Crisis in Education Seen In Report
The Rockefeller Brothers Fund report warns American education faces a funding crisis not solved by more money alone. It calls for stronger testing and guidance, targeted advanced tracks, and leaders to rethink systemic reform to meet future needs amid rapid technological change.
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Report From Space on Laika the First Orbital Dog
The Soviet technical journal released by its Washington embassy details Laika aboard Sputnik II. It notes increased respiration during ascent, weightlessness after orbit, and the dog’s ability to move in zero gravity, with readings showing rapid but smooth limb movements and restored circulation and breathing.
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Soviet Union
Washington, D. C
Sputnik
Space dog Sputnik mission underlines limits of returning missiles
The report notes that the Sputnik era orbit conditions did not cause lasting physiological changes in the dog. It states the animal endured ascent and travel along the orbit, but confirms no method exists to retrieve a missile from orbit. Solving this return problem remains essential before human spaceflight.
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Bar Association of DC Pushes six anti subversion proposals
The Bar Association of Washington DC and its un American activities committee urge Congress to enforce state sedition statutes in state courts, allow federal investigators to discuss intercepted security info with safeguards, extend seditious case limits to 15 years, outlaw false names to obtain defense facility jobs, protect confidential government files in all legal actions, and broaden Smith Act scope to prosecute subversive organizers.
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What started the custom of saluting the quarter-deck
Saluting the quarter-deck origin article lists questions about naval tradition and asks who started the practice. The quiz covers quotes and trivia about naval salutes and maritime customs.
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Guess the Name Folk of Fame
This column presents two famous animation paths. The first, a Canadian born director trained in art who worked at Hughes and formed UPA Pictures, with Oscar wins for Gerald McBoing Boing and When Magoo Flew. The second traces a Chicago born illustrator/animator who helped create Oswald and later Mickey Mouse, attaining world fame in the late 1920s.
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Wild Will Lyons’s fall from grace in Farley era politics
A playful reminiscence recounts Wild Will Lyons once gatekeeper at Jim Farley’s rail and his clashes with Woodin Louis McHenry Stowe and Senator Reed. The piece notes Lyons wore a revolver for speed, endured a demotion to clipping duties, and ends with Farley’s party protection keeping him from higher pay.
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Campfire tale about Farley and Westbrook Pegler circulates
A campfire story about G. A. R. veteran journalist Farley has circulated in reunion circles. The account references Westbrook Pegler from the Lower East Side and notes Farley shared it by telephone from New York.
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Left Back in City Schools Sparks Debate on Reading Levels
The Board of Education plans to retain over 4000 seventh graders, many reading at or below a fourth grade level. Dr. Joseph O. Loretan argues by grade seven students should not be four years behind in reading, backing a policy shift to raise standards. The editorial endorses the move as a public benefit and a step toward higher educational quality.
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Red Use of the Bible in Communist Rhetoric
The piece notes Poland naming its first atomic reactor Eve and cites Chen Po-ta of the Chinese Academy of Sciences comparing Tito to Judas. It argues Communists fail to eradicate religion and Tito's subservience to Moscow and Peiping despite anti religious campaigns.
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Eve
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Chen Po-ta
Chinese Academy of Sciences
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Chen
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Your Birthday and Zodiac Forecast for June 30
Birthday guidance notes creativity and sensitivity, plus conflicts from strong emotions and idealism. It warns of mood swings around mid month, travel interest, caution with impulses, and potential inheritance in 20s to 30s while listing notable historical figures born on the date and daily zodiac advice for each sign.
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Walter Hampden
Edward Burgess
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Gemini
Gold Wars and Tepid War Loom in Cold War Aid
analysis of U.S. and Soviet aid strategies, currency and gold flows, and the impact of foreign assistance on the global balance of power. The piece argues the Cold War now blends economic and military coercion, with nations leveraging gold reserves and currency ties to influence allies and economies.
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Butte News Briefs From June 30 1948
Deputy Sheriff Robert Russell treated for minor burns after demonstrating safe firecracker handling to local youths. Rotary speaker Francisco Marseillan of Argentina received a copper plaque from W. B. Daly. Scout camp opening postponed one week due to rain damage. Mailbox birds guard fledglings in Montgomery Ave. area. Clearing House Assn reports nearly seven million dollars in first half 1928 gains. County surveyor Mike Loughran collect 500 signatures for Camp Castle Rock road. York Rite Masons host O Frank Hart with Montana Commandery in attendance.
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