Rickover critiques U.S. schools and urges reform
Vice Admiral Hyman Rickover argues that the United States devalues education, noting many college freshmen need remedial work and Russia and Western Europe outperform the U.S. in schooling. He calls for clearer high school standards, better teaching and curriculum, and selective tracks while warning against federal overreach. He stresses education, not mere training, as essential to national strength.
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Russia
United States
Congress
West Virginia 55 counties budget nearly $19.7 million
Charleston AP reports the 55 county courts receive a total budget of $19,734,122 for the current fiscal year with Kanawha County at $2,075,881 and Wirt County at $39,479. The state values total $3,846,170,289, up from last year, while municipalities and the legal challenge over excess levies hover over funding.
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Charleston
West Virginia
State
Kanawhan
Wirt
Supreme Court
Mercer County
F. Morton Wagner
Tax Department
Mercer County Court
Bethany
Oae
Morgan
Alderson
Wheeling
Ceredo
Huntington
Parkersburg
Grantsville
East
Clarksburg
Barboursville
South Charleston
Chesapeake
Kenova
Clay
Grant
Kanawha
Ohio
Preston
Raleigh
Cabell
Harrison
Wood
Goetz Brewing Co. Ad Declares Authority at St Joseph
An advertisement from Im. K. Goetz Brewing Co. of St. Joseph Missouri asserts greater authority and promotes its product line. The copy emphasizes leadership in brewing and market presence.
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IM. K. Goetz Brewing CO
ST. Joseph, MO
K. Goetz Brewing CO
ST. Joseph, MQ
Railway Stock Fight Still on
After 11 weeks of competition between Chesapeake & Ohio and New York Central to gain control of Baltimore & Ohio common stock, more than half remains unpledged. C&O directors met in Cleveland reporting over 26 percent voted for the C&O exchange offer. the deadline was extended to November 30. Central’s offer expires September 26 and attracted under 20 percent. Howard E. Simpson urged the B&O to consider a merger. a New York meeting will address the situation on September 21.
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Cleveland
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
New York Central Railroad
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Stock Exchange
Washington
L. W. Horning
New York Central
Central
Horning
Simpson
New York City
Paralyzed Student Enrolls In College
CHARNESTON AP David Ingram, paralyzed from the waist down after a car wreck that killed his mother, enrolls at Morris Harvey College planning to study physics and pursue aeronautical or architectural engineering. He faced reading difficulties but learned through hospital tutoring and advanced math courses.
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Charleston
David
Ingram
Poca High School
Putnam County
Morris Harvey College
Department of Public Assistance
Vocational Rehabilitation Division
State Education Department
DPA
Morris Harvey
State's Adoption Laws Criticized
Charleston reports were to be filed today on the fiscal reorganization of the state government and on its adoption laws to the Legislature s interim committees. The Rosemary case drew earlier criticism as a girl temporarily placed by the Department of Public Assistance with a Parsons couple. The committees also consider amending the Interstate Compact for the Potomac River Basin requiring consent from member states including West Virginia.
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Charleston
Commission On Interstate Cooperation
Joint Committee On Government and Finance
Rosemary Case
Department of Public Assistance
Parsons
Potomac River
West Virginia
Tank Turns Out To Be A Bomb In Suburban Find
Silas Robinson and a helper hauled a suspicious object onto a pickup in a Columbia suburb. Junkyard staff and an ordnance team from Ft Jackson confirmed it was a World War II era unfused bomb weighing 250 pounds of TNT. The device was removed to the fort and detonated.
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Columbia
S.C
Silas Robinson
Robinson
Junkyard
Pat Muskin
Frank Bruck
Army
Ft. Jackson
Roof Fall Blamed for Logan Mine Powder Car Blast
The final State Mines Department report ties the Aug 12 blast at Lundale No. 1 mine to a roof fall that slackened a trolley wire and caused an arc. The explosion, which carried 650 pounds of powder, injured two trackmen while eight others escaped unharmed. The report recommends stricter powder distribution controls and a plan governing supply trips.
