Proposals to Lengthen the School Year Or Day Face Tradeoffs
Educators discuss extending the 180 day minimum to 200 days or lengthening the school day. Advocates cite better use of costly facilities and alignment with modern economies, while concerns include teacher summer work plans and parental vacation patterns. A three four month semester plan is suggested to maximize facility use and reduce drawbacks.
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United States
James A. Sensenbaugh
Frederick County
Eggs First or Last The Sharp End Mystery Solved
Cornell researchers A L Romanoff and A J Romanoff report that about 90 percent of eggs form with the sharp end pointed outward, but only 70 to 80 percent are laid sharp end first due to rotation during laying. The difference may trigger sudden henhouse squawks.
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A.L
A. J. Romanoff
Cornell University
Britain’s Pound Restored by 11-Nation Rescue
The 11 nation coalition backed the Bank of England with a 53 billion fund after Britain raised discount rates, halting heavy speculation. New York Federal Reserve led backing though devaluation would have signaled inability to manage the crisis and risked paralyzing world trade.
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Free World
Britain
Bank of England
New York
Fritain
Puerto Rico's Commonwealth Endures Amid Independence Debate
A U N committee seeks fresh Puerto Rico independence inquiry while locals favor Commonwealth and statehood options. Gov Muñoz Marín argues Commonwealth sustains growth through fiscal autonomy with no tax scheme, keeping U S defense and foreign policy.
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Puerto Rico
U.S. Mainland
United Nations
Island
Luis Munoz Marin
U.N
Commonwealth
Office Christmas parties fade from office lore
The piece recalls the old fashioned office Christmas party as wild and rowdy yet nostalgic. It contrasts a vanished past with younger workers who never witnessed such revelry and notes factors from wives' objections to lawsuits and waning stamina as causes of the decline.
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New York
Bastille
Montreat
Rio de Janeiro
Fifty Years Ago Items From The News Post December 9 1914
The M C A basketball team failed to reach Mt. St. Marys College after tires were punctured six times exiting Lewis town causing a postponement. Civic Club women urged Frederick School Commissioners to require physical examinations for all county students. Central Trust Company mailed about 2660 checks for its Christmas Savings Club totaling 6400 to depositors. A family reunion at Braddock honors Mr and Mrs Luther Bidle returning from Ohio after 12 years.
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M.C.A
Mt. St. Mary’s College
Frederick
Civic Club
Central Trust Company of Maryland
Christmas Savings Club
John A. Bidle
Braddock
Luther Bidle
Ohio
General Patton Sets Sights in Siegfried Line Breakthrough
Lt. Gen. George S. Patton Jr. drives a major Allied push into the Siegfried Line eight miles deep in the Saar valley as Third Army artillery pummels the Saarbrucken area from about three miles away. Tax rate in Walkersville rises five cents per $100 for 1945 while Tokyo radio notes a December 7 earthquake and tsunami. Mrs. Calvin E. Schild Knecht of North College Park attends a Baltimore hearing representing Frederick League of Women Voters on a proposed state juvenile court bill.
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PAT+ TON Jr
Siegfried Line
Germany
Saar Valley
Saarbrucken
Calvin E. Schildknecht
North College Parkway
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Frederick
The
League of Women Voters
Warnings of Economic Depression in 18 Months Rise in U S
A 1964 commentary argues private credit and high employment must be maintained to avoid a wage price spiral. It cites labor unions, auto and steel sectors, guideposts concept, and political pressures under President Johnson as risks to price stability and full employment.
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United States
America
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Steel
Kennedy
Council of Economic Advisers
Business Advisory Council
Steelworkers Union
New York Herald Tribune Inc
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