Jump Rope Rhymes Reveal Childs Hidden Thoughts
STORRS Conn AP The next time you see a youngster jumping rope and reciting rhymes listen closely The child may be telling you more than you think University of Connecticut professor Francelia Butler an expert on children’s literature has collected over 2000 rhymes during travels and will visit Southeast Asia India and Japan on a six week tour giving children jump ropes and collecting rhymes She says many rhymes are old ballads from Roman times the Middle Ages and the Renaissance and endure because they express universal growing up emotions A recurring theme is frustration with family including younger siblings She cites a rhyme about Tiny Tim showing darker undercurrents in child psychology.
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Divorce Vote Threatens Italy Center-Left Split
Rome AP Italians vote Sunday on retaining legalized divorce a referendum that threatens to split Italy s center left government Amid inflation labor unrest and crime the campaign ends with a Rome rally The issue pits Premier Rumor s Christian Democrats and the far right against Socialists Democratic Socialists and Republicans with the Vatican urging repeal and anticlerical backlash rising in the nation s capital
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Butz Honors Employes For Outstanding ACHIEVEMENTS
Washington AP Several Agriculture Department employees will receive the department's highest citation for outstanding achievements in program administration science and education and rural community development. White House budget director Roy L. Ash will speak at the ceremonies Thursday before Secretary Earl L. Butz presents the distinguished service awards. Recipients include agricultural attache Ernest Koenig Brussels Belgium director Floyd F. Hedlund of the fruit and vegetable division Agricultural Marketing Service administrator Robert F. Thayer of the Wisconsin Agriculture Department's marketing division Madison Dr. George Hyatt Jr. North Carolina state agricultural extension director Raleigh.
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Transcript Release Backfires Nixon Resignation Doubts Rise
Rumors swirl as Nixon releases Watergate transcripts but Congress shifts toward impeachment as a growing bloc of Republicans calls for resignation to avoid a protracted crisis, though many doubt an early exit. A wave of rumors dominates Washington as GOP leaders weigh next steps.
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19 Year Old Raising Family
A 19 year old, Mylan Masson, raises her siblings after their parents died in a Canadian fishing accident. With help from grandmother Kathryn, she balances college at St Catherine, three part time jobs, and school activities while caring for Bruce, Nancy, Bradley, Miriam, Norman Jean, and Keith.
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