Carolina program aims to break cycle of poverty in schools
Gov. Terry Sanford announces a five year effort to boost reading writing and arithmetic in North Carolina first grades. The $14 million program includes 10 community projects and a statewide approach funded by the Ford Foundation and the North Carolina Fund.
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Phil Corner
Raleigh
N.C
North Carolina
Terry Sanford
Sanford
Ford Foundation
North Carolina Fund
George Esser
Michigan economist calls stock deal a chump moment
Prof. Walter Adams of Michigan State University said he felt like a chump after selling $12 000 of Milwaukee insurance stock to Robert G Baker in 1960. He and his father realized a profit of over $50 000 and are under Senate scrutiny for the affair.
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Washington
Walter Adams
Adams
Michigan State University
Milwaukee
Senate
Robert G. Baker
Baker
Alfred Novak
Senate Rules Committee
U.S. Advisory Commission of International Educational and Culture Affairs
FBI
Senate Committee
Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corp
Small Business Committee
Novak
Three Hurt in Christmas Day Auto Accidents
Three persons sustained minor injuries in Christmas Day automobile mishaps near Monroe. Mary Bell Frellson, 69, and her husband Joseph P. Frellson, 82, from 101 Stubbs Ave, Monroe, were hurt when their northbound car slid on ice and left the highway about 1.9 miles south of Monroe and were taken to St. Francis Hospital. Fay G. Woolsey of Garrett Road, Monroe, suffered facial cuts when her car collided with Louis C. Scott’s vehicle at Renwick and State Streets. Scott, 50, of 3094 N Congo St, was ticketed for reckless driving.
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Mary Bell Frellson
Stubbs Ave
Monroe
Joseph P. Frellson
Fay G. Woolsey
Garret
Frellsons
Highway 15
St. Francis Hospital
Renwick
State Streets
Woolley
Renwick Street
Louis C. Scott
Congo St
State Street
Scott
Woolsey
First baby born at Mound Park Hospital on Christmas
The first baby born Wednesday at Mound Park Hospital in St. Petersburg, Florida was James Henry Christmas Jr. The father said they hoped the baby would be born on Christmas and he arrived at 2 57 a.m. James Henry Christmas Sr. shared the news.
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ST. Petersburg
Fla
Three Penny Phone Call Boosts English in Two Big Ways
In London the four cent telephone rate was cut to three, sparing pockets and wallets. The article details how this change eased the burden on fat men and everyday users while noting the awkwardness of handling pennies and the quirky British habit of signaling with bell buttons.
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London
United States
England
ffinch-Meadowes
Man Runs Over Daughter at Christmas Sledding Party
In Dundee New York a man named Ralph Hollendeck struck and killed his 11 year old daughter Rhonda during a Christmas sledding party on Wednesday night. Police say the incident occurred on a residential street with no other injuries reported. The motive remains unclear and the investigation is ongoing by local authorities.
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Dundee
N.Y
UPI
Ralph Hollendeck
Rhonda
Generous Kansas City Couple Hosts Biannual Feasts
Willie and Lulu May Carroll, lifelong residents, celebrate birthdays with open doors and large meals for all. Lulu, 51, cooks while Willie, 53, hunts and gardens to supply dishes like coon, beaver, possum, turtle, squirrel, rabbit, goose, squash and desserts. About 200 guests attend each Christmas and May 21 gathering at their Union Railway Station home.
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Kansas City
UPI
Willie
Lulu May Carroll
Lulu
Union Railway Station
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Texas
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Austin
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Johnson
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Ellington
Nashville, Tenn
Upt
Buford Ellington
Lbj Ranch
Johnson City
Thutton
Ouachita Parish
Bailey Grant
Louisville Ave
North 18Th
Sale
Pendleton
Ivy
Dixie Store
Coats
CAR Coats &Reg
Desjard
Wilbur Marvin
Commercial Properties Development Corporation
P.O. Box
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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