Horrific nursery books draw fire in Britain
British educational psychologist Nicholas Tucker warns some nursery rhymes and fairy tale illustrations scare children and may cause lasting fears. He cites Rackham art and Grimms tales, advising parents discuss content rather than censor, with examples including Sinbad and the ogre story.
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London
UPI
Nicholas Tucker
Inner London Education Authority
Heinrich Hoffman
Arthur Rackham
Ike
Disney
Advisory Center For Education
Cambridge
Tucker
Pew
Jane Eyre
Edgar Allan Por
Sinbad
Aman
Polish premier defends Czechoslovakia invasion in Katowice
Warsaw reports Prime Minister Jozef Cyrankiewicz telling a Katowice assembly at the new Silesian University that the Soviet led bloc will not permit a shift in Europe’s balance of power. He defends the Aug 20 invasion of Czechoslovakia while warning against a return to the era of Novotny and Stalinist deformities.
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Warsaw
CAP
Jozef Cyrankiiewicz
Silesian University
Katowice
Europe
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Novotny
Texas seeks federal backing for riot area insurance plan
State Insurance Board chair George Cowden said Texas will submit a plan to HUD for reinsurance of high risk properties in riot-prone areas. He pledged an HUD acceptable scheme by Oct. 29, though industry groups say the plan shifts losses mainly onto dwelling insurers.
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Austin
Tex
UPD
State Insurance Board
Texas
George Cowden
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Cowden
HUD
J. H. Blades
Rusk and Gromyko Exchange Greetings at U N Meeting
Secretary of State Dean Rusk and Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko met in the General Assembly hall and exchanged greetings for the first time since the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia on August 20, signaling cautious diplomacy at the United Nations in New York.
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N.Y
Dean Rusk
Andrei A. Gromyko
General Assembly
Czechoslovakia
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