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Newspaper
Kenosha Evening News
Location
Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1950
Page
10
In Carbondale officials report a 100 per cent promotion trend across elementary grades. Southern Illinois University researchers say repeating lessons gains little and failure discourages. city schools superintendent Clyde Winkler notes no reliable way to detect failures and that real failures cannot do the work even with repetition.
A newspaper report assigns blame for school failure to factors beyond pupil effort. An education expert, Dr Douglas E Lawson, argues parental and supervisory responsibility, comparing it to forcing shoes on a child and noting the need for properly fitting support within the school system.
Lawson criticizes the policy of forcing school attendance without fitting curricula to each child. He cites a boy kept in first grade from age six to seventeen, shows repeat-study decline, and shares a case where a failing second grader tested 57 points above average. He warns passing all students harms education.
Malcolm Rosholt, long stationed in the Far East as an assistant public relations officer for an airplane, announced his Republican candidacy for Congress from Wisconsin's 7th district. He made the call from Taipei Formosa and expects to return home in two weeks. Incumbent Reid Murray has not yet announced.
A home recipe claims you can shed bulky fat at home using four ounces of Renor concentrate mixed with grapefruit juice. Take two tablespoons twice daily, return the bottle for money back if results aren’t seen, and follow “battle" starvation guidance.
Fillmore New York plans a centennial July 3 to 8 with the slogan A Century of Rigor Mortis chosen to stir business and civic interest. Committee head Robert G. Aldrich notes the village looks like a frontier movie set, with wooden false fronts and leaning buildings. Fillmore, once Mouth of the Creek, has few industries but is not a dead town according to organizers.
The Wisconsin County Highway Commissioners association opens a three day summer meeting in Marinette with focus on federal aid for secondary roads. Gov. Rennebohm and other state officers are among scheduled speakers.
Summer heat grips the nation as the plains report 100s while the east and south endure warm, humid days. Readings top 102 at Pierre and 99 at Fargo with 97 at Rapid City. Snow also dusts higher elevations of northern California and Oregon.
Lake View Oregon reports showers extending into Nevada, with rain also in the central gulf and northern plains. New Orleans records over four inches in 24 hours. Northern California sees two deaths from high winds and property damage. a redwood tree falls and a boat capsizes. A snow rain bus crash injures seven in the mountains near Colfax Washington. A wind driven brush fire near Alum Rock park forces 700 people from a picnic. 300 acres burn before containment. Bobby Doerr sets major league record with 31 double plays in 1949.
Eye care product Lavoptik offers relief for tired and irritated eyes with an eye-cup included. 35 years of success praised by thousands, and money back if not delighted. Available at all druggists.
Republicans pushed Brannan’s production payments plan as a top Iowa campaign issue. Senator Brewster said Iowa will test the plan’s popularity re Brannan. Loveland challenges Hickenlooper for Iowa Senate while Truman and Brannan may campaign there. Illinois Senator Lucas opposes the plan and socialized medicine.
The proposal lets farmers sell perishables on an undersupported market and receive government subsidies or production payments if prices fail to lift income to a fair level.
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