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Charleston
Logan County
State Mines Department
Carrie Browning
Bruno
Hobart Rice
Verdunville
Lundale No
Amherst Coal Co
Wilson
Brother Tells Story Continued From Page One
A traveling account from Canton to Shanghai describes delays due to a typhoon, hotel stay at the Peace Hotel, meals, and costs in yuan. The author meets Red Cross officials and a note of passport clearance precedes a planned jail visit with his brother in Shanghai.
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U. S
Travel Service
Foreign Office
Shanghai
Mr. Lo
Mr. Shen
Chinese Red Cross
Mr.Chang
Bank of China
Hong Kong
Skeletons Accelerate Inside Detroit Elevator Shaft Study
In Detroit at Wayne State University eight-story empty shaft hosts tests on human skeletons to measure fracture thresholds under rapid vertical acceleration. Researchers from the University of Michigan and Wayne State study spinal strain, restraint effects, and cushion shock absorption to inform astronautics and high speed flight research.
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Detroit
Wayne State University
Medical School
University of Michigan
Wayne State
F. Gaynor Evans
Prize Money Blown In Fort Worth Roping Contest
A small whirlwind at Tadlock Brothers Ranch toppled a cigar box with nearly 2500 dollars for prize money in a roping contest. Bills and checks scattered across the countryside. a 270 dollar check was found two miles away. Spectators helped recover funds and 1609 dollars were donated to replace missing money.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Tadlock Brothers
Triplet Sets Enter First Grade at Willow Oaks School
Memphis AP reports two sets of triplets begin first grade at Willow Oaks School. Denny Penny and Jenny Rowe join Mack Mike and Mickey Smith. To avoid mixups, no two siblings from the same triplet group share a class.
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Memphis, Tenn
Willow Oaks School
Denny
Penny
Jenny Rowe
Mack
Mike
Mickey Smith
Walking Horse Beaten in Immokalee Cross Country Test
In Immokalee Florida a 42 mile cross country walking contest was won by Willie Reinbold of Naples. He previously walked from New York to Chicago in 16 days and won easily despite heavy rain. Jimmy Ringo commented the Tennessee walking horse sloshed through watery shoulders while Reinbold stayed on the road surface.
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Immokalee, Fla
Willie Reinbold
Naples
Fla
New York
Chicago
Jimmy Ringo
Willie
The Weakest Link Women Triple Feature at Raleigh Theater
In Raleigh a theater advertised a triple feature titled Outlaw Women Swamp Women and Prehistoric Women. The billing suggests a sensational, gender themed lineup.
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Raleigh, N. C
Meet The Bishop Was Convicted For Espionage In China
The Associated Press reports Bishop James Edward Walsh born 1891 in Cumberland Maryland. He studied at Mount St Marys College and Maryknoll, was ordained in 1915, served in China and Hong Kong, became Maryknoll superior general, worked in Shanghai, faced house arrest after 1955, was reported missing from Christ the King rectory, and in 1960 was convicted of espionage and sentenced to 20 years in prison.
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James Edward Walsh
Cumberland
William C. Walsh
Maryland Court of Appeals
Maryland
Mount St. Mary’s College
Emmittsburg
James Walsh
The
Maryknoll Fathers
New York
China
Maryknoll
Hong Kong
Order
Shanghai
Catholic Central Bureau
Walsh
Christ the King
Red Cross
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Rickover
U.S
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H. G. Rickover
Lone
Meliower
Continental Club
Vy Ea Ory
Dr. In
Black Beard the Pirate” Technicolor
Linda Darnell
William Bendix
Robert Hutton
Mary Castle
Bryna Quine
CinemaScope
Eastman Colom
Mountain Air Drive
Glen Jean
Mickey Rooney
Alan Bruce
Spencer Tracy
K. Hepburn
Mt. Are E Vesuvius
Trev Bestal
Castina
Baumann Reyn Angel Aranda
Buillerwo
Logan
Canton
Aichun
China International Travel Service
Peace Hotel
Cathay Hotel
Bund and
Nanking
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