Model railroads teach the three Rs in schools
Phila AP reports California school districts test model trains as learning tools for reading writing and arithmetic. Dr Marian Wagstaff cites improved achievement reduced absenteeism and engaged classroom environments across grades with teamwork between high and low performers.
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Philadelphia
California
Marion Wagstaff
California State University
Wagstaff
Bernard Paul
Paul
Ohio looks to delay staggered license plate plan
Ohio Motor Vehicles Registrar Dean L Collison asked lawmakers for a one year delay in full implementation of the 12 month staggered registration system due to computer problems. Under the original timetable plates bought in March May or April would be valid until 1979. A bill to shift full rollout to 1980 and extend other provisions is expected to pass when the General Assembly reconvenes in January with sponsors and committee leaders backing hearings.
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Ohio
Dean L. Collison
Collison
Bureau of Motor Vehicles
General Assembly
James Baumann
Highways and Highway Safety Committee
Arthur R. Bowers
Dsteubenville
Crossword By Eugene Sheffer 1 Start for tan or 1¢ 5 Move
Puzzle clue fragment list resolves to a themed crossword entry with multiple short definitions and wordplay hints. The readable items include 12-10 and 47 48 Start for minster 51 and a line beginning A rose.
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Minster
Anemic boy receives sister bone marrow transplant
Kevin Boyd an 11 year old from Cambridge Ohio undergoes a three hour operation at University of Minnesota Hospitals receiving a pint and a half of marrow from his 8 year old sister Tricia. Doctors expect to know in about a month whether the transplant took. Kevin remains in protective isolation as his body adapts. The family traveled with private support to cover costs and the Ohio Bureau of Crippled Children's Services will fund the procedure and hospital stay.
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Minneapolis
University of Minnesota
Cambridge
Ohio
Kevin Boyd
Tricia
Bob Lee
Lee
Kevin
Ohio Bureau of Crippled Children’s Services
Children’s Hospital
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Trustees to Meet The Middletown Mental Health Board
The Middletown Area Mental Health Center board of trustees will meet Tuesday at 7 p.m. The meeting will be held at the center located at 64 S. Main St.
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Middletown Area
King of the woodcarvers Elijah Pierce still creates in Ohio
At 86 in Columbus, Ohio, Elijah Pierce continues barbering and wood carving influenced by his slave ancestry. Discovered in 1971, his works won 1973 Yugoslavia blue ribbons and fetch past sale prices. He values spirituality and refuses to over sell his intimate pieces.
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Columbus, Ohio
Elijah Pierce
Pierce
Ohio Statehouse
Boris Gruenwald
Ohio State University
Yugoslavia
New York
Christ
Baldwin
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