What Young People Think High School Boring No More
A survey of 1206 high school students reveals 41 percent find school interesting and 33 percent call it fun, while 13 percent find it stimulating and 16 percent say it is tough. Only 0.5 percent report F grades. 47 percent rate studies as the school’s most important aspect.
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Ken Harper
Oklahoma City
Louisville, Ky
Karen Parsons
Grant Hopkins
Toronto
Ont
Mark Roth
Baltimore
William Smith
Port Washington
Thornton Wilder play to open VHS senior year
The Senior Class will stage The Skin of Our Teeth at the Little Theatre from March 25 to 27 at 8 p.m. Tryouts were judged by VHS English staff and Mrs Connie King. Results to be announced later this week.
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Thornton Wilder
Little Theatre
Richard Lewis
Miss Joy Lewis
George Mahar
VHS
Connie King
Agreement Endorses New Manasota Key Road Plan
County commissioners heard a unified advisory from Manasota Key property owners despite two factions within the Manasota Key Association. At a Tuesday meeting the group erased divisions to back moving ahead with a new road, signaling a practical, forward looking consensus for the Key's future.
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Manasota Key
Mantasota Key
Manasota
African Nations Rise as a New Cold War Battleground
In Industrial News Review the piece argues African nations emerge rapidly and unevenly, with illiteracy and tribal life shaping politics. It notes the Congo crisis drew Western critique, while Nigeria defended the U S. It sees Africa becoming a pivotal arena in the cold war and warns of a tougher path ahead.
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Congo
Stanleyville
Africa
United Nations
Nigeria
United States
Belgium
Viet Nam
Southeast Asia
Robert S. Boyd
Chicago Daily News Service
Black Africa
General Assembly
Soviet Union
England
U. S. News & World Report
U. S
Polish refugees flee to the West under exit visa plan
An editorial from Dallas Morning News notes Poland offers elderly, unemployed and poor Poles a one way exit visa to the West. The piece argues the plan hides a sagging economy and food shortages and requires refugees to vow not to return.
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Poland
Dallas
Tex
Morning
Lincoln and Everett at Gettysburg memorial and Lincoln lore
A library column recalls Gettysburg dedication with Edward Everett and President Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, Stanton’s "aged" tribute, and Whitman’s O Captain My Captain. It notes Lancashire textile workers, Lincoln’s plainness, and library recommendations on Abraham Lincoln for younger readers.
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Gettysburg
Edward Everett
Edwin M. Stanton
Walt Whitman
England
Lancashire
Lincoln
Realty Prep Courses Set Across Florida Cities
Real estate salesmen may join a broker's exam preparatory course offered by the Florida Institute of Continuing University Studies in 12 Florida cities including Sarasota and Fort Myers during April. Registration forms are available from John T. Branch Jr. at 806 Seagle Bldg Gainesville. Deadline is March 6.
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Florida Institute of Continuing University Studies
Sarasota
Fort Myers
John T. Branch Jr
Seagle Bldg
Gainesville
Compliment Subtly Flatters A Lady On Age Gap
A social cue suggests praising a woman by saying she looks twenty years younger to please her. The remark relies on flattery rather than genuine reasoning and aims to soften the conversation with a positive illusion.
Englewood Republicans Set First 1965 Meeting
Englewood Charlotte County Republican Club meets next Tuesday at 8 in the Englewood Savings and Loan Association community room. President I B Hopwood says plans for a Spring program will be discussed with standing committees formed for finance membership program registration organization and political organization.
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Englewood
Englewood-Charlotte County
Republican Club
Englewood Savings and Loan Assn
I. B. Hopwood
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