Loss and Switch at California Education Front
The academic world mourns Dr. Franklin Murphy leaving UCLA for the Times-Mirror, with publishers praising his education stance. The piece warns California’s political influence on schools risks faculty losses, urging states to heed the clash and its broader impact on higher education leadership.
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Los Angeles Times
California
Ronald Reagan
Youth letter says piano lessons ruin life
A 12 year old writer named No Mozart complains to Ann Landers that eight months of piano lessons, pushed by his mother, have transformed happiness into misery and he now hates music.
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Ann Landers
Mozart
Ann
Miss Landers
Tvorles
Piano Lessons Do Not Make Musicians, Ann Landers Letter
A reader argues piano lessons do not forge genius, noting Haydn learned by chance and many never reach professional levels. The correspondent recalls her own experience with free or forced instruction and contrasts natural aptitude with rote practice.
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Paederewski
Duke Ellington
Haydn
Growth Shots and the height question for a child
A Dear Dr column discusses child growth and the use of growth hormone shots. It explains that such treatment is scarce and costly, most effective only if started before age eight, and not a guaranteed way to make a child significantly taller. The piece notes the boy’s height places him near the 10th percentile, implying normal variation.
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Don Rickles
Dusty Main Street Winds Through Town News
A strong southerly wind blew dirt into faces along Main Street this morning. Ottawa University students previously teaching dancing in the gymnasium have been restored to faculty favor after a period of quarrel or discipline.
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Big City Organization Optimism Masks Key Democratic Weakness
Washington report notes strong campaign setup and fundraising for Johnson Humphrey but warns big-state party machinery is frayed. It cites GOP gains in New Jersey Texas Illinois and looming battles in California Michigan Ohio and New York with candidates like Sargent Shriver and Adelai Stevenson II shaping potential ticket dynamics.
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James H. Rowe Jr
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Illinois
John B. Connally
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Everett M. Dirksen
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Vietnam
Otto Kerner
Sargent Shriver
Adelai E. Stevenson II
California
Atty
Thomas C. Lynch
Thomas H. Kuchel
Michigan
George Romney
Zolton Ferency
Ohio
Frank J. Lausche
John J. Gilligan
TV Show Ups and Downs Highlight NBC Music Hall
NBC's Wednesday Music Hall mix of guests and bits yields a middle-of-the-road show with ups and downs. Host John Davidson leads a routine night featuring Michele Lee Buffy Sainte Marie Tom Jones the Fifth Dimension and Flip Wilson as the Jonathan Winters Show lags with thin material. ABC Olympic rights and low ratings sour the week as NBC Daniel Boone loses his sidekick Ed Ames drops his braids yet Jimmy Dean appears.
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New York
NBC
John Davidson
Michele Lee
Buffy Sainte Marie
Tom Jones
Fifth Dimension
Filp Wilson
Jonathan Winters
CBS
Winters
Soldier of Fortune
Paula Prentiss
Dick Benjamin
Ed Ames
Daniel
Jimmy Dean
ABC
Mexico
Elderly Teacher Gets Letters Praising Her Role
Charleston Missouri reports 96 year old Miss Kate Boone receives congratulatory letters from across the nation for continuing to teach voice. She now tutors 17 pupils weekly, spending 30 to 45 minutes with each. Despite blindness, two friends read mail and answer on her behalf, while she notes praise for her Boone ancestry and her musical career.
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Charleston
Alaska
Kate Boone
Associated Press
William Felton Boone
Moffat Lati
Names for Federal Programs Show Case in White House Style
Washington AP notes the White House informal process for naming federal programs. Aimed at uplifting purpose, examples include NAB and CAMPS, with acronyms often used to ease recitation, while some proposals like Partnership for Education and Earning resist abbreviation.
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White House
National Alliance of Businessmen
Johnson
Congress
Larry Levinson
Mainestream
Partnership
Television Log Teems With Classic Channel Lineup
A dense broadcast schedule lists humor and drama slots across a full day. Net lines include Leave It To Beaver Flintstones Daniel Boone Batman That Girl The Great Escape Part I and II The Seven Year Itch and The Far Country among films and game shows with frequent news weather and afternoon savviness through popular hosts like Joey Bishop Merv Griffin and Tonight and Captain Kangaroo.
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Ironside
Payton Place
F Troop
Dean Martin
Joey Bishop
Merv Griffin
Paris
Bell Telephone Hour
Dudd Te
Joey Bishopie
Ottawa Herald listing of subscription rates and AP rights
The Ottawa Herald publisher Robert B. Wellington announces subscription rates for local and trade area mail. Rates show one month to one year terms and interregional prices, with AP news rights reserved for local content.
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