Learning Rate's Up For Tots At School Meet
Oklahoma City AP report on a national convention of elementary school principals where Prof. Alexander Frazier of Ohio State argues for updating learning methods to match new opportunities from television, books, and cars. He cites studies linking home TV to vocabulary gains and early reading, plus kids typing at age four to six. Prof. Earl R. Kelley of Wayne State criticizes external tests as stifling creativity and steering teaching to test prep for corporate profit.
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Oklahoma City
Alexander Frazier
Ohio State University
Frazier
New York City
Earl R. Kelley
Wayne State University
Detroit
Kelley
Foes Clash Over Kennedy Transit Bill as Vote Nears
Washington United press International reports that administration allies face labor and rural opposition as a $500 million mass transit bill heads to a vote seen as close. Senate leaders Mansfield and Dirksen predict a tight result while a Republican conference seeks policy steps.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
Senate
Mike Mansfield
GOP
Everett Dirksen
Ill
White House
Dirksen
Torbert H. McDonald
D-Mass
Viet Nam
McDonald
Senate Antitrust and Monopoly Subcommittee
Thomas J. Dodd
D-Conn
United States
Senate Labor and Public Welfare Committee
Youth Conservation Corps
Funeral Notices From Oklahoma Towns
Funeral services are announced for Minnie L. Robinson 92 of Lawton at Ritter Dalton chapel with burial at Pecan Cemetery. Other obituaries include Thomas Frank Winters 83 Fletcher Paul Thurman Duncan 49 Cyril Harold C Johnson 44 Lawton Lonnie William Hill 67 Elgin and Russell Dean Hutson 17 Fletcher, with details on dates, locations and survivors.
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Fletcher
Thomas Frank Winters
Fletcher First Baptist Church
Eulis Grisham
Okemah
Bob Lovejoy
Cyril
Paul Thurman Duncan
Chickasha
Margaret L. Bradley Rites Planned After Death at Home
Mrs Margaret L Bradley 57 of 405 2 Monroe was found dead of a heart attack at her home about noon Monday Funeral services set for 10 30 a m Wednesday at Lawton Funeral Home chapel with Whit Ozier of Centenary Methodist Church conducting Burial will be in Highland cemetery Survivors include her husband two stepsons Allen Joe Frederick and Donald Ray Bradley a brother Ralph Cline and sister Mrs Harold Greenburg of San Diego California
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Margaret L. Bradley
Monroe
Lawton Funeral Home
Bradley
Hobart
Arlis Bradley
Texas
Whit Ozier
Centenary Methodist Church
Highland Cemetery
Allen Joe Bradley
Frederick
Donald Ray Bradley
Altus
Ralph Cline
Ash
Harold Greenburg
San Diego
Calif
Bob Hope to appear at OSU fieldhouse tonight
Bob Hope will perform at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater at the fieldhouse. Sponsored by the Arnold Air Society of the Air Force ROTC and the Angel Flight organization, the event is slated for this evening.
Luzon Hosts Old Capital Mani la and New Government Seat
The island of Luzon contains the Philippines old capital Mani la and the official new seat of government at nearby Quezon City.
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Island of
Luzon
Philippines
Manila
Quezon City
Cherry Blossoms Near Full Bloom In Washington
Warmer weather pushes Washington cherry blossoms toward full bloom as the Cherry Blossom Festival opens. Officials expect over 700000 visitors next weekend while a State Department briefing for editors and broadcasters in Washington is set for April 22 23 with President Kennedy and Secretary Rusk among speakers.
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Washington
National Park Service
Wekend
Puerto Rico
State Department
Kennedy
Dean Rusk
House
Senate
Ford Foundation
National Cultural Center
Senate Antitrust Subcommittee
United States
Monroney Seeks Funds for Ada Lab Staffing
Senator A S Mike Monroney asked the Senate Appropriations Committee to include 100000 for staff recruitment at the Ada Oklahoma water pollution control laboratory in the health education and welfare bill. He noted construction will finish in 1965 and staffing will require about 150 professionals.
