Conants Suggestion on Educational Policy
Dr James B Conant former Harvard president argues policy should be set by distinguished non educators rather than school administrators or education professors He believes schools risk becoming vocationally driven unless top level decisions involve university trustees and similar figures The proposal would alter the whole educational system and warrants careful assessment by educators and the public
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James B. Conant
Harvard University
Michigan State University
Conant
Season Is Ripe For Gyp Artist
New York based Kenneth B. Wilson of the National Better Business Bureau warns the Christmas shopping season attracts gyp artists. He notes street hawkers selling cheap watches perfumes and toys, mail order and phone solicitors offering fake branded goods, phony charity solicitations, and a spoof perfume racket with miniature bottles containing cheap toilet water.
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New York
UPI
Kenneth B. Wilson
National Better Business Bureau
Wilson
Mousetrap hits 5000th performance in London run
Agatha Christie’s murder mystery The Mousetrap marks its 5,000th show at the Ambassador Theatre London on Nov 25 1952. The play has broken London and Broadway records, drawing about two million viewers and surpassing most long-running productions globally. Sir Winston Churchill once guessed the killer during intermission.
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London
UPD
Agatha Christie
Miss Christie
Los Angeles
Ambassador Theater
Monkswell Manor
Winston Churchill
Jim Bishop Seventy-Eight and Still in the Marriage Market
The column describes Jim Bishop at 81 being courted by elderly ladies seeking companionship and marriage. He reads the letters with seriousness, noting flattery and flirtation while maintaining boundaries and humor about the unsolicited remarries proposals.
Age gaps and late-life romance in letters to a columnist
A quirky collection of reader messages spans ages from 60 to 84, with examples of romance seeking partners, shared fantasies of Italian living, bold language, and advice on widowed loneliness. The letters include a daughter defending her 77-year-old mother and a housekeeper seeking new companionship for her client.
Class Schmass and Dear Abby Advice Column
A reader asks if a janitor’s personal remark about a secretary’s slip reflects class bias. Abby replies that class does not determine propriety, and the sister’s reaction may reveal arrogance. The column includes letters about grandchildren names and a broken engagement, with a long look at readers’ personal confessions.
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Abby
Nick
Los Angeles
Calif
China Attacks Sato Amid Tokyo Visa Clash Over Chinese Visitors
In Tokyo the Chinese press blasts prime minister Eisaku Sato after Japan refuses 23 foreign Communist visitors, led by Peng Chen of Beijing, entry to the Japan Communist Party convention. Beijing warns of cooled Sino Japanese ties while Tokyo weighs trade and security links.
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Tokyo
UPI
China
Eisaku Sato
Sato
Japan Communist Party
United States
Japan
Communist Party
Red China
North Korea
North Viet Nam
Peng Chen
Peking
Politbureau
Chinese Communist Party
Peng
Peoples Daily
Central Committee
Sasebo
Nobusaki Kishi
Kishi
Formosa
U.s.japan
Hayato Ikeda
Daily crossword and cryptoquote page sample features
The page lists a large crossword with numbered clues including Biblical word of reproach marionette and other entries. It also includes a Daily Cryptoquote puzzle with a sample substitution key and a quoted past solution attributed to Colton.
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