It's Never Too Late To Learn To Read In Italy
A Perugia prison inmate wrote to the TV program It's Never Too Late which teaches reading and writing. Teleschool in Rome reaches three million illiterates, mainly in the south, with lessons using TV, kits, and teachers. Al Boy Manzi stars in lessons. 20,000 ex illiterates win certificates yearly after six months of study.
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Tom A. Cullen
Rome
NEA
Perugia
Teleschool Center
Italian Radio-television
Italy
Turin
Milan
Teleschool
Ministry of Education
Alberto Manzi
Manzi
Ruby Aims Outburst At Attorney
Jack Ruby angrily berated attorney Joe Tonahill during a sanity trial proceeding in Dallas. Ruby, facing potential electric chair death, told the judge he did not want Tonahill to defend him as courtroom tensions rose. The March 29 hearing will determine Ruby’s sanity and possible commitment to a state mental hospital.
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Dallas
UPI
Jack Ruby
Lee Harvey Oswald
Joe B. Brown
Phil Burleson
Joe
Talks Open On New Contract For Glass Plants
ATLANTIC CITY UP I reports unions and management start talks to cover machine operators at more than eight plants nationwide. The Glass Bottle Blower Association AFL CIO and 26 companies via the Glass Container Manufacturers Institute aim for a new contract covering 8 000 machine operators. The current contract expires March 31 while 31 000 production and maintenance workers operate under an extended contract to March 18 as they vote by mail on a new offer.
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Atlantic City
UPI
Glass Container
Glass Bottle Blower Association
Afl-Cio
Glass Container Manufacturers Institute
Fourteen Indicted In Miner's Slaying at Leslie County
Leslie County grand jury indicted fourteen men for willful murder in the shooting of Ernest Creech at Leatherwood No. 1 mine. Perkins, a UMW field organizer, faces felony charges but not murder. One defendant, Jim Hamilton, is charged with assault and battery. Trials set for March 17.
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Hyden, Ky
UPII
Leslie County
Ernest Creech
Snier
Leatherwood
Blue Diamond Coal Co
Eastern Kentucky
Bill Perkins
Hazard
United Mine Workers Union
UMW
Jim Hamilton
Commonwealth
Atty
Lester Burns
Urban League Leader Addresses Educators in Chicago
Whitney M. Young Jr said at the National Conference on Higher Education that a college educated Negro could expect a lifetime income lower than whites with only an eighth grade education. He cited six factors including segregation in lower paid jobs, wage gaps within professions, and underrepresentation in high paying fields like engineering and law.
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Chicago
UPI
Whitney M. Young Jr
The
National Urban League
Young
National Conference On Higher Education
Hi-Lights staffers win top honors at Marshall meet
January Hi-Lights from Mul lens High School notes three staff members attended a Journalism Department event at Marshall University. Polla McClellan contributed to buss ary work headlines advertising and copyreading. The theme was Whats Right With West Virginia. Officers for the coming year were elected and awards included a framed certificate. Oceana and Ravenswood also rated superior.
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Hi-Lights
Mullens
Journalism Department
Marshall University
Polla McClellan
Buss
West Virginia
Oceana
Ravenswood
Convicted Murderers May Get Life Sentence
SAN BERNARDINO Calif UPI Mrs Lucile Miller a pregnant mother of three may be sentenced to life in prison today for the fiery auto death of well to do dentist husband Dr Gordon Miller 39 Prosecutor Donald Turner said he would not seek the death penalty and plans to waive the penalty hearing for the eight woman four man jury that convicted her Defense lawyer Edward Foley will seek a new trial No pregnant woman has ever been sentenced to die in California and only four women have been executed A life term would make Mrs Miller eligible for parole in seven years A guardianship petition was filed for Miller’s children Debbie 14 Ronnie 11 and Guy 9 with a March 19 hearing set
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Gordon Miller
Donald Turner
Mrs. Miller
Harold Lance
Debbie
Ronnie
Guy
Oilers post record season ticket sales for 1965
Houston Oilers report a record 11 995 season tickets sold this year, with 1965 sales up by 163000 dollars versus prior figures. Total sales reach 590000 dollars, above 500000 for the first time, per publicity director Jack Scott on Wednesday.
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Houston
UPI
Houston Oilers
Jack Scott
Tight Corset Incident Triggers Window Damage
Kenneth Moonan, 27, of Wimbledon, caused 280 pounds in damage when a misfitted corset episode left him breaking a shop window. A magistrate’s court found him innocent after he explained severe stomach discomfort from a too tight corset and rum and beer. He claimed no malicious intent and blamed the shop sizing error for the ordeal.
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Wimbledon
England
UPI
Kenneth Moonan
Moonan
Israeli Forces Silence Attacks At Border Settlement
TIBERIAS Israel forces used tank guns twice Monday to silence Syrian shell and machinegun fire along the Jordan River. The Syrians fired on armored tractors, Israel reported, with heavy tank and machine gun fire silencing positions on the north shore of Lake Kinnereth without Israeli casualties. The Monday actions followed a Sunday border-fire incident prompting UN Mixed Truce Supervisory Commission protests.
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Israel
UPI
Jordan River
Lake Kinnereth
United Nations
Television documentary on Gandhi life in preparation
A television documentary project about Mahatma Gandhi is being prepared. The author hopes the program will teach viewers the value of passive resistance and steer them away from current lowbrow television offerings.
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Mahatma Gandhi
Trend of workers warding off theme pleases most
Waiters, bellboys, taxi drivers and similar workers report a shift away from themed assignments, a trend seen as beneficial for most people though not for those workers. The article notes general positive reception while acknowledging reduced demand for specialized roles.
Parents Are Best Guides for Children's Matrimonial Voyage
A compact note emphasizes parental guidance as crucial in guiding youths through arranged marriage paths. It argues parents’ experience and insight help steer decisions, reduce missteps, and align matches with family values and long term harmony.
We'll Sing in the Sunshine at Mullens High School
Linda Lee Joyce headlines a musical revue presented by the Woman's Civic Club in Mullens High School Auditorium on April 2 and 3. Dana Bailey Roy Kemp perform in a modern dance routine with piano by Mrs Maurice Anderson and guitar by Herman Akers.
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Woman's Civic Club
Maullens
Mullens High School
Dana Bailey
Roy Kemp
Maurice Anderson
Herman Akers
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