Youth and the Law Sets Work Rights in La Crosse County
Article explains age based school attendance rules and work permits for youths in La Crosse County. It covers exemptions from attendance, vocational school requirements for 16 year olds, parental responsibility for attendance, truancy penalties, and procedures to obtain work permits for ages 14 through 17, plus special permits for ages 12 and 13 for paper routes and golf caddying. It also notes employment standards, age certificates, and the juvenile employment service available through the Wisconsin Employment Office and La Crosse Vocational School. The piece includes details on proof of age, employer letters, parental consent, fees, and the need for a principal's recommendation for street trades.
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Malcolm J. Johnson
la Crosse County
Department of Public Welfare
Young Ideas
la Crosse
6Th and Vine Streets
Wisconsin Employment Office
la Crosse Vocational School
Tips For Teens by Elinor Williams
A juvenile guidance column suggests teens create their own summer jobs focusing on dependable service for housewives. Ideas include sewing dolls clothes, baking cookies or rolls for delivery, shopping errands by bike or car, and pet care with walking feeding and grooming services.
Space Age Girls Still Need Home Econ Says Professor
Washington NEA reports Edna Amidon chief of the HEW Home Economics Branch argues home economics remains a top priority for girls education in the space age. She notes modern courses combine kitchen techniques psychology and human behavior to prepare women for family life and work.
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Washington
Nea
Edna Amidon
U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Miss Amidon
Minnesota
University of Minnesota
University of Missouri
Office of Education
Squaw skirt for square dancing makes festive summer outfits
AP fashion notes guide for sewing a gleaming squaw skirt ensemble. It describes tiered rickrack trimmed skirts with metallic braid accents and a puff sleeved blouse, detailing fabrics, trims, linings, and machine techniques for an ankle length outfit suited to summer square dancing.
Actress' Son Starts Career in Hollywood
James MacArthur, son of Helen Hayes, leaves Harvard after two months claiming to vegetate. He pursues acting with Studio One in Hollywood and planned Europe tour, then Disney's Third Man on the Mountain and a Broadway play. He is engaged to Joyce Bullfant and may not return to college.
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Hollywood
James MacArthur
Helen Hayes
Harvard
Jim
Joyce Bullfant
Franchot Tone
Kim Hunter
New York
Europe
Switzerland
Walt Disney
Lee Strasberg
Hokah Teen Stompers Plan Park Outing and Dance
The Hokah Teen Stompers announce a Pettibone Park outing Wednesday with swimming and a wiener roast after a 4 p.m. gathering at Hokah Hall. They return by 8 p.m. for the Stomper Dance, with beach locker rental to be covered by participants registered at Hokaah Hardware.
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Hokah
Pettibone Park
Walton Minor
Hokah Hall
Pettibone
Hokaah Hardware
This Year's Sleek Swimsuits Redefine Beach Fashion
New York reports a shift from ruffles and rhinestones to sleek form fitting swimsuits. Inner construction and elasticized bras create flattering shapes for many figures with spiral boning and pellon linings ensuring secure necklines and lasting fit.
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New York
NEA
Sleeping Beauty Miss Laura Majors Fails Derby Queen Title
Miss Laura Majors of Central City Kentucky was hypnotized and slept five days in a department store window. She later entered the Kentucky Derby Queen contest but did not win.
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Central City
Ky. i
Laura Majors
Miss Majors
Students raid pecan groves at Oklahoma State
Oklahoma State students defy warnings and sneak into experimental pecan groves taking pecans. Professors say the nuts are part of ongoing pecan experiments and not ordinary harvests.
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Stillwater
Okla
Oklahoma State
Tucson High Students Nabbed Before Big Blast
In Tucson Arizona sheriff deputies arrested several Tucson High School students just before they could place a live 20 millimeter artillery shell into a school incinerator. Authorities describe the incident as an attempted large blast thwarted at the site.
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Tucson
Ariz
Sheriff's
It’s Time For Teens To Refurbish Cars
A Vivian Brown AP column urges teen drivers to inspect and maintain older cars. It recommends flushing the cooling system, cleaning battery terminals, treating seat upholstery, protecting terminals with petroleum jelly, and keeping wipers clean. It warns against speeding to beat a date and notes neglect or tinkering as teen habits.
Dickinson College Grants Tenure-Alternate Sabbatical Plan
Dickinson College Carlisle Pa allows faculty a year off every decade with full salary. The program runs in addition to annual vacations and requires reporting on constructive study and work completed during the leave.
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Dickinson College
Carlisle
Vacation Wardrobe Tips For Light Packing
NEA offers a compact packing plan for trips stressing wash and wear basics. A suit and sport jacket form the core, plus two pair of slacks, shirts, socks, underwear, several ties, swimwear, loafers, a light sweater, and compact toiletries. Packing tricks reduce wrinkles and weight using careful folding and shoe wrapping.
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NEA
New York
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