Learning math from music aids blind students in Vancouver
David Wayne a blind 8 year old learns addition through tones from a touch-tone phone dial used by John Del Regato a University of Oregon graduate student at the State School for the Blind in Vancouver Washington Del Regato says mapping tones to numbers activates auditory brain centers enabling rapid grasp of concepts and faster learning than Braille with potential to reach calculator skills for daily math tasks.
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Vancouver
Wash
David Wayne
David
John del Regato
University of Oregon
del Regata
State School For the
del Regate
del Regats
Nuns Foil Convent Burglary Until Police Arrive
Three Sisters of Our Divine Savior on Milwaukee’s West Side thwart a burglar who carried a knife until police arrived to arrest him. The trio said they avoided disclosing details and noted this marked their third police call in two months for thefts nearby.
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Milwaukee
West Side
Marie Rodriguez
Sisters of Our Divine Savior
Jake
New York
Rikers Island
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
City Correction
Benjamin Malcolm
Roy Caldwood
Monopoly title changed hands in international finals
Dublin real estate dealer John Mair won the World Championship of Monopoly from the United States in Budapest Hungary defeating Roger Hendrick of Ghent Belgium in the final. Earlier Mair beat Ken Jones of Bolton England and Cato Wallo of Oslo Norway. American holder Alvin Aldridge and Gus Gostomelsei were eliminated in semifinals. Meanwhile US Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz travels Europe visiting Belgrade Bucharest and Warsaw after Rome conference.
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Washington
John Mair
Dublin
Ireland
Zpas
United States
Mair
Trinity Bank
Roger Hendrick
Ghent
Belgium
Hendrick
Ken Jones
Bolton
England
Cato Wallo
Oslo
Norway
Alvin Aldridge
Dayton
Ohio
Gus Gostomelsei
Pie. TL
Budapest
Hungary
Earl But
Pal Romany
Butz
Belgrade
Bucharest
Warsaw
Europe
Rome
Labor council rescinds its busing stand in Boston
Massachusetts State Labor Council executive board bows to AFL CIO President Meany and votes to rescind the antibusing resolution. President Joseph Sullivan says the prior convention action is null and void and staff and affiliates are told to refrain from implementing it. Meany had ordered the reversal citing national union policy.
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Boston
Massachusetts State Labor Council
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Council
Joseph Sullivan
Meany
UN seeks renewal of peacekeeping force as Waldheim tours
UN Secretary General Waldheim negotiates with Israel and Syria on extending the 1,250 member buffer mission on the Golan Heights amid Israeli demands for unconditional renewal and Syria’s broader issues. Waldheim cites Syrian suggestions while Israel objects to preconditions and criticizes his Damascus meeting with Arafat.
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Waldheim
Yitzhak Rabin
U.N. Security Council
Damascus
Israel
Yigal Allon
Golan
Allon
Yasir Arafat
Palestine Liberation Organization
Allen
Arafat
PLO
Jerusalem
Syria
Alon
Golan Heights
U.N. General Assembly
Ben-Gurion
Evangelist Billy Graham
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Andrei Barbarov
U.S
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U.N
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Egypt
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Thomas Rivera
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