City educator wins National Defense Education Act grant for Boston University study
Bernard Machovina, coordinator of audio-visual services for city schools, received a National Defense Education Act grant to study at Boston University this summer. He will attend the Institute for Advanced Study in Educational Media from June 24 to August 2, focusing on educational television, learning laboratories, programmed instruction, and instructional media facility design. A North Ridgeville native, Machovina taught social studies in Elyria schools for seven years before his current appointment.
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Bernard Machovina
Boston University
Machovina
Elyria
Teacher to Attend Economics Institute in California
Ernest Watts, chairman of Elyria High School social studies, will attend a summer economics institute at San Jose State College, funded by a National Defense Education Act grant. The program runs June 24 to August 2 and aims to improve senior high school economics teaching through inquiry based learning and systems analysis.
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Ernest Watts
Elyria High School
San Jose State College
San Jose
Calif
EHS vo ed dinner to fete employers
Elyria High School students in occupational work experience and diverse programs will attend an employer’s appreciation banquet at the Aqua Marine Club in Avon Lake at 7 p.m. Tuesday to honor participating employers.
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Elyria High School
Aquamarine Club
Avon Lake
DECA Dinner Planned With DECA Awards Tonight
The Elyria chapter of the Distributive Education Clubs of America plans a 7 p.m. dinner at McGarvey's Party House in Sheffield Shopping Center. About 120 attendees include DECA students, local employers, and school staff. trophies will honor top students in each program. George B. Smittle will speak on Elyria Schools, with John Pruski addressing behavior modification. Jericho ruins dated shows Jericho as an ancient city with ages 8000 to 6000 B.C.
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Elyria
Distributive Education Clubs of America
McGarvey’s
Sheffield
Elyria High
George B. Smittle
Robert Choate
Carl Deeds
John Pruski
Columbus
Pruski
Otterbein College
Ohio University Extension
Lockbourne Air Force Base
Veterans Administration
Ohio Pardon and Parole Commission
Goodyear Tires Hit 850 MPH In 1965 Test
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company conducted high speed tests in Akron to push pneumatic land speed racing tires beyond 850 mph on a dynamometer. Craig Breedlove later used similar tires when his jet car set a 600.601 mph record at the Utah salt flats in November 1965.
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Akron, Ohio
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