Stranded on a Desert Stand Memoir Fragment
A fragmented reminiscence tells of two girls stranded on a desert stand and a hazy afterdinner chat about cigars. The piece evokes a foggy scene with voices and unnamed gentleness as memories drift.
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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1960
Page
14
A fragmented reminiscence tells of two girls stranded on a desert stand and a hazy afterdinner chat about cigars. The piece evokes a foggy scene with voices and unnamed gentleness as memories drift.
Eve Grant of Chicago, editor of National Magazine, urged at the White Mouse Conference on Children and Youth that TV programs for children must improve or viewers will unplug sets. She charged programs rely on a pile of dead ten and warn that the final five minutes are commercials turning children into tyrants of the supermarket. She called for networks to conduct a national survey by a reliable research agency.
Dr Dartemeter praises TV as an instructive entertainment tool that boosts vocabulary but notes limited attention to its salubrious effects. Rabbi Bernard Mendelbaum of the Jewish Theological Seminary calls for improved public taste as a prerequisite for uplift. Keith Tyler of Ohio University says children spend more time with mass media outside school and learn from its rhythm and mood, shaping attitudes toward learning.
Dr. I Bruce McQuarrie chief of the Utah State Medical Association urges parents and guardians to guard toddlers from irrigation ditches streams pools and farm ponds as irrigation season starts. He notes ongoing drownings despite warnings and says swimming lessons and strict supervision or fencing are essential to prevent tragic accidents.
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