Pacific Oaks College and Children’s School profile
In Pasadena 185 children aged 2½ to 6 play in shaded yards behind a large house as volunteer parents and college students run six to seven daily activities. The school trains about 300 future teachers and social workers, rejects testing, and aims for ethnic mix while assessing talents for shared skills.
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Pacific Oaks College and Children’s School
Pasadena
Calif
UPI
Pacific Oaks
Children learn by expression through visual art
Los Angeles educators report that letting children use cameras sketch pads and photography speeds learning. In a five district study fourth graders showed higher reading and vocabulary gains, with greater improvements among low income groups.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Department of Health Education and Welfare
Iowa
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Earl Owens
Frances D. Hine
Owens
Crackdown on Litterers Across States Raises Fines
New York UPI reports Keep America Beautiful finds penalties for highway littering in 30 states may include fines from 100 to 500 dollars and possible imprisonment. States may also suspend licenses or require labor cleanup as punishment.
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New York
UPI
America Beautiful, Inc
Allen H. Seed Jr
National
Youths Embrace Science Minds With 4-H Electric Projects
About 131000 youths nationwide join electric programs. Three 1970 national winners earned $600 scholarships from Westinghouse. Rick Roberts, Jerry Moss, and Charles Chaumient built innovative projects. Gold medals and state trips to the National 4-H Congress are awarded. Dawson County, Nebraska, clubs show wide participation. New Jersey reports its 1970 cranberry crop at 177000 barrels, valued over $2.5 million.
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Benjamin Franklin
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
Rick Roberts
Arvada
Colo
Jerry Moss
Bringhurst
Ind
Charles Chaumient
Oberlin
Dawson County
Nebraska
Trenton
N.J
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