Right To Read Campaign Gains National PTA Backing
The National PTA supports the Right to Read goal articulated by former U.S. education commissioner Dr. James FE Allen Jr. The Project RISE program aims to ensure every child leaves school able to read, with local PTA endorsement crucial for success.
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James FE. Allen Jr
U.S
Allen
United States
National Book Committee
State Departments of Education
RISE
Leon S. Price
National
Medical Assistants Trial Aims to Expand California Care
Medical Care Advance California begins an experiment using physician assistants for routine procedures to relieve doctors for complex tasks. The plan aims to prevent second-rate care through training and practice limits, while noting doubts about safeguarding patient quality and avoiding misdiagnosis or treatment delays. Romans 7-19 ends the piece with a biblical quote.
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California
Lead in Gasoline and the Pollution Debate
The piece traces the lead gasoline saga from Kettering and Midgley’s tetraethyl lead to current worries about lead’s pollution and the push for unleaded fuel. It notes potential PAH pollutants from alternatives, cites the Bureau of Mines and Sloan-Kettering findings, and contrasts industry positions with GM suggesting unleaded gas may extend emission-control life.
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Charles F. Kettering
Ket
General Motors
Thomas Midgley
Kettering-Midgley
U.S. Bureau of Mines Research
Bureau of Mines
Los Angeles
Amoco
DuPont Company
Ethyl Corporation
Mobil Oil
California Air Resources Board
DuPont
Edward N. Cole
Detroit
Middletown Journal Subscription Rates Page
The Middletown Journal lists subscription rates including daily copies and Sunday editions. Rates cover city, suburban, and trading area mail, with annual prices and payment in advance.
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USA
Dog Missing From Middletown Hospital Lot Sparks Hope for Reunion
Readers report a small dog seen near Middletown Hospital. A Middletown Journal photographer failed to locate the animal. Mrs. Layne Manns of Somerville offers to take the dog if unclaimed, asking humane officials to call her at 787-3325.
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Middletown Hospital
Middletown Journal
The
Humane Association
Nixon backs campus order plan from Hook
President Nixon distributed Dr. Sidney Hook's campus order proposals to college leaders, urging administrators and faculties to enforce clear dissent rules, establish discipline committees, and use marshals and court injunctions if needed to maintain orderly campus conduct across the nation.
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Nixon
Sidney Hook
New York University
Hook
America
Reagan-GOP surge as Unruh loses Democratic support in California
Marianne Means notes Democratic leaders including Johnson Truman and Humphrey refuse to back Jesse Unruh in the California gubernatorial race. Unruh seeks endorsements, but faces an abrupt lack of high profile support, fundraising shortfalls, and a damaged image as he tries to challenge Gov. Reagan.
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Los Angeles
Lyndon Johnson
Harry Truman
Hubert Humphrey
Ronald Reagan
Jesse Unruh
Unruh
Humphrey
Richard Nixon
Johnson
Truman
Gov
Reagan
San Francisco
Joseph Alioto
Thomas Kuchel
Edmund Muskie
MAPO
Sen
Robert Kennedy
Henry Salvatori
Salvatori
Salvatoris
Sen. Muskie
Assembly
Passage From a Sailor's Tale Reflects On Status And Seafaring Life
The narrator, a former schoolmaster, describes boarding a ship as a humble sailor. He contrasts elite origins with the rough discipline of life at sea, noting the embarrassment of changing status and the need to endure rough treatment before the routine settles in. The passage hints at the clash between social standing and maritime harshness.
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Ishamel
Moby Dick
Tess
van Rensselaers
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