Comics Replace The Classics on College Campuses
A survey shows comic books surge on campuses with Marvel icons like Batman and Spider-Man replacing traditional classics. Colleges report brisk student sales, professors buying multiple copies, and courses linking comics to education, reading skills, and social topics.
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New York
Holy Hallowed Halls
Ivy
Hulk
Superman
Auburn
N.Y
Stan Lee
Marvel Comics
Rex Harrison
Lee
College and University Business Reports
Free Beltone hearing aid offer in Chicago
A Beltone announcement promises a free non-operating model of the smallest Beltone aid yet, weighing under a third of an ounce and worn at the ear with no body-to-head wires. Write to Dept. 5132, Beltone Electronics Corp., Chicago, to request one.
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Chicago
Beltone
Beltone Electronics Corp
Victoria St
Ill
Convictions For Heroin On Rise In North Carolina
Raleigh AP reports since last July 5, 23 people in North Carolina federal courts have been convicted or pled guilty in heroin distribution cases. The crackdown, Operation Eagle, involved multiple agencies and aimed to disrupt trafficking. Officials say drug flow was slowed, prices doubled, and quality dropped.
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Raleigh
N.C
North Carolina
U.S
Joseph W. Dean
Charles Dunn
State Bureau of Investigation
What a Doll Jack Receives Presidential Pardon
Tad Lincoln’s Zouave doll named Jack was pardoned by Abraham Lincoln on White House stationery for dozing on sentry duty. The document, signed by Lincoln himself, reflects a playful presidential gesture from the era.
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Tad Lincoln
White House
A. Lincoln
Aviation Veteran Still Remains Active in Flying
Harry Porter an 80 year old aviation veteran remains active in the craft with four to five hours of flying monthly. He received the Amelia Earhart Medal from the 99s for major contributions to aviation while FAA notes him as possibly the nation’s oldest active licensed pilot. Porter, a World War I veteran and former barn stormer, helped open Chattanooga Lovell Field in 1932 and trained pilots for the Army Navy and GI Bill after World War II. He now consults for Hangar One while maintaining a close office near his longtime flying service site.
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Brown
Tufts
Indiana
Texas Tech
Bowling Green
Hunter
Auburn
Brigham Young
Wisconsin U
Milwaukee
Congressional Library
Princeton
Northwestern
Lee
University of Chicago
New York University
Columbia
Iowa
Vassar
Barnard
Vivian Davis
Les Seago
Associated Press
Chattanooga, Tenn
Harry Porter
Porter
Nashville
99'S
International Women’s Flying Organization
99’S
Amelia Earhart
Federal Aviation Administration
Hangar One
Aviation
Chattanooga
The
Tanooga
Lovell Field
Army
Navy
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Santina
Sears
Sears Ogbeck and CO
Wrenn St. High Point, N.C
Irewer Davis Patrol & Watchman Service
High Point
N. Main'st
Wachovia
Achovia Bank.and Trust Company
N.A
Winston-Salem
FDIC
Eelca
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