Mystique of Villa Maria High School Probed by Scholar
Dr. Gerald Phillips of Penn State studies Villa Maria High School to explain why its students communicate and respond differently. He cites democratic training gaps, calls for student choice, and a new breed of teachers while noting the school’s distinctive environment and higher sophistication.
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Villa Maria High School
Gerald Phillips
Pennsylvania State University
Phillips
Newbreed
Gerald Phillipe
Villa Maria
New Castle
Slippery Rock to Offer Evening College Credits in New Castle
Slippery Rock State College expands into New Castle with evening college credit courses at the high school from 7 to 9 30 p m taught by college faculty. Courses English 101 and English 342 lead to A B or B 5 degrees and are fully accredited by the Middle States Association. Tuition is about 15 dollars per credit, promising an overall cost well under 2000 dollars to earn a degree.
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Slippery Rock State College
New Castle
Fred C. McLure
Middle States Association
Vergil
Mediterranean
Albert A. Watrel
Slippery Rock
Lawrence County
Disagree on mine safety at Mannington No 9
Union and management witnesses clashed over safety at Mannington No 9 mine as hearings paused after the underground explosions that killed 78. The probe, led by UMW state and federal agencies and Consolidation Coal, sought causes from dust, gas, and ventilation while recovery teams awaited entry. Alva Davis, a survivor, said he would testify to Congress to avoid a whitewashed account.
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Edwin K. Wiles
Fairmont
W. Va
UPI
Mannington No. 9
United Mine Workers
UMW
Consolidation Coal Co
Consolidation Coal
Foster Turner
Fay Cassidey
Turner
Alva Davis
Congress
Davis
Wallace
Harrison County
Slain Lincoln University Professor Armstead Grubb Found
Dr. Armstead Grubb, 69, former Lincoln University president and noted French and Spanish teacher, was found slain in a vacant house beside his campus home in Oxford Pennsylvania. Two local youths, Richard Twyman 18 and Gary Butcher 15, were arrested. Frankie Twyman 15 was held as a witness.
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Oxford, Pa
UPI
Armstead
Grubb
Lincoln University
Southeastern Pennsylvania
Richard Twyman
Gary Butcher
Twyman
Frankie
Princeton University
Katherine Wilson
Dr. Grubb
Highway bids opened for four projects in Pennsylvania
State Highways Department opened bids totaling 4 259 167 for four improvement projects. Allegheny bid 2 278 943 to widen and resurface 4.37 miles of Route 22 between Churchill and Monroeville with interchange work by Burrell Construction & Supply Co. Clinton bid 338 403 to rebuild 1.08 miles of S R 183 near Kettle Creek State Park with grading and drainage by Triple V Construction Co. Toe Lopez P A.
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Harrisburg
UPI
State Highways Department
Allegheny
Churchill
Monroeville
Wilkins
Burrell Construction & Supply Co
New Kensington
Clinton
Alvin Bush Dam
Kettle Creek State Park
Nixon invites 53,424 for posts in new administration
President elect Nixon via Harry Flemming sends letters from the Office of the President to prominent figures listed in Who's Who and other directories seeking recommendations and job applications for about 1,700 middle management posts. Flemming notes thousands have replied, but many applicants lack qualifications, including a one year old boy and a Cheyenne cook.
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Washington
UPI
Richard M. Nixon
Cheyenne
Wyo
Harry Flemming
Nixon
Flemming
Cabinet
New York
Pierre
Who's Who In
America
Casey Stengel
Snc
Elvis Presley
Sparks Cause Vehicle Fire at Croton Avenue Service Station
Sparks from a backfire ignited the motor of a car owned by Francis Smeltzer of 718 Croton Ave yesterday at 10 43 a m City firemen said there was no air cleaner in the car Fire damage was estimated at 100 The incident occurred at a service station at 735 Croton Ave
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Francis Smeltzer
Croton Ave
Employer of the Year honors go to Friden executive in Lewistown
William H. Majeske general manager of the Lewistown Division of Friden Inc received the Employer of the Year award from the Pennsylvanians for Right to Work for defending employee freedom of choice on union membership. The group cited Friden’s strike stance against a union contract clause. Also named employee of the year was William C. Lemon of Lansdale for voluntary unionism.
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Harrisburg
UPI
Pennsylvania
Lewistown
William H. Majeske
Friden Inc
Majeske
William C. Lemon
Lansdale
Montgomery County
United Auto Workers
UAW
Lemon
North Wales
Leeds
Northrup
James Scott NI
Howard Musselman
Johnstown
United Steelworkers Afl—Cio
Evan Blomquist
McKeesport
John Wilbur Mack
Mack Printing Co
Easton
Rodney E Miller
Bethlehem Steel Announces $17 per Ton Hike on Hot Rolled Sheet
Bethlehem Steel Corp raises hot rolled carbon steel sheet prices by 17 a ton with shipments from Jan 1. Bethlehem also introduces hot rolled bands priced 7 below regular sheet. The move follows a $25 cut by U.S. Steel and reflects shifts in discounting practices among domestic rivals.
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New York
UPI
Bethlehem Steel Corp
U.S Steel Corp
Bethlehem
U.S. Steel
HUD Grants Fund Sequence For Local Projects
HUD approved a series of grants loans and fund reservations including a $1 623 810 grant for the Third Avenue renewal project in Kingston Pennsylvania a $49 500 advance to plan a sanitary sewerage collection system in Harrison Township Pennsylvania and a $12 750 grant to assist in land acquisition for recreation in Yellow Springs Ohio.
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Washington
UPI
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Third Avenue
Kingston
Harrison Township
Asgiat
Yellow Springs
Ohio
Two Pennsylvania Soldiers Die in Vietnam
The Defense Department reported the combat deaths of Spec. 4 Francis F. Truance of McKeesport Allegheny County and Pfc. Michael R. Baker of Oak Ridge Armstrong County in Vietnam.
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Washington
Upi
Defense Department
Pennsylvania
Vietnam
Francis Truance
Locust St
McKeesport
Allegheny County
Michael R. Baker
Frank Baker
Gorgas Lane
Oak Ridge
Armstrong County
Federal state helping coal miners enter fifth year program
The joint federal and state program to train coal miners and ease unemployment in bituminous regions enters its fifth year in 1969. Willard Wirtz announced 200000 dollars from the Manpower Development and Training Act will fund the continuation, with Pennsylvania providing 121933 dollars. Sixty unemployed miners will enroll in the 46 week course starting next March at Penn State Elders Ridge mining facility.
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Washington
Young man dies in Route 422 crash near Saratoga
William P. O'Neill age 20 of Pottstown was fatally injured when his car left Route 422 and hit a cinder block wall at a service station, near Saratoga. He died at Reading Hospital around 3 p.m. from severe head and chest injuries.
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Pottstown
UPI
William P. O'Neill
Saratoga
Here
O'Neill
Reading Hospital
San Francisco State campus calm ends week of clashes
After a week of bloody protests at San Francisco State College police and dissidents faced off with as many as 600 officers on call. Although 80 people were arrested earlier in the week students held classes and planned rallies at Civic Center Plaza and City Hall to back the strike. The campus strike seeks a Black Studies program and 11 teaching positions amid broader demands.
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Donald B. Thackrey
San Francisco
UPI
San Francisco State College
S. I. Hayakawa
Civic Center Plaza
City Hall
Pacific Ocean
Hayskawa
Randall Bridges
Black Students Union
Roger Alvarado
Third World Liberation Front
Hayakawa
BSA
Liberation Front
Nathan Hare
BSU
George M. Murray
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