George Junior Republic mentors youths through self governed law
At the George Junior Republic near Ithaca, teens run a self governing town with a 50-member staff, a 53-year history, and a model economy. Will, a 17-year-old president, leads a system where laws are made by youths and enforced by peer guidance, teaching responsibility and self reliance.
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Tom Henshaw
Oree's Bench
George Junior Republic
Republic
Freeville
Dryden
Ithaca
George Junior Republic Assn
United Staes
Donald Urquhart
Urquhart
Will
The
Ciety
Uryu
Justice of the Peace
Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
Scholarships Idle in North as South Seeks More Aid
North colleges hold idle funds amid restrictive scholarships while Southern institutions report shortages and mounting demand. Duke University issued 809 undergraduate awards totaling $410,000 this year. UNC and others note need for more aid and publicity to reach eligible students.
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Eisenhower
United States
Harvard
Yale
DeForest
Boston
Franklin Technical Institute
Easter Franklin German Automotive Co
Norfolk
Plymouth
Barnstable
Massachusetts
S. Norman Feingold
South
Edwin Lanier
University of North Carolina
Pembroke College
Walter J. Gales
Wake Forest
Duke University
Earl W. Porter
Walter Remmers
Union Carbide Corporation
Louis JC. LaMotte
Presbyterian Junior ‘College
North Carolina
Lanier
UNC
Porter
Davidson
Peace
High Point
Appalachian Teachers College
Queens
Flora Macdonald
Mitchel
Elon
Lenoir Rhyne
St. Mary’s
Louisburg
Brevard
Catawba
Mount Olive
Campbell
East Carolina College
Charlotte College
Presbyterian College
LaMotte
Woman's College
Greensboro
Kathleen P. Hawkins
Asheville - Biltmore
Glenn L. Bushey
Atlantic Christian College
Arthur D. Wanger
Lyle B. Rogers
State College
Guns Still Booming On Quemoy Island Outpost
A field report from Quemoy Island notes continued artillery duels and patrols by the Seventh Fleet with the mainland, plus a substantial propaganda campaign. It describes leaflets dropped by both sides, the stark images used, and the stark divide between Communist China and Nationalist strongholds as the cold war rages nearby.
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Quemoy Island
China
Red China
Quemoy
Golden Gate
Matsu
U.S. Seventh Fleet
United States
Red China and Quemoy Propaganda Highlights
The document notes Communist leaflets praising Soviet achievements and attacking Westerners while showing an American jet in an official photo. It also depicts a mass grave image and accuses imperialists of cruelty to orphans. Nationalist leaflets promise end of private enterprise and eventual return to the mainland.
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China
Quemoy
Reds
Soviet Union
Tao King Kuang
Mao Tse-tung
Red
Skyscraper Delivery Drama On Seagram Building Site
A detailed look at how the 42 story Seagram Building project in Manhattan manages deliveries and traffic. Coordinators map truck and train routes, juggle 550 daily trains, and time shipments to avoid gridlock while crews work atop rail-lined sites.
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Seagram
Union Carbide
Park Avenue
Grand Central Station
Midtown
Frank Ward
Bill Frank
Henry Sexton
George A. Fuller Co
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George Juni Republic
Nobby R
Daddy) Gage
New York
Daddy
Reblic
the Republic
Paquita Fine
Davidson College
Health, Education and Welfare
Folsom
National Science Foundation
Maynard M. Boring
National Academy of Science
Werner von Braun
Lister Hill
Alabama
Congress
Kerr Scott
By Belman Morin
Russia
U.S
Manhattan Island
Avenue
Madison Avenue
New York Central
New Haven
Skidmore, Owings and Merrill
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