Junior High Schools Vital Education Link
Dr James B Conant says junior high schools are a vital institution needing qualified teachers and tailored programs. He urges against treating grades 7 8 9 as small high schools and criticizes interscholastic athletics as entertainment. Recommendations include staffing and curriculum reforms based on visits to 237 schools in 90 districts across 23 states during 1959 60.
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Educaton
James B. Conant
DA. Conant
Dr. Conant
Prevention Of Fires And School Reform Urged
National Fire Prevention Week opens with Fire Captain Howard Gale in Middletown. The observance marks the 38th year, with talks by Capt. Gall and Fire Inspector Robert Curtis at clubs and schools, posters, drills, and 5,000 prevention books distributed by the Board of Property Insurance Agents. Dr. Conant urges curriculum reform including English, social studies, math, science, and foreign language, with reading goals, remedial courses, seven 50 minute periods, and coordinated program from kindergarten through 12th grade. The report goes to superintendents and boards, sold by Education Testing Service at 30 cents each or three for $1.
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Middletown
Gall
Robert Curtis
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Middletown Board of Property Insurance Agents
Schramm
Capt. Gall
Wildwood School
Conant
Education Testing Service
Princeton
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Japan Seeks Trade Ties in China via Private Firms Trip
Tokyo AP reports former Cabinet Minister Tatsunosuke Takasaki left Tokyo for a three week trip to seek a basic plan for promoting trade with mainland China through private firms. Takasaki, ex minister under Kishi, travels with ten industrialists invited by Premier Zhou Enlai.
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Tokyo
Tatsunosuke Takasaki
Hayato Ikeda
Chima
Takasaki
Japan Fishery Association
China
Ikeda
Liberal Democratic Party
Dallas collects over 99 percent of taxes for year
Dallas officials report the city has collected 99.0736 percent of the 55,998,304 tax levy for the past fiscal year ending Sept. 30, a figure cited as possibly the nation's highest. Houston and Fort Worth trailed at about 96 and 9 percent respectively. The article also notes the cubit measure derived from the distance between elbow and finger tip.
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Dallas, Tex
Dallas
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Fort Worth
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