New 43-letter alphabet to test in Britain schools
A new English alphabet called augmented Roman will be tested in September with 1,000 five and six year olds in 24 British schools. It uses 43 letters 24 old and 19 new, omits Q and X, and each letter has a single sound. Children switch to the regular ABCs at age seven, and experts expect reading to take half the current time once learned.
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London
Britain
James Pitman
Sir James
John Downing
London University
Augmented Reman Alphabet Spelling Primer
A compact note on using an augmented Reman alphabet to aid beginners. It explains that after initial success readers may return to standard spellings, while the new form offers a stepping stone and proof of concept for systematic spelling.
Airman Confesses Killing His Own Baby at Carswell
Airman Charles Croley Jr of Perryton Texas admitted to newsmen that he snatched his four month old daughter Rhonda from his wife Rhonda and threw her to stop crying at Carswell Air Force Base. He described a detached mood and said he enjoyed the infant’s cries ending with the child dead. Croley, 19, was charged with murder after the incident occurred Thursday night.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Charles Croley Jr
Air Police
Carswell Air Force Base
Croley
Perryton
Cooley
Rhonda
Helen Faget Dies at 96 Former French Music Professor
Helen Faget, 96, a former professor of French and music at the University of Nice in France, died Thursday in San Francisco.
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San Francisco
Helene Faget
University of Nice
France
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