Veteran teacher rebuts Flesch reading method critique
A retired Lawrence teacher defends phonics and sentence reading against Dr. Rudolph Flesch's Why Johnny Can't Read. She cites Ginn and Company manuals and local evidence of successful instruction, arguing reading education benefits from teacher skill and home support rather than factory produced texts.
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Johnny
United States
Austria
Kansas
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Webster Publishing Company
Education
Capitol Restaurant Man Hangs Congressmen Photos in Hotel Corridor
Washington reports James B. Morris a World War II Air Force colonel and hotel manager hung photographs of lawmakers in a corridor called the Halls of Congress. Forty members stay in two floors of the Capitol Hotel during sessions, some resisting having their likenesses displayed in the Filibuster Room. Daily Caucus Room menus feature a 12 ounce prime sirloin steak with fries salad and coffee.
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Halls of Congress
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Local World War II to Cold War service updates
Cpl Gordon L Wakefield sails Wednesday for the U S with a First Infantry Division unit in Operation Gyros. He was stationed at Würzburg since Thanksgiving and has served since May 25 1934. He is KU graduate 1954 and son of Mr and Mrs W E Wakefield 603 Elm St. his wife Florence Thomas of Perry lives in Topeka with their 10 month old son Tommy. M Sgt Robert E Ratliff grandson of Mrs Emil Gauck 826 N Y St now at 354th Fighter Interceptor Squadron Oxnard Calif spent 30 months in Japan and 15 months as comms chief of 44 A T Squadron Grenier AFB New Hampshire. He attended Lawrence High School and Kansas University. son of Mr and Mrs Lewis Kephart Bakersfield Calif. wife Darlene Krone Topeka. Myron Murray and Richard Wilson depart tonight for Great Lakes Ill for Navy basic training. Myron is son of Mr and Mrs Leslie Murray 701 J I St and 1954 Lawr High graduate. Richard is son of Mr and Mrs Ernest Wilson 431 N 1st St and Lawrence High School graduate this spring.
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Topeka
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Oxnard
Calif
Japan
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Bakersfield
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Myron Murray
Richard Wilson
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Jil
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Lawrence High
Dixon Yates Pact Declared Dead After Presidential Action
Washington reports the Dixon Yates contract is effectively canceled following President Eisenhower’s order. Attorney Browne announces immediate termination, while members of Congress say the move won’t halt hearings. The West Memphis Arkansas plant would have cost 107 million dollars and served Memphis as TVA supply shortfalls loom.
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Fulton Plant Initiative Blocked by Congress and Eisenhower
The plan to have TVA build a second steam generating plant at Fulton Tennessee north of Memphis was blocked as Congress failed to appropriate funds and the Eisenhower administration rejected further expansion of TVA through additional steam plants.
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Free Voting for Reich and Allied Peace Guarantee Summit Plan
Western allies plan a Geneva summit to guarantee Communist Europe against aggression in exchange for free elections and German reunification. The package aims to create an East West safety system with nonaggression pledges, arms reduction, expanded trade, and an end to East West radio propaganda.
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FCC to Reconsider Wichita Channel 3 Award
The FCC faces a reconsideration request from KFH and Taylor Radio and Television Corp. over its June 9 award of channel 3 to Wichita Television Corp. The two challengers say their bids were rejected.
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Federal Communications Commission
Wichita Television Corp
Wichita
KFH
Taylor Radio and Television Corp
Turnaround Begins For Mammoth U S Troop Airlift
At Itazuke Air Base Japan the Army launches what could be history’s longest airlift Operation Gyroscope. About 508th Regimental Combat Team troops from Ft Campbell Ky depart every two hours aboard C 141 Globemaster transports as the 187th Airborne Regimental Combat Team leaves for Ft Bragg N C. The 187th will jump at Ft Brace within 56 hours of departure, a rapid transfer echoing modern power projection.
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187Th Airborne Regimental Combat Team
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Ft .Brace
Angels i From
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Panama Chief Killing Leads to Trial Orders
Ruben Miro a prominent lawyer and six others are ordered to stand trial for assassination of President Remon in Panama. The case centers on the January 20 attack at the capital, with Vice President Cruizado holding the presidency after Remon's death. The incident triggers a major legal response involving U.S. bases on Okinawa and Ryukyu authorities.
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Ruben Miro
Tokyo
Ryukyu
Jose
U.S
Okinawa
Antonio Remon
Air Force
Miro
Remon
Jose Ramon Cruizado
Reman
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Typhoon Clara Near Ishigaki Island II
The seventh typhoon of the season passed off Ishigaki Island about 220 miles southwest of Okinawa and weakened as winds reached 190 knots. It plowed heavy rain over the Sakishiha Island group. No U.S. forces are stationed there. Clara heads northwest toward the China coast at 10 knots.
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Okinawa
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China
Adm Stump Heads to Capital After Bangkok Trip
Admiral Felix P. Stump, Pacific Fleet commander, flew to Washington today less than a day and a half after returning from a defense treaty conference in Bangkok, marking rapid transits amid regional talks.
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