Newspaper Key Tool In Eugene Field Classroom
Mrs. Max Alderman Jr teaches fourth graders to read a newspaper using a five question method who where what when why. Students scan front pages and map stories to national and international events while learning language geography and social studies. The class enjoys sections from comics to foreign news and even the Agony of Defeat story teaches resilience.
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Jay Bemis
Max Alderman Jr
Alderman
Eugene Field
Wayne Dickerson
Peoples National Bank
Bill Wright
Gullett
Ralph's CB
Main
Union approves tentative coal contract for ratification
Washington AP reports the United Mine Workers bargaining council narrowly backed a proposed contract 22 to 17, sending it to coalfields as 160,000 striking miners weigh rejection. The deal adds health benefits and anti wildcat provisions but drew less council support than the earlier defeat.
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Washington
United Mine Workers
Ottawa Fire Department Prepares Business Protection Plans
Ottawa Department of Public Safety expands fire protection for businesses with three page pre plan kits. Plans cover hours, manager, hydrants, water supply, hazards, gas lines, electrical panels, false ceilings, attack strategy, and building floor plans. About 35 to 40 plans completed as inspections continue.
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Diane Yeamans
Ottawa Department of Public Safety
Junior Diamond
DPS
Diamond
First Treaty Near Victory
Washington AP Republicans and Democrats signal broad support for the first Panama Canal treaty as Senate opponents concede momentum. President Carter meets with uncommitted senators including Edward Zorinsky to press for ratification before noon while demonstrations erupt at the Agriculture Department amid bitter protests.
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Washington
Senate
Carter
Paul Laxalt
R-Nev
Edward Zorinsky
D-Neb
White House
Zorinsky
Jennings Randolph
West Virginia
Quentin Burdick
North Dakota
Paul G. Hatfield
Montana
Henry Bellman
Oklahoma
Ottawa Cable TV blackout tied to shotgun blast
About 2,000 Ottawa Cable TV subscribers were left without service after a shotgun blast severed a main line near Cleveland and West Wilson Streets. Harold G. Kennington Sr., 37, was arrested on charges of discharging a firearm in city limits and criminal damage to property. The damage was estimated at $200 and service was restored by 1 a.m. after a three hour investigation led by DPS Detective Tony DeLaTorre. Kennington was released on bond and set to appear in Franklin County District Court on March 23 at 7:30 a.m.
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Charlie's Angels
Black Sheep Squadron
Ottawa
DPS
Tony DeLaTorre
Pomona
Harold G. Kennington Sr
Robert C. Brooksher
Ottawa Cable TV
Cleveland
West Wilson
Brooksher
Kennington
Franklin County District Court
Old 1901 exam tests Kansas eighth graders hard
Senate education chair notes a 1901 Kansas eighth grade diploma test with four orthography and geography questions, two days, 80 percent passing. The two day exam covered reading writing physiology and math plus civil government and history.
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Topeka
Kan
State Department of Education
Joseph Harder
R-Moundridge
Senate Education Committee
Harder
Merle Bolton
Kansas
Bolton
Education Department
Websters
Europe
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Diany Porter
Franklin's Law
Agriculture Department
Agriculture
Bob Bergland
Department
Commodity Credit Corp. Board
Bergland
Rome
Aldo Moro
Italy
Christian Democrat
Red Brigades
Main Street
Diane Porter
New York
Missouri
de Soto
Cartier
Champlain
Cabots
Raliegh
North America
U.S
House
House of Representatives
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