Interest Grows In Year Round School Use Plans
United Press reports two school reform ideas gaining traction among parents and educators. The four quarter plan would keep classrooms open year round by dividing the year into four terms with one quarter off, reducing space needs and enabling yearround teaching. The summer enrichment plan would offer extensive programs from sports to remedial academics to keep youths occupied and cut delinquency while maintaining traditional vacations for families.
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Louis Cassels
United Press
Washington
America
Ambridge
Aliquippa
el Paso
Tex
Thomas B. Stanley
Virginia
Stanley
Dad
Junior
Wilson
Geneva College
Paso
Los Angeles
Subscriptions Rates for Parable in Advance and Mail
Rates listed for Morning Press and Constitution Press with Sunday editions. Mail subscriptions priced annually for various regions and durations. Includes 2 percent surcharge and separate rates for all other countries.
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TN Lawton
Constitution Press
Eoalinsert
L Press
Sun
Press & Sun
Negroes in Science Urged by NAACP Oklahoma City
In Oklahoma City the state youth workshop of the NAACP urged Negro students to pursue scientific and technological fields. Delegates approved the motion in the closing session and passed a resolution against further racial segregation in dental care, while praising Montgomery, Alabama, for its passive resistance stance on bus segregation. Over 300 youths attended the event.
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Oklahoma City
National Association For the Advancement of
Montgomery
Ala
Ciy
Ginkgo Studied as Cancer Aid by Washington Experts
Cancer researchers in Washington study the ginkgo tree as a potential cancer treatment. The fruit, shipped to the Elizabeth Strok Kramer Foundation in Wilmington, may contain an alkaloid for therapy. Scientists note the tree’s hardy nature and insect repellent odor, and reference its status as a living fossil with historic links to ancient ginkgo trees.
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Washington
Elizabeth Strok Kramer
United States
National Geographic Society
White House
Archbishop Cushing Buoys Pro-Catholic Custody Fight
In Boston, Archbishop Richard J. Cushing praised the natural mother of Hildy McCoy for a heroic fight to remove the child from Jewish foster parents and raise her Roman Catholic. He criticized the Ellis couple for defiance and delay as Florida custody battles continue. The archbishop spoke at a benefit dinner before about 1100 attendees.
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Boston
Richard J. Cushing
Hildy McCoy
Massachusetts
Ellises
Florida
Marjorie McCoy Doherty
Hildy
Cushing
Breeze Buster wind measuring gun tested at Fort Monmouth
The Breeze Buster, a round-trip bullet device developed by the Army Signal Corps at Fort Monmouth New Jersey, fires a light-weight pellet nearly vertically. The pellet returns to an eight foot square aluminum shield so wind speed can be inferred from the gun’s angle and a calibration chart.
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Washington
Ft. Monmouth
N. J
Army Signal Corps
Army
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