All Year School in Jefferson County Aims for Efficiency
Editorial discusses Jefferson County Kentucky adopting a year round 12 month school system with four 60 day semesters to ease overcrowding reduce costs and raise teacher flexibility and pay. It notes other districts exploring continuous education and considers impacts on pupil outcomes and taxpayer savings. It also covers a Supreme Court decision on trial delays and a WSJ report on military surplus gear popularity among youth and students.
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Jefferson County
Kentucky
Louisville
Valley View
Joliet
Ill
St. Charles
Fulton County
Gold Rush for Elderly in Congress Sparks Social Security Debate
In Washington a Mansfield Byrd plan to raise minimum monthly Social Security from 64 to 100 faces tax and payroll changes. The proposal pairs with a higher earnings threshold and links benefits to the cost of living, while House action already boosts some payments.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Robert C. Byrd
D-W.va
Mansfield
Byrd
House
Mansfield-Byrd
Wilbur D. Mills
Ways and Means Committee
LORING RITTER HONORED ON WINCHESTER RETIREMENT
The Star Files notes Loring Ritter has served Winchester School System for 37 years and received a lounge chair from teachers and a gold wrist watch from pupils at retirement. The 1960 school census is under way with Hunter J. Maddox and Edward Siebert