Films tested as teaching aid in Kansas University study
The School of Education at Kansas University evaluates motion picture films as a classroom aid in physics. Dean Anderson and Prof. Montgomery compare 8 Shawnee Mission North classes using the White Physics Films with 7 Shawnee Mission East classes as control, about 250 students, with pre mid and final tests to assess learning gains.
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Encyclopaedia Britannica
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Dean Anderson
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Shawnee- Mission East
Kansas City
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Flood Crest Threatens Canton Area as North and West Rivers Rise
Tokyo dispatch reports Red China warning millions in Canton area of Kwangtung province that raging flood crests on the North and West rivers will strike Wednesday. Communists already say floods may be the worst of the century and will deal a sharp blow to Red economic hopes this year.
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Kwangtung Province
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Good Times Push Citizens in Debt But They Love It
The article notes rising consumer borrowing as Americans buy on time amid improving earnings and job confidence. Banks and stores push new credit plans while mortgage totals and credit card use grow. Inflation fears and a desire to lock in cheaper future dollars fuel the trend, recalled as similar to 1955.
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New York
Four Die and Nine Hurt in Southeast Kansas Crashes
A rainstorm caused two separate highway accidents in southeast Kansas Monday afternoon. A three car crash on K96 west of Severy killed three and a four car pile up on U S 54 west of Fort Scott killed one and injured nine. Names included Troy Joe Martin 22 Pittsburg George C Meissohn 52 Parsons and Ruby Marie Bunch 51 Bronson with family members and other injured riders.
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Vanguard Men Seek Final Launch After Fifth Failure
Vanguard missilemen failing to launch their 10th satellite mission faced another setback as the second stage misfired. The 224 pound satellite plunged to fiery destruction while eight previous attempts failed. Only one Vanguard launcher remains and may fire in the coming months.
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Civil War veteran Walter Williams shows signs of recovery
Houston Texas Walter Williams a Civil War veteran and the Civil War's last survivor at 116 is reported by Dr Russell Wolfe to be weaker than last week but with fever down and may pull through after a two week pneumonia bout Williams developed pneumonia June 6 and has been under an oxygen tent for several days with a relapse noted earlier
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Houston
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Walter Williams
Russell Wolfe
Williams
Oklahoma Liquor Law Passes House Ahead of September 1
Oklahoma legislators move liquor control forward with a five member board to regulate bottle sales through package stores by September 1. Governor Edmondson awaits signature as roughly two months remain before legal alcohol sales begin.
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Oklahoma City
Memphis Attack Suspect Targeted Six Women In Four Months
Police reveal a single African American suspect harmed six women two of them white in an eight block area of Memphis over four months. Police chief James C. MacDonald said the assaults were kept undercover to trap the offender.
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Memphis
Tenn
James C. MacDonald
12 Riley Men Hurt as Howitzer Barrel Explodes
Twelve soldiers from Ft. Riley Kansas in a howitzer battery attached to Ft. Huachuca Arizona were injured when the 105 millimeter howitzer barrel exploded during a firing range training Monday.
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FT. Huachuca, Ariz
Ft. Riley, Kas
Ft. Huachuca
Remembering Childhood Aids School Discipline
John H. Tully, veteran principal of Public School 68 in the Bronx, credits recalling his own troubled youth with handling problem children. He avoids corporal punishment, stays consistently engaged, and works with community youth groups. At 69, he receives Fordham University’s Insignis Medal for service and professional excellence.
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New York
John H. Tully
Bronx
Tully
Insignis
Fordham University
Fordham
Laurence J. McGinty
S.J
Princess Selected District Dairy Princess Wichita
Sandra Warner a 20 year old college student from Arlington Reno County was named district dairy princess on Monday in Wichita AP reports the selection marks a local agricultural community milestone.
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Wichita
Sandra Warner
Arlington
Reno County
Pickets March Around Kansas City and St. Louis Newspapers
Pickets continued marching around the metropolitan papers as the typographical union's strike against the Kansas City Star and the Times persisted. No talks were scheduled after printers walked out Thursday night and the ITU strike closed the Kansas City Kansan.
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St. Louis
Typographical Union
Kansas City Star
the Times
ITU
Kan
Averell Harriman Talks With Khrushchev At Kremlin
Former New York governor Averell Harriman met with Soviet Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev today in Moscow. The Kremlin briefing via Moscow radio confirmed the meeting and noted no further details were released.
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London
W. Averell Harriman
New York
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Kremlin
Moscow Radio
Armstrong Rushed To Spoleto Hospital With Pneumonia
in Spoleto Italy AP Louis Armstrong the famed jazz musician was rushed to the civil hospital after a reported heart attack. doctors later concluded he was suffering from pneumonia at age 58 and were treating him accordingly.
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Italy
Louis Armstrong
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