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Washington
API
A. S
Mike Monroney
D - Okla
Senate Appropriations Committee
Ada, Okla
Monroney
Coalgate Woman Buys Caddo Bank
Mrs. Carolyn E. Watson of Coalgate acquired controlling interest in the First State Bank of Caddo from G A Mason for an undisclosed sum. Watson already heads the First National Bank of Caddo and has charter to open a bank in Atoka. The Caddo bank reported assets of 1.5 million as of March 18.
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CADDO
UPI
Carolyn E. Watson
Coalgate
First State Bank of
Officers Seek Discarded Shotgun After Bank Robbery Suspect Capture
Police search roadside ditches near Wichita for a shotgun allegedly discarded by Regina Audette and convict accomplice George McKinney after his arrest near Ardmore Oklahoma. McKinney faces a bank robbery charge in Illinois dated March 1 following an escape from Leavenworth.
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Wichita
George McKinney
Ardmore
Okla
FBI
McKinney
Illinois
Leavenworth
Regina Audette
King Henry I Sets Medieval English Yard by Nose Fingertip
A claim from medieval England describes King Henry I defining the yard as the distance from the tip of the nose to the end of the thumb on unused fingers. The measure circulated in various chronicles as the origin of the yard.
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Henry I
England
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Minnie L. Robinson
Ritter-Dalton Funeral Home
Fort Supply
Mrs. Robinson
Grayson County
Tex
C. H. Robinson
Lexington
Comanche County
Lawton
Robinson
G. E. Gimlin
Electric City
Wash
Charles H. Robinson
Albuquerque
N. M
Myrtle Riggs
San Antonio
Lottie Rudolph
Marlow
Paul Miller
Rev
C. W. Sasser
People’s Baptist Church
Pecan Cemetery
Thomas Winters
Fletcher Cemetery
Dalton Funeral Home
Paul D. Howard
C. D. Harrison
Fred Schumann
Glen Sanders
Willis Hinson
Urbane Skinner
Paul T. Duncan
Russell Dean Hutson
Fletcher High School
Elgin
Russell
Margaret Hutson
Fletcher Schools
Georgia Etter
Enid
Mary King
Garber
Jo Ann Duke
Fort Sumner
Frances Thompson
Oakboro
N. C
Marie Crow
Barbara Pyles
J. D. Hutson
U. S. Navy
Washington State
Pete Hutson
Japan
Billy Hutson
U. S. Air Force
Harold C. Johnson
John Meador
E. L. Ostrum
Assembly of God Church
IOOF
Cement
K. D. Tate
Doyle Gilliam
Freddie Hollam
Hugh Coleman
Freddie Sawyer
Earl Sandlin
Lonnie Hill
Bishop Road
Church of God
Ninth and
Lee
Johnson
L. A. Holt
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Mr. Johnson
Lavaca
Ark
Jewel Ritter
Arkansas-Louisiana Gas Company
Church of God, Ninth and Lee
Harold C. Johnson Jr
Jerry N
Jimmie
Carl
Mary Louise
Henry Johnson
S. 13Th
Herman
Hayward
Jack
Oscar
L. D
Talihina
Dora Anderson
Helen Carns
Globe
Ariz
Charlene Biddle
Germany
Lonnie William Hill
Elgin First Methodist Church
Howard Wheat
Joe Walker
Elgin First Baptist Church
M. F. Dodson
Homer Wheeler
Harry Leonard
Emmitt Welch
T. J. Neel
Homer Hise
Capital
Miss Lawton
Bill Smith
D. P.O
Paes
Sneed Acres
Ada
Caddo Bank
Southwest Chemical Co
F Ave
Marquise
AK Regie
Joe Piller
Insurance
ACBEC
WTOM
T.e
Sorse
Insurance & Loans
Discount Department Store
44Th & Cache Road
Lawton, Oklahoma
Holsey’s
Mark Barker
Tye Nala
Ralph
RCA Victor
W.T
Cache Road
Grand Rapids
Pittsburgh
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