Reader's Digest celebrates The Story of America Bicentennial edition
The Digest's new volume The Story of America showcases 860 illustrations across 528 pages. It traces America's growth from wilderness to world leader in invention, science, arts, and more, with chapters on education, immigration, medicine, the press, and foods like Saratoga chips. The book, priced at $15.95, is pitched as a gift for all ages.
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Dyslexia Seen As Widespread Learning Disorder
In a Santa Barbara briefing, UPI reports that at least 10 percent of elementary students show signs of dyslexia a perceptual disorder that disrupts reading spelling and writing. Federal studies suggest a link to later delinquency with up to 80 percent of the prison population affected. experts note many dyslexic children are highly intelligent yet misclassified. Beth Slingerland says dyslexic kids are normal and intelligent with no brain damage, arguing for recognition and public funding.
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AT WITS END
Erma Bombeck humorously contrasts Christmas display rivalries in a suburb. The narrator complains about a fire safety obsessed neighbor while detailing their own minimal, chaotic decorations and a comical family plan to light the porch for emergency visibility. The piece ends with a quip about convincing the neighbor to keep the porch light on for the fire department to read the house number.
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