Amish Move Sparks Clash Over Modern Temptations
The Buchanan County Amish, 750 members, plan a January migration of eleven families to Ontario to escape modern temptations. Local officials report youths seeking radios and cars while the community restricts schooling, provoking a legal injunction over two eighth grade schools.
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Buchanan County
Ontario
Menno Schwarz
Independence
Oelwein
Oeclwein
U.S
J. J. Jorgensen
Iowa
Jorgensen
Lunch with a Sheikh on the Amara river voyage
The travelers meet a local Sheikh while paddling toward Amara. He joins the motor boat and returns downstream. They visit a marsh village guest house with seven reed arches and woven mats. Lunch features rice fish bread and a pink turniplike dish in a curious blend of manners. Habib the teacher speaks to a crowd outside.
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Amara
Mustapha
Kahla
Habib
Baghdad
Mora Dickson
Sweet Dough Breakfast Variations From ABLE TALKS
Basic sweet dough recipe with multiple variations including Cheese Ring Sugar Twists and Pecan Rolls with raisins and cinnamon. Also includes Orange Coffee Ring using bran cereal and orange flavoring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleanor Richey Johnston
Christian Science Monitor
Who Would Want To Run A Library
Teen vandalism and book mutilation surge in U S libraries as youth use rises. Education upgrades blamed for rowdy behavior while librarians urge closer teacher library cooperation and longer school library hours to cope. Taxpayers may face higher support to match growth in population and knowledge.
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Evanston
Ill
Los Angeles
Kaimaki
Honolulu
Edgar Allan Poe
J. D. Salinger
American Library Association
Chicago
Wilson Library Journal
Public Library
Brooklyn
Baltimore
Enoch Pratt Free Library
Sputnik
Harold L. Hamill
Hamill
John D. Henderson
Los Aingeles County
Newsweek
Terrible Squalor Found In London
Scottish police cadet Thomas Rintoul experienced London destitution firsthand in a police led homelessness test. He endured squalid reception centers and indifferent welfare interviews, reporting hunger porridge and widespread neglect as thousands sleep rough, urging better cooperation among services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Dickens
Thomas Rintoul
London County Council
Noel Lyster-Binns
Rintoul
Stirling
Glasgow
Melita Knowles
Christian Science Monitor
Britain
Lyster-Binns
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West
Africa
Atakpame
Sokobe
Miles
William Squire
Hartford
Horse
Robert Campbell
Liverpool
England
Odine
Dane Andrews
Mona List
Leonardo da Vinci
New York
France
George Croisile
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