Edgar Hoover over the stalled Soviet American consular treaty. Hoover's veto power complicates ratification and signals broader implications for U S policy toward Moscow and related treaties.
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State Rusk
J. Edgar Hoover
Mr. Hoover
Cru
Cial
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Soviet Union
Moscow
New York Times
Negro owned Super Jet Food Market chain planned
A Baltimore company announces a national chain of Negro owned supermarkets to be operated by Negro franchisees. The concept mirrors a long pattern of ethnic groups serving their communities and may broaden to serve nonracial customers if successful.
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Baltimore
Super Jet Food Market
Nathan M. Ayers
Friends of Maryfield Committee
Horace G. Ilderton
Maryfield
Congressional Ethics Expose Highlights Taxpayer-Funded Staff
Drew Pearson exposes alleged misconduct among Congress members. Rep. James Battin pays a Montana chauffeur and a secretary funded by taxpayers, with salaries cited as evidence of misuse. Rep. Sam Gibbons faces scrutiny over phosphate industry ties and pollution subsidies. Sen. Stephen Young is shown replying personally to constituents with sharp, biting letters.
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James Battin
Montana Republican
Louis Aleksich
Alekisch
Rep. Battin
Montana
Glad
Battin
Ada Aleksich
William T. Kelly
Billings
Rep
Sam Gibbons
Tampa
Fla
Adam Clayton Powell
Florida
Gibbons
Sen
Steve Young
Ohio
John Bricker
GOP
Bob Taft
Taft
Sen. Young
Geneva Steel
Cincinnati
SENSOAPER SAYS collage of midcentury quirks and quips
Bill Vaughan reports a mix of headlines from the era including New York City comptroller noting missing poverty funds, Congressmen arguing over seniority, universities reconsidering sports, a boy destined for baseball, UFOs and CIA money rumors, Brinkley on strike, a distressed housewife observing daytime TV decline, and 1100 man made space objects orbiting Earth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North American Newspaper Alliance
New York City
Brinkley
People and Town Notes Echo Distant Dreams and Local Deals
A collage of snippets describes people chasing fortunes and pleasures, the Emerywood post office move near Rockspring Long Street, Lions Club anniversary, Garden Center dedication, and business talks from Drexel Enterprises to English Motor Company. Randolph County school consolidation advances as Supt. Presnell lights a symbolic cigar.
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C. B
Emerywood Branch
Rockspring-Long Street
A. Pat Brown
Washington
Dale Montgomery
Guilford County Commission
Garden Club Council
Sears
R. W. Lindsay
Quickl
W. C. Landolina
Garden Clubs of North Carolina
Ada Burgess
North Carolina
English Motor Company
North Main
K-Mart
James A. Johnson
Edgar H. Nease Jr
Rochester
Minn
Ivan Crissman
High Point Civitans
Twilight Civitans
High Point Association
Lewis Brandon
Edwin L. Jones Jr
Charlotte Builder
Rotary Club
Randolph County
Lacy M. Presnell
Walter Gibson
Presnell
Lynn Albright
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High Point Enprise, Inc
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Associated Press
Fayente
N.C
AP News
Clas
High Point Enterprise, Inc
Drew Pearson
Congressional Ethics
Young
LBJ
Earl Warren
Stephen M. Young
Wayde F. Newkirk
Alliance
Bobby Kennedy
Fulbright
Morse
Buster
John R. Lee
Cleveland
North Vietnam
United States
Sensoaper
By Bill Vaughan
CIA
Holt McPherson
Lou, Cal
Delaware
Lions
Leged
Drexel Enterprises
G. Maurice Hill
Sperry & Hutchinson
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Ford Motor Co
Philco
J. P. Stevens and Co
Burlington Industries
Berry’s
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