Summer Schools Praised By G. K. Hodenfield
Washington AP report highlights aASA praise for summer school programs as a way to extend learning. It notes shifts from remedial use to advanced and elective courses for gifted and average students, plus consideration of four-quarter and 48-week plans and a 12 month teacher program, with community support needed for success.
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G. K. Hodenfield
Washington
American Assn
Amaon
AASA
Citizens Committee
Fairfield
Conn
Apollo era Pioneer V mission to reach lunar orbit
The United States readies a 98 foot Atlas Able launch at Cape Canaveral for Pioneer V to boost a 372 pound satellite into the first lunar orbit. The mission aims for Sept 22 26 with a start and stop rocket burn to achieve 25000 mph and capture lunar data before attempting lunar capture.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
America
Earth
Moon
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Farnsworth Seeks 60,000 Democrats to Vote for Him
Denison Iowa reports Crawford County attorney candidate Lee J. Farnsworth advertised in a local paper calling for 60,000 Democratic votes. The county population is under 20,000.
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Denison
Iowa
Lee J. Farnsworth
Crawford County
Nominees Weigh Farm Plan Moves In 1960 Campaign
Washington AP reports that both Nixon and Kennedy face questions over farm policy with no firm program yet. At a Des Moines rally Kennedy and Johnson outlined parity goals and various devices, while Nixon prepared his first farm speech in Iowa. Farmers favor land retirement and acreage reductions, with debate over soil bank measures shaping campaign strategy.
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Richard M. Nixon
John F. Kennedy
Des Moines
Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Ezra Taft Benson
Nixon
Johnson
Iowa
Eisenhower
GOP
Soil Bank
Congress
Scout Counselor Rescued After Tree Climb
Bruce Flincham, a Boy Scout counselor in Lorton Virginia, climbed a 30 foot tree to remove a broken limb and was lowered to safety by the Lorton Rescue Squad after two engines and about a dozen firemen responded to the call.
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Lorton
Bruce Flincham
Flincham
Bicycle license owner in Baltimore acts without parental consent
The first buyer of a 1960 city bicycle license without parental consent was Charles Edward Trail, who is 50 years old. The note emphasizes the unique case as compliant with the law.
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Baltimore
Charles Edward Trail
Trail
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