Toys as teaching tools in physics class at SU
A Syracuse University physics professor, Henry Levinstein, advocates using toys as teaching aids to explain physics concepts. He has taught a course titled The Physics of Toys since 1970, using a personal collection of about 600 items to illustrate principles from gravity to centripetal force.
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Syracuse
N.Y
Syracuse University
Henry Levinstein
Levinstein
Physics Building
Edison
University of Michigan
United States
Canada
There’s no such thing as a unisex lawn
Erma Bombeck humorously notes gendered lawn care roles and the lifelong commitment of mowing. The piece follows a wife’s reluctant entry into yard work, from seed planting to a first mowing that reveals servitude to the grass and family dynamics. It ends with a bittersweet image of her daughter’s water gesture and future ownership.
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Erma Bombeck
Field Enterprises, Inc
Marion couple announces engagement of Alana Douglas and Terry Murphy
Alana Douglas daughter of Allen and Sue Douglas of Marion and Terry Murphy son of Mr and Mrs Charles Murphy of Herrin announce their engagement. Miss Douglas is a 1978 Marion High School graduate and works for the Marion Water Department. Murphy a 1975 Herrin High School graduate works for Orient No 3 Mine. An October wedding is planned.
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Alana Douglas
Terry Murphy
Allen Douglas
Sue Douglas
Marion
Charles Murphy
Herrin
Miss Douglas
Marion High School
City of
Forby and Brown announce engagement in Makanda area
Karen Gail Forby, daughter of Mr and Mrs Gerald D Forby of Makanda, and Michael Wade Brown, son of Rev and Mrs William E Brown of Murphysboro, announce their engagement. Miss Forby is a 1979 Carbondale Community High School graduate and a nursing student at John A Logan College. Brown is a 1974 Murphysboro Township High School graduate, attended SIU Carbondale, and works for Prudential Insurance. A July 18 wedding is planned.
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Karen Gail Forby
Michael Wade Brown
Gerald D. Forby
Makanda
William E. Brown
Murphysboro
Miss Forby
Carbondale Community High School
John A. Logan College
Carterville
Memorial Hospital
Carbondale
Brown
Murphysboro Township High School
Fassel and Ashman to Wed in July 25 Ceremony
J Neita Fassel and Scott Ashman announce their engagement. Miss Fassel, a 1977 and 1979 John A Logan College graduate, works as a legal secretary in Murphysboro. Ashman, a 1975 Carbondale High School graduate, attends John A Logan College and is employed by the Federal Justice System. The couple plans a July 25 wedding.
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J’neita Lynn Fassel
Scott H. Ashman
Kenneth Fassel
de Soto
Jane Ashman
Carbondale
Don Ashman
Murphysboro
Miss Fassel
Carbondale Community High School
John A. Logan College
Carterville
Wolff, Jones, Lawder & Elmore Law Firm
Ashman
Federal Justice System
Southern Baptists Too Religious Says Educator In Ga
Toccoa Georgia AP reports a Southern Baptist educator warns churches risk becoming too religious and institutionalized. Reverend Findley Edge of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary says churches are full of religious people but not always God’s people.
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Toccoa
Southern Baptist Churches
Findley Edge
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Daughter refuses to visit paralyzed father
Dear Ann Landers responses address a daughter who avoids visiting her stroke crippled father in California while living in Baltimore. The mother asks if she should urge the trip and whether the daughter is morally wrong. The columnist says it's about emotional maturity and urges counseling to help accept the father as he is. The second letter thanks Ann Landers for guidance amid marital strain and aging.
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Ann Landers
Baltimore
California
Robots on rise in American factories
New York AP reports industrial robots, electronically controlled arms capable of welding painting drilling and positioning, are expanding in U S factories. About 3200 robots now operate here versus 10000 in Japan. RCA executive Irving Kessler foresees future robots with vision and touch and growth from 90 million in 1980 to 2 2 billion by 1990 while highlighting low operating costs and high productivity.
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Japan
RCA
Irving Kessler
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