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Newspaper

Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Jun 13, 1958

Page

7

Jolitta Schlehuber Wins National Spelling Bee

Jolitta Schlehuber a 14 year old farm student from a two room rural Kansas school near McPherson stunned competitors to win the National Spelling Bee spelling propylaeum and syllepsis. Her parents practice spelling games with her and the two teachers at her school stressed spelling with extra lists and word books. She earned 1000 dollars a trophy and a New York weekend prize. Her mother a kindergarten teacher praised Jolitta s reading habit and distant influence of a retired Knobnoster Missouri teacher who sparked her interest with a spelling task. They played railroad spelling to pass chores when Jolitta was six or seven.

Washington UPS Jolitta Schlehuber McPherson Kan Propylaeum Jolitta York Milton Schlehuber Schlehuber James Knight Knobnoster

Priest Attacks Mexican Labor as Slave Labor

Washington clergy witness at a House Agriculture subcommittee hearing on Mexican labor recruitment says the program has led to bribery exploitation and spiritual evils. He urges termination with an irrevocable plan, while Rep. Poage challenges his charges and seeks specific evidence.

Washington UPI W. R. Poage D-Tex House Agriculture Subcommittee James L. Wizzard National Catholic Rural Life Conference Teamsters Union Poage Wizzard Subcommittee Congress Msgr George G. Higgins Social Action Department National Catholic Welfare Conference Catholic Church U. S

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