Education enters field as business grows in schools
Education is rising as a major business with corporate roles expanding. Major firms invest in materials, research, and specialized departments chasing a share of the expanding $50 billion education market, as 1956-57 spending doubled to $21.8 billion.
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Defense
Future Unlimited
General Telephone and Electronics
International Business Machines
IBM
Science Research Associates
SRA
4-H Progressives Awards Night in Keota
Parents and members of the '76 Progressives 4-H Club gathered for an Awards Night and meeting at the Keota Community Building. A potluck, project reports, and demonstrations followed by awards for 1966 achievements and traveling trophies. Also reported were birth of Joan Marie Denton and a visit by Walburga White from Iowa City.
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Keota
Robert Bell
Daniel Huber
Jay Huber
Linda Lutz
Robert and
Curtis Bell
Shirley Stoutner
William and
Perry Palmer
Jim Lutz
Gary Tinnes
Bob Romoser
Cathy Griener
William Denton
Keokuk County Hospital
Joan Marie
Walburga White
Iowa City
Orville Leviens
California
Dear Abby column on school discipline draws mixed reader views
Readers debate how teachers should discipline students with language versus physical measures. Letters praise and condemn Abby's stance, with parents and former teachers sharing experiences and urging varied approaches while noting safety and legal concerns. The exchange includes a UCLA teacher screening note and requests for Abby’s wedding booklet.
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Abby
Fresno State president calls for half educated graduates
Dr Frederic W Ness of Fresno State College argues colleges should produce only partly educated graduates. He says the aim is for half or third educated individuals with grasp of underlying principles and ability to acquire knowledge, not a fully rounded, yet potentially obsolete skill set. The remark appeared in an Evening Journal item dated January 16 1967.
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Fresno, Calif
UPI
Fresno State College
Frederic W. Ness
Ness
Wellman OES installs officers and local wedding news
Eastern Star Wellman Chapter held an Open Installation January 7 at the Masonic Temple in Wellman Iowa with Corona Chapter officers guiding. Married at Keesler AFB Biloxi Mississippi were Shelia Kay Maxwell daughter of Mr and Mrs John Maxwell and Steven R Hunter. Attendants included Mrs John Maxwell and Airman Mc Jean LaPont. A reception followed at Sea and Sirloin Lounge. Mrs Hunter nursing at Mt Sinai in Miami Beach, Florida. The couple resides at Seashore Manor Apartments Biloxi. Mrs Lester hosted a quilting gathering in Wellman. Franklin Hochstetler and wife welcomed a seven pound five ounce daughter at Mercy Hospital Iowa City. Rev Robert Parris and son Timothy returned from Alabama visiting Rev Parris parents.
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Wellman
Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Iowa
Corona
Sharon Center
Barbara Henderson
Florence Wade
Ailian Gislain
Ida Grout
Mary Hooley
Roy Crossett
Katherine Wehrle
Herbert Nicholls
Mildred Crossett
Rose Mary Johnson
Mae Marek
Donna Bush
Bertha Durt
Mashal
Lela Goodwin
Adah
Betty Nichols
Ruth
Myra Davison
Esther
Martha
Evalyn Bush
Electra
Harriet Yoder
Warder
Roger Johnson
Sentinel
Robert Yoder
Donald Fleming
Donna
Elma Berger
Ferne Bishop
Evalyn Eash
Vella Maplethorpe
Shelia Kay Maxwell
John Maxwell
Steven R. Hunter
Biloxi
Mississippi
Keesler Air Force Chapel
Jesse Hunter
Cedar Rapids
Jean LaPont
Hunter
St. Lukes School of Nursing
Mt. Sinai Hospital
Miami Beach
Florida
U.s. Air Force
Keesler A.F.B
Seashore Manor
West Beach
Miss
Lester
Franklin Hochstetler
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Zerox
Basic Systems Incorporated
U.S
Harold Howe II
Mrs. Boyd Sanders
Abigail van Buren
Europe
Los Angeles
Cal
Evening Journal
Washington
OES
Mrs. 0. B. Godber
Vietnam
Treasury Department
The
Advertising Council
Washington Evening Journal
Blitz Brothers
Cadillac
Ofactseemct
Cadilac Motor Cay
Lil
Peadock Inc
East 2Nd St
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