Wyoming Mother Shines Light On Education Reform
Washington NEA report highlights Cheyenne mother Mrs. Fred D. Boice Jr. leading Wyoming’s 5 year effort to overhaul schools. A 300000 study for 12000 funded by volunteers found rural districts underfunded, 320 one teacher schools, 87 high schools with only 47% elementary and 16% rural teachers with four year college degrees. The plan calls for 500 teachers 400 classrooms and a 1 percent sales tax to fund a $5500 per classroom unit, with unanimous legislative backing.
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Electronic Theft at Carlisle Airport
Carlisle Pa burglar makes off with $30 and a pilot radio headset from the airport. Owner William Taylor says the intruder used an electronic microphone hookup to sense employee presence and fled as the gadget detected footsteps.
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Unusual Catfish Flips Swim Direction In Nile Waters
A Synodontis batensoda catfish native to the Nile and nearby African rivers exhibits an unusual habit of swimming or floating upside down. This behavior, noted by researchers, challenges typical underwater orientation and may relate to feeding and predator avoidance strategies.
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Army Cuts Promotion Time for Dentists and Physicians
The Army offers faster promotion for dentists and physicians to captain or colonel by reducing the minimum time in grade by one year. Promotions still depend on time in grade qualifications and space in the next rank, with the main delay being lack of available slots.
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Army plan boosts early promotions for doctors and dentists
The Army outlines a plan to promote about one in nine dentists or physicians in uniform by June 30 1956, totaling around 890. The move aims to attract career doctors and recognize the long training required for commissions despite potential short delays.
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Farm Families Embrace City Living Trends on the Farm
Washington reports Agriculture Department findings show farm families increasingly eat out, own cars, use electricity, telephones, and TVs. About 42 percent of rural households have sets. one third own freezers. Despite income declines, savings and outside work support spending.
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