Teachers guide youth lessons from Dr Harold Blackburn
Dr Harold Blackburn seven state regional director of HEW education urges elementary teachers to shape youth into lawful citizens. He stresses eyeball to eyeball classroom influence and the lasting value of moral instruction alongside academics, noting responsibility starts by age eight.
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Harold Blackburn
Blackburn
U. S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Kansas City
Lawrence
Too Much Video Dulls Interest in Sunday Super Bowl
Discussion notes how televised football fans lost interest in the Packers defeat of the Raiders as viewers split attention with reading, talking, or dozing and rely on instant replay for updates. The piece warns that heavy TV coverage may backfire in the long run.
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Oakland Raiders
Green Bay Packers
Percy Group fund draws scrutiny over donor privileges
U S Senator Charles Percy faces questions after a Chicago pamphlet circulated among about 200 business leaders proposing $500 yearly donations to an expense fund in exchange for unofficial adviser status and expedited contact with Percy. Percy defends the fund, vows procedural improvements, and says no funds have been spent.
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U. S
Charles Percy
Illinois
Percy
Chicago American
Chicago
Percy Group
Percy Group raises questions over ethics and donor access
The article discusses donor release with advance notice and withdrawal rights, notes $50,000 raised, and claims Sen. Percy spent $75,000 beyond his government allowance. Critics fear a Palace Guard with an entry fee and question channels for small contributors amid calls for a Senate Code of Ethics.
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Percy
Senate
Sen
SCORE Retired executives aid small business growth nationwide
New York based SCORE volunteers like Raphael Gross provide free business guidance to small firms. They help secure SBA loans, select equipment, and plan upgrades without charging clients. SCORE operates through SBA offices with 3000 volunteers in 180 offices, funding and support mainly from SBA.
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New York
America
SCORE
Service Corps
International Executive Service Corps
Pauch Corps
Raphael Gross
Gross
Small Business Administration
Cincinnati
Arthur Littman
New York Score
SBA
March of Dimes Coffee Day and KU updates from 1958
Fifteen restaurants participated in the March of Dimes Coffee Day. Shirley Temple launched a new TV show Storybook. The KU budget submitted to the Kansas Senate by the Ways and Means committee totaled 203,643 over Gov. Docking's request and restored the five percent salary cuts.
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Shirley Temple
Kansas Senate
Ways and Means Committee
George Docking
Psalm 95 Devotional on God's Power in Creation
A brief religious reflection titled Today’s Bible Message highlights the strength of the hills and sea as creations of God. It invites prayer for spiritual dimness to be removed and for awareness of God in nature, ending in Jesus’ name.
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Jesus
End of the Public Schools and Conservative Ideas Rise
The piece notes a surge of conservative ideas gaining mainstream traction, highlighting private schooling as the most exciting shift from public education. It cites past reversals, including proposals on TVA privatization and post office sale, with references to Friedman and Conant.
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TVA
Lord Keynes
Milton Friedman
James Conant
Emphysema and the Private School Debate Intersect Health and Policy
A reader describes emphysema and quitting smoking with daily guidance, then a Harvard speech criticizes private schools. The piece discusses public versus private education, vouchers, and a shift toward mixed or contracted private involvement in teaching to improve literacy and democracy.
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Harvard University
Letter supports urgent public pool and condemns delays
Local resident M D Clubb of 2113 Ousdahl Rd. writes in strong support of a public pool in Lawrence and condemns delays tied to the Central Park location. He disassociates from any group seeking to stall the project and urges immediate passage of supplemental bonds if other funds fail.
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Lawrence
Central Park
City Commission
M. D. Clubb
Ousdahl Rd
Political Fund From Labor Faces Senate House Rift
The 1967 split between liberal Northern and conservative Southern Democrats tests anew over labor's political funding. A Goodell Ashmore bill would bar union dues to COPE, threatening North South unity and likely dying in the Senate. Fiat Ex-Im Bank aid also collapsed as Congress blocks U S tool credits for a Soviet plant, despite Fiat plans to buy US tools.
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Washington
House
Charles Goodell
New York
Robert Ashmore
South Carolina
Goodell-Ashmore
House Administration Committee
Edith Green
Oregon
Senate House
Afl-Cio
Committee On Political Education
COPE
Joe Waggoner
Louisiana
House Administratio Committee
Senate
U.S
Johnson
Congress
Ex-Im Bank
Russia
Hanoi
Giovanni Agnelli
Fiat Company
Italy
Vietnam
Europe
Japan
Miniskirts Warned by FHA Health Division
Washington The Federal Housing Administration cautioned its women employees that miniskirts can cause fat legs in cold weather. Health officials warned that exposure leads to fatty buildup on legs and may require strenuous exercise to reverse, a claim the bulletin linked to fashion trends.
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Washington
Federal Housing Administration
FHA
What's So Funny About Age 57 Hal Boyle
Hal Boyle muses on turning 57 with dry humor and wry observations. He notes weather over debates on fashion, practical fixes over tossing worn items, and the strange contentment found in simple pleasures. He reflects on aging, memory, and gratitude with gentle irony.
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Aucores
John Cunniff
Littman
Old Home Town
Mary Boyden
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Harry Gilkey
United Nations
Kansas
Oklahoma
G. E. Kretzinger
Baldwin
J. H. Kreamer
Phi Delta Theta House
Eugene Sisson
Wellbaby Clinic
Harry Bilkey
KU Med Center
KU Dramatics Club
William Buckley JR
Barry Goldwater
Joseph Molner
R.D
Bundy
Lindsay
United States
Exurban
Journal-World
Labor
By Rowland Evans
Robert Novak
Fiat Auto
Soviet Union
Hal Boyle
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