Speed reading pioneer touts rapid comprehension method
Evelyn Wood, leader of Reading Dynamics, claims students can read thousands of words per minute with full comprehension. She cites a 13 year old who read 13 000 words a minute and a White House encounter with President Kennedy. Wood teaches remedial reading to Navajo children at Brigham Young University, asserting no slow learners only failed teachers.
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Jim Mills Managing Editor Wednesday Dec 17 1975
The item notes Jim Mills serves as managing editor on a Wednesday date in December 1975. This brief appears as a personnel or masthead snippet from a local newspaper page.
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Jim Mills
Lord Cornwallis
England
Ca Fear River
North Carolina
Cleaver Returns to U S as Panther Leader Seeks Reform
The piece criticizes Eldridge Cleaver for returning to the United States after seven years abroad while claiming to advance reform through existing institutions. It notes his notoriety as a Panther founder and fugitive and mocks his prior notoriety, including his time abroad and claimed fashion sense. The article contrasts his legal, publicity-laden comeback with his past acts and questions genuine change.
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Eldridge Cleaver
United States
Black Panthers
Cleaver
Letter to the Editor on Ohio emergency vehicle law and sueing the city
A reader recounts an accident with a city fire truck at 14th and University on November 14, 1974. He was cited for failure to yield to an emergency vehicle though he contends the truck ran a red light without sirens. He notes a 1974 law shielding cities from suits when officials claim emergency status and questions its fairness. He details damages, a counterclaim, and ongoing litigation while asserting the right to continue pursuit.
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14Th and
University
Ohio
Butler County
Longview grateful for 15th annual Project Christmas gift
Bertha Boxwell thanks supporters for the 1975 Project Christmas endeavor aiding Longview State Hospital residents. Anonymous cash gifts and numerous organizations enabled a merrier Christmas, with gratitude from Boxwell and hospital friends.
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Longview State Hospital
Evils of totalitarianism in Hannah Arendt’s work
George F. Will surveys Hannah Arendt 69, German Jew who fled Hitler. He highlights Eichmann in Jerusalem and The Origins of Totalitarianism as key works shaping understanding of totalitarianism and its banality, its cooperative networks, and the destruction of independent thought.
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Hannah Arendt
America
Eichmann
Jerusalem
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Arendt
Prof. Arendt
Amo
Ford may visit New York for goodwill trip
A State Department spokesman speculates President Ford could travel to New York City arguing the visit would reassure the city of U.S. friendship and underscore its strategic value for regional defense. The informal itinerary includes a Statue of Liberty visit and a Macy’s outing, with a Chicago fallback if New York is not invited.
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China
Indonesia
Philippines
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New York
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Windy City
Chicago
Middletown News Journal Subscription Rates
The Journal published daily by News Journal, Inc. in Middletown, Ohio lists subscription options. Home delivery and motor route prices vary by weekday and Sunday, with mail rates yearly, and advance payment required. Founded in 1657.
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