Television Brings Change To Teaching Hagerstown
In 1956 Washington County introduced a large scale closed‑circuit televised education system testing new curricula and teaching methods. Results show improved math and social studies, broader science and language access, and higher college enrollment, funded by Ford Foundation and Electronics Industries.
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Ann Harris
Liquor Bill Clears West Virginia House
The West Virginia House of Delegates approved a bill allowing private clubs with dining facilities to serve liquor by the drink. Whisky would be served only to club members and guests, while current law bans alcohol consumption outside the home. The measure moves to the State Senate where its fate is uncertain, and temperance leaders threaten to challenge its constitutionality in the State Supreme Court if enacted.
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Librarian Miss May Morris Dies at 81 in Carlisle
Miss May Morris former Dickinson College librarian and last known descendant of a Delaware family died Friday at Carlisle Hospital after a long illness. She served Dickinson from 1927 to 1956 after earlier work at Bryn Mawr and helped break ground last June for the college's new 2.5 million library. California's constitution is one of the longest in the world.
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Martinsburg Veneer Corp Wins Rebuilding Loan
The Economic Development Administration will lend Martinsburg Veneer Corp $763,500 to rebuild a burned out wood products plant in Martinsburg West Virginia. Local banks contribute $232,000 and Berkeley County Development Corp adds $65,000.
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Holdup Seizes $4,000 from Blue Bell Systems Office
Police report two masked gunmen robbed the Blue Bell Systems restaurant chain office, herding seven employees into a washroom and taking $4,000 in pay envelopes. Antarctica's Weddell seals search for food as deep as 1,500 feet below the surface.
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