Newsman learns he is a poor reader and visual problem
A Philadelphia correspondent describes his test by Dr Emmett Betts at the Institute on Reading. He reveals a visual handicap where the right eye overpowers the left, slowing his reading. a professional reading speed guide notes he took nearly four minutes to read a three-minute article and recommends vision therapy.
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Philadelphia
Institute On Reading
Emmett A. Betts
Betts
Haverford
Tv Grandmas Cause Colds in Children
Dr Almon F Halpern told the Southern Medical Assn 49th annual convention that television and grandmothers may indirectly trigger recurrent colds in preschool children. Mold dust from rugs and airborne materials can cause allergic type infections, while a healthy appearing grandparent with chronic bronchitis could carry germs. Some families were treated with vaccines or sulfadiazine prophylactically before controlling the child's infection, using a so called cold shot vaccine.
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Houston
Southern Medical Assn
Almon F. Halpern
Dallas
Halpern
USIA Translates American Books for Global Readers
USIA’s Book Translation Program expands reach to 44 languages with 2 113 foreign editions and 19.6 million copies. In Tehran an out of print novel was borrowed as a manuscript, then translated into Persian, illustrating how the agency aids local publication through language rights, printing support, and distribution to officials and educators. The program covers authors from Poe to Orwell and Be net, Jefferson to Hemingway, promoting freedom through literature worldwide.
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Carmichael Smith
Franklin L. Burdette
USIA
Information Center
Burdette
Paul M. A. Linebarger
Tehran
Near East
Nathaniel Hathorne
Tokyo
Jackie Robinson
Bill Roeder
Bangkok
John J. Flaherty
New York City
America
Irving
Poe
Cooper
Faulkner
Ferber
Hemingway
Saroyan
Steinbeck
George Orwell
Victor Kranchenko
Frederick M. Stern
Stephen Vincent Benet
Thomas Jefferson
Gene Lisitsky
South Korean Army to Get an Atomic Cannon if War Resumes
A reliable military source predicts Seoul would equip the South Korean Army with an atomic cannon if fighting restarts. The report states ROK officers are training with six U S atomic experts.
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Seoulp
U. S
Oklahoma Court Rules School Finance Law Unconstitutional
A state tax review court ruled a last April school finance law unconstitutional after siding with Frisco Railroad in excluding transportation costs from per pupil expense calculations. The Snyder district faces higher millage hurdles, potentially complicating future tax votes for additional funding. The decision also lowers Snyder’s budget by 3720 dollars due to non resident pupil attendance figures.
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Oklahoma City
State Court of Tax Review
Frisco Railroad
Snyder
Supreme Court
Frisco
Ferman Phillips
The
Oklahoma Education Association
the Railroad
Oklahoma
Population comparison to Columbus era in New York
Seven times as many people live in New York City today as occupied all North America north of Mexico when Columbus arrived.
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New York City
North America
Mexico
Columbus
Red Oak Man Is State's 508th Fatal Traffic Victim
Oklahoma's 1955 highway death toll reached 508 matching last year. Ben White Lewis, 43, of Red Oak died when a pickup truck ran off a Latimer County road, struck a tree, and threw him from the vehicle.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma
Ben White Lewis
Red Oak
Latimer
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