Teachers Blame Parents For Bad Pupil Behavior
Washington June 29. Teachers responding to a national survey by the National Education Association faulted parents for student misdeeds such as drinking profanity cheating and impudence. They cited irresponsible parents unsatisfactory home conditions and lack of supervision as top causes, with overcrowded classrooms and need for special classes for retarded children also highlighted.
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Washington
National Education Assn
NEA
Rotating Second Story House Transforms Columbus Home
In Columbus Ohio a new rotatable second story houses a 18 by 18 foot living room with a 360 degree view. Builder Clark Ranney 68 calls it the Sceneramic House and plans for patents and wider use in Florida. The structure features a spiral staircase 24 wheels on a circular track and can rotate one revolution per minute while tracking sun or moon. Estimated extra cost 1500 to 2000 dollars for the home.
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Columbus
Ohio
Clark Ranney
Florida
Arrick
Ranney
Bank Employee to Attend School for Bank Auditors
Donald W. Vidal of The Merchants National Bank is among 110 freshmen chosen to attend the NABAC School for Bank Auditors and Comptrollers at the University of Wisconsin Madison. The three year program covers bank accounting auditing and controls with two week summer sessions.
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Donald W. Vidal
Merchants National Bank
N.A.B.A.C
Canada Polio Inoculation Lag Yet Lower Cases
Canada's polio program lagged behind schedule with 2,300,000 Salk vaccine doses shipped by Connaught Laboratories. Provinces planned two million children to receive two shots plus 800,000 from last year for third doses. By June 9, 61 cases were reported, below 110 at the same point last year and well under the five year average.
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Ottawa
Canada
Toronto
Connaught Laboratories
Connaught
First National Bank Expands Facilities in Terre Haute
The Terre Haute First National Bank remodels its adjacent 509 Wabash ground floor to house an installment loan division led by a Kipple and Richard Conrad. Completion is targeted for Sept 1 with about 1,080 square feet added and two new entrances from the main branch. Construction by Thomas Little and Son Construction Co.
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Terre Haute
A Kipple
Richard Conrad
Wabash Avenue
The
Bank
National Tailors Co
Miller, Wrydagh and Miller
Thomas Little and Son Construction Co
Lion cub in car blocks Long Beach driveway
Walter Ekola reports a lion cub in a car parked in his driveway. Police find 25 year old John Shinners and the cub King waking from sleep in the front seat. Shinners says he got lost en route to Shrine circus and plans to stay near daylight while awaiting directions to the circus grounds.
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Long Beach
Calif
Walter Ekola
Ekola
John Shinners
King
Shinners
Tve
Los Angeles
Four H-bomb blasts on U S East Coast could kill millions
Chairman Anderson warned that four hydrogen bombs exploded on the U S East Coast would cause deaths up into the millions. The testimony noted wind borne radioactive fallout affecting allies and Russia, drawing Senate criticism as dangerous international implications were discussed.
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Clinton P. Anderson
D.N. M
Congressional Atomic Energy Committee
U. S
Department
Defense Department
Senate
Henry M. Jackson
D.wash
Atomic and
Armed Services Committees
Anderson
Four Nations Allowed Women to Vote Before World War I
Before World War I four countries allowed women suffrage. The push for voting rights varied by nation with gradual legal changes and expanding civic participation. The period marks a surge in female political advocacy and constitutional reforms across these states.
Child 3 Injured by Moving Car
Police report a three year old Timothy Applegate of 458 North Sixth Street was struck by a car at 525 Sycamore Street Thursday night. Driver Harold L. Long, 18, said he could not avoid the boy who ran into the street from the south. The child was treated at St Anthony Hospital and released.
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Ermil Stevens
Timothy Applegate
North Sixth Street
Sycamore Street
Harold L. Long
Toney and Katz
St. Anthony Hospital
Man dies saving girl from oncoming train in Buenos Aires
Indalecio Villar, 58, saved 14 year old Beatriz Ramallo from an oncoming train near the railroad, pulling her to safety seconds before the first train passed. He was struck by a second train coming from the opposite direction and died instantly.
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Buenos Aires
Indalecio Villar
Beatriz Ramallo
Villar
Tavern Operator Says He Runs First-Class Tavern
True Story Denver reports George H. Allan, Colorado internal revenue director, testifies about a federal agent asking a tavern operator and his wife if they file jointly. The operator answers occupation tavern operator and names the business as a first-class tavern.
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Denver
George H. Allan
Colorado
Internal Revenue
Marie McDonald Sues for Divorce in San Fernando
Actress Marie The Body McDonald sues for divorce from Harry Karl in San Fernando California alleging extreme cruelty while confined to bed with pregnancy complications. Earlier Karl filed a divorce and custody suit in Santa Monica which was dismissed. custody of two adopted children and support arrangements are noted in a property agreement.
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San Fernando
Calif
Marie
McDonald
Harry Karl
Miss McDonald
Karl
Santa Monica
Retired professor returns to classrooms at Michigan
Prof. Frank W. Plunkett age 75 returns to the University of Michigan as a student in creative writing after teaching at Arkansas State College. He explains he won’t endure a living death in a rocking chair watching the world go by.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
Frank W. Plunkett
University of Michigan
Plunkett
Arkansas State College
George Selden and Ford Patent Battle in Auto History
The father of the gasoline automobile in the United States was inventor George Selden who filed a May 8 1878 patent for a road engine. Selden held industry dominance until Henry Ford challenged it in court in 1903.
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United States
George Selden
Selden
Henry Ford
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