History gaps hit U.S. students in a National study
A National Assessment study of about 200 seventeen year olds shows many cannot place key events. Two thirds misplace the Civil War, a third misdate the Declaration of Independence, half fail to place Columbus, and three quarters misidentify major literary figures. The findings spark concerns that Americans lack cultural and historical awareness essential to citizenship.
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Winston Churchill
Carl Sandburg
National Assessment of Educational Progress
Columbus
Joseph Stalin
Walt Whitman
Henry David Thoreau
E Cummings
Understanding America and the push for better history teaching
The article discusses moral judgments in self government and cites a Washington Post finding on student views of U.S. versus Soviet Union. It describes the National Endowment for the Humanities initiative Understanding America, aimed at boosting American history education through grants and program development. It quotes Morris Leibman and advocates broad support from parents educators and media.
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Washington Post
United States
Soviet Union
National Endowment For the Humanities
America
Washington
Morris Leibman
Chicago
Two Americans Die in Beirut Captivity Hidden in CIA Timeline
Washington commentary recounts the deaths of two of seven U.S. hostages. Buckley died in Tehran after torture. Kilburn died in Baalbek possibly on kidnapping day. Chronology links Hezbollah and Iran to hostage abuses, with shifts in custody and claims of ongoing confinement.
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Washington
TWA
CIA
William Buckley
Peter Kilburn
American University of Beirut
Buckley
Kilburn
DEA
Beirut
Baalbek
Bekaa Valley
Hezbollah
Party of God
Islamic Jihad
Iran
Damascus
Tehran
George Shultz
Shultz
Shalimar Restaurant in Frederick Burns, Dreams Turned To Ash
In Frederick, the Shalimar Restaurant on North Market Street rose from a legendary Malabar dream to a luminous downtown beacon. Last Friday it burned to a charcoal mass. owner Mathew Chakola seeks city aid and a loan to rebuild as his guests remember the night of grace and snowfall outside City Hall.
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Frederick
North Market Street
Scheherazade
Persia
Sharon
Shalimar
Mathew Chakola
Malabar
Dick Bernstein
Christendom
Apostle Thomas
South America
India
Chakola
Mathew Chakela
Chakela
Blizzard Strikes County Amid 28mph Gale Winds
A severe blizzard described as the worst since 1932 raged over the county with heavy drifts on North Market Street. Road crews kept main routes open as Albert Y. Boileau was reelected Middletown Volunteer Fire Company president and officers were chosen for the year. Zonta Club met at Hotel Frederick with Mrs. Helen Smith presiding and Dr. G Ellis Williams lecture on Star Trails.
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North Market Street
Albert Y. Boileau
Middletown Volunteer Fire Company
M. Frank Holter
Roy V. Gaver
Austin L. Main
Rev. L. Ralph Taber
Euster E. Bidle
Russell J. Hoffman
Earl M. Kepler
Rube Reed
Floyd C. Main
Zonta Club
Hotel
Frederick
Helen Smith
Mary D. Cason
G. Ellis Williams
Annual election of Vigilant Hose Company officers
Twenty years ago the Vigilant Hose Company of Emmitsburg held its annual election naming Jeff Fitzgerald as president and a slate including John S Hollinger as vice president John Balmer as secretary Donald Byard Jr as assistant secretary Ronald Stouter as treasurer Guy R McGlaughlin as chief John Hollinger as assistant chief Sterling White and George Danner as directors. A group of Frederick citizens led by Delegate Goodloe E Byron Robert Wirgan Randolph B Rosencrantz and Charles F Bowers met with U S Rep Carlton R Sickles to seek federal aid for restoring Rose Hill Manor, Maryland’s first governor’s home.
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Vigilant Hose Company
Emmitsburg
Jeff Fitzgerald
John S. Hollinger
John Balmer
Donald Byard Jr
Ronald Stouter
Guy R. McGlaughlin
John 5. Hollinger
Sterling White
George Danner
Frederick
Goodloe E. Byron
Robert Wirgan
Randolph B. Rosencrantz
Charles F. Bowers
U.S
Carlton R. Sickles
D-Md
Rose Hill Manor
Maryland
Teen girl seeks help after basement confinement by brother
A 13 year old girl from Dubois Pennsylvania writes that her 18 year old brother locks her in the basement during disputes and claims a psychology teacher advised him to “remove the object until the object can act rationally.” She asks what to do and whether to tell her father. The columnist suggests talking with both parents together, express this is more than homework, and reject being treated as an object.
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State Department
Buckley
Kilburn
Manila
U.S
Philippines
Ferdinand Marcos
United States
Drug Enforcement Administration
Pentagon
Army
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
Dr. Wallace
Allen
Beth
Dubois
Mom
Dad
Twinkle Toes and the Good Deed Club in 1940s Hamilton
Robert C. Reid recalls his boyhood friend Tommy McIntyre known as Twinkle Toes a tap dancer who joins the Good Deed Club during Christmas 1940 in Hamilton Canada. They ride Beltline streetcars audition at Tivoli Theater for Eaton's radio program and become local folk heroes avoiding the Rutledge brothers after a snowball encounter.
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Twinkle Toes McIntyre
Tommy
Twinkle Toes
Canada
Barons Avenue
Twinkle Toes and I
Good Deed Club
Hamilton
Big Circle
Tivoli Theater
Tivoli
Eaton's Department Store
May Co
Tarzan
Tom Mix
Hopalong Cassidy
Eaton People
Tommy Twinkle Toes
Good Deed
Sui T
Tommy McIntyre
Rutledge Brothers
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John Agresto
Agreste
Ortin
Tory
Freedoms Foundation
Cath Pale
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Dale Vanatta
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Benjamin Weir
Lebanon
The
Palestine Liberation Organization
Tunisia
Israel
Roy Meachum
the Shalimar
Oregon
Florida
Delaware
Alaska
Juneau
Tallahassée
Olympia
Salem
Dever
News-Post
Robert Wallace
Copley News Service
Robert C. Reid
Tommy Youle
Rutledges
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