System' Blamed for Illiteracy in Urban America
In Ocean Hill-Brownsville, Jose Martinez cites inability to read beer labels despite a high school diploma. Dr. Allen Calvin of Project Read blames the look-say Dick and Jane method and systemic barriers, citing armed forces tests showing high illiteracy rates among Black and white Americans and urging reform to simplify learning to read.
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New York
NEA
Jose Martinez
Brownsville
Jose
Allen Calvin
Calvin
Him
Project Read
Irma Craft
Detroit
Career Development Center
Second Chance
Dick and
Jane
Tom
Susan
Daily Dole Glimpse of a Man Surviving on 1.30 a Day
A reporter undertakes a 24 hour test living on 1.30 to mirror General Assistance payments. He walks Washington streets from noon until early morning, buying a soda, peanuts, and candy bars, enduring rain and hunger, and ending in a hotel on credit. The piece reflects on welfare, living costs, and social conditions surrounding aid recipients.
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Washington
NEA
12Th Street
13Th
K Streets
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Wool designs from Israel for home and town
Hoff man-Eshtai of Ero presents two wool outfits. A red wool tunic top and pantsuit available in junior sizes 5 to 15. A white wool dress for misses with bodice seaming instead of bust darts.
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Israel
Hoffman-Eshtai
Ero
Lagomarsino Leads Pass of Mental Retardation Center Bill
Senator Lagomarsino announced that the Senate unanimously passed AB 148 authorizing three mental retardation diagnostic centers. One center will serve Ventura Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties offering counseling diagnostic services 24 hour help rehabilitative and educational services for mentally retarded persons and support for parents at home.
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Robert J Lagomar- Sino
Ventura
Santa Barbara
Sacramento
Senate
J.K (Ken) MacDonald
Lagomarsino
San Luis Obispo
UCSB Students Lead Survey of Santa Barbara Black Community
A campus project by eight Black Student Union members using the NAACP office on North Milpas Street surveys 187 households representing 418 people. Project Community aims include a day care center a youth space a black solidarity network and UCSB community ties to boost college access.
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Santa Barbara
UCSB
NAACP
North Milpas St
Black Student Union
Project Community
Robert Mason
Green Revolution may cut U.S. aid drain in Asia
Asia's green revolution boosts local food production in India, Pakistan, the Philippines, Iran and others, reducing famine risk and potentially easing U.S. aid needs. Experts credit irrigation, fertilizer, pesticides, and new high yield crops developed by foundations and universities, stressing agricultural development before industrialization.
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India
Pakistan
Philippines
Ceylon
Iran
U.S
Paul B. Pear
Asia
Latin America
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
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