Southern Schools Lag Behind Says Associate Commissioner
Washington AP reports Ralph C. Flynt, associate commissioner of education, warns Southern schools lag behind national peers. He cites limited funds, slower development of exceptional schools, and two generations of setback, urging massive federal aid for elementary and secondary education. Flynt, born in Georgia, praises his Southern roots while advocating reform.
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Washington
Ralph C. M. Flynt
Flynt
Georgia
South
Washington, Ga
University of Virginia
Princeton University
Talks With Cambodia Suspended
Talks to improve relations between the United States and Cambodia were suspended with no agreements reached. Negotiations began December 8 in New Delhi and yielded a better understanding of positions, but no pact on issues centered on the U.S. aided war against the Viet Cong in South Vietnam.
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New Delhi
India
United States
Cambodia
U.S
Viet Nam
Philip W. Bonsal
Washington
Nervous bandits rob Maryland liquor store
In Suitland Maryland two men robbed a liquor store. One bandit pointed a gun at clerk Leon B Zandwill and told him not to worry claiming he was as nervous as the clerk. The other bandit emptied about 150 dollars from the cash register and both fled.
Funeral Held For Tobacco Millionaire Richard Reynolds
Lucerne in Switzerland held a funeral for American tobacco mogul Richard J. Reynolds aged 58 who died of heart failure after a months long illness. His wife Annemarie gave birth to a six pound daughter Irene Sabina in the St Anne Clinic 36 hours after his death. The service in Lucerne featured family members from North Carolina Greenwich Conn and Karlsruhe with Rev Karl Paul Donfried officiating. An autopsy cited sudden heart failure after an acute emphysema crisis. Reynolds had relied on oxygen apparatus and a Zurich lung specialist was present at his bedside.
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Lucerne
Switzerland
Richard J. Reynolds
St.Anne Clinte
Reynolds
Annemarie
St. Anne Clinic
Irene Sabina
Emmetten
Burgenstock Mountain
Lake Lucerne
Hugo Frey
Zurich
Paul Henry Rossier
Rossier
Reyne Jolds
Davis elected chair of Winchester Civil War Round Table
Dr. James C. Davis was elected chairman of the Civil War Round Table of Winchester at the George Washington Hotel meeting. Dr. Garland R. Quarles was named vice chairman and George Quarles secretary treasurer. Members viewed a film Valley History showing historic sites in Washington County Maryland.
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James C. Davis
Round Table of
Winchester
George Washington Hotel
Garland R. Quarles
George Quarles
The
Round Table
Valley
Washington County
Banished Ann Hutchinson Challenged Massachusetts Authorities
Colonial religious leader Ann Hutchinson faced banishment from Massachusetts for traducing the ministers and the ministry, signaling a clash over doctrinal authority and gender roles in Puritan society.
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Ann Hutchinson
America
Massachusetts
Inscription reshapes early U S half cent coinage in 1794
The phrase two hundred to a dollar appeared on the obverse of early U S half cent coins, with both large and small letters used in 1794, creating a new variety and marking a notable change in minting practice.
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U.S
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