Teen-agers want abolition of the report card system
A nationwide survey by Eugene Gilbert for Gilbert Youth Research Co finds 51 percent of girls and 39 percent of boys oppose report cards and 44 percent of boys and 30 percent of girls favor abolition. Many educators favor alternatives like conferences or essays, while critics blame teachers and parents for using grades as ego boosts and competition.
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Katherine Troyer
Winnetka
Ill
Johnny
Milwaukee
Toe
Baltimore
New York
Faine
Five Drown In Car Accident In Missouri River Fall
Five persons drowned last night when their car careened down a hill in Glasgow and sped off a 60 foot embankment into the Missouri River. The tragedy occurred on Glasgow's main street near the river. Dispatches report no survivors among the occupants.
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Glasgow
Missouri River
Cannon Collecting Is Booming Hobby
Peoria II. Cap Nara the younger collector builds Civil War cannon collections since 1909. He reconditions cannons for museums and even buried barrels to deter scrap theft. Nearby tragedy unfolds as four Fayette area youths drown after a car plunges offshore. victims include Sonny Conrow and Jerry Horton among others, with rescue efforts by sheriff and Army Engineers.
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Peoria
Cap Naramore
Cap
Fayette
Glasgow
Delgar Wells
Howard County
Sonny Conrow
Frank Estill
Lisbon
John Stearns
Bessie Stearns
Jerry Horton
Phoenix
Ariz
Pack
Andjage
Clarence Hopper
Bunker
Deke
Watchman
Robert Stookey
Lee Hospital
Buddy Pete Kirby
Young Horton
Patient inquires at St Joseph Hospital about Jones
An elderly man asks reception about E C Jones at St Joseph Hospital Lexington. He presses for details on Jones’s progress and learns the condition is much improved after ten days, highlighting frustration with doctors and nurses in conveying information.
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Lexington
St. Joseph Hospital
E. C. Jones
Juror Trapped in Restroom Halts Carlsbad Trial
District Judge C Roy Anderson had to recess court when a juror accidentally locked himself in a courthouse restroom. A locksmith was summoned, the juror freed, and the trial resumed.
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Carlsbad
N. M
C. Roy Anderson
Missing shirt prompts call to sheriff in Wisconsin
In Baraboo Sauk County Sheriff James Gavin receives a call from a woman in a distant town asking for her brother in law to return a shirt borrowed from her husband. The brief exchange shows a mundane domestic concern reaching local law enforcement.
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Baraboo
Wis
Sauk County
James Gavin
Mundell attends Huntsville funeral for Hebrew killed in crash
Mrs. Melvin Mundell traveled Wednesday to Huntsville Arkansas for the funeral of her Hebrew relative killed in a car incident. She returned Friday. Mr. and Mrs. John Hicks were Sunday guests at Jesse Hicks home. Keevin Frazell of Tola visits grandparents Ernest and Mrs. Martin and Harold Richards family this week. Charles Cox of LaCygne visited parents Robert and Mrs. Hubbard Sunday. Larry Kirkland of the U S Navy is home on leave visiting parents Frank and family. Gale and Alice Gilbert visited Ralph Coler and joined Sunday dinner. the Gilberts later traveled to Kansas City to see their son.
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Melvin Mundell
Huntsville
Arkansas
John Hicks
Jesse Hicks
Keevin Frazell
Tola
Ernest Martin
Harold Richards
Hoxie
Charles Cox
LaCygne
Robert Hubbard
Larry Kirkland
U. S. Navy
Ledge
Frank Kirkland
Gale Gilbert
Alice Gilbert
Ralph Coler
Somerset
Local social notes from Ottawa Herald April 18 1957
The Ottawa Herald lists a series of social visits and guests. J R Payne remains in Providence Hospital. Mr and Mrs Clarence Coffman of Wellsville hosted supper for Mrs Martha Coffman Simday. Forest Smith called Sunday afternoon and Mrs Springer and family also visited. Betty Hillis and daughters from Mulvane visit the Coffman Simday home. Ray Redick is mentioned. Dennis Burchett and family visited Joe Burchett’s Fontana home.
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Clarence Coffman
Wellsville
Harry Fisher
Martha Coffman Simday
Forest Smith
Co. R. Springer
Betty Hillis
Mulvane
Mia
Ray Redick
Dennis Burchett
Joe Burchett
Fontana
Getting Tired Of Illegal Parking
Des Moines attorney D. C. Hohnbaum told the court he was tired of paying illegal parking tickets. He owns a German Volkswagen and noted others parked it on the sidewalk. The judge dismissed the ticket and joked about chaining the car to the meter.
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Des Moines
D. C
Hohnbaum
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Eugene Gilbert
Gilbert Youth Research Co
Met
Courtney Ogg
West Side
Seven Swifts
Swift
Reynold
Supreme
Lakeside
Herald
Florida
California
FN Foods
Cail Terminix
Ottawa Lumber Co
S. Main Ph
Pomona Lumber Co., Pomona
Rantoul Area
Mrs. Gale Gilbert
The
Ottawa Herald
J. R. Payne
Providence Hospital
Ministerial Alliance
Food Center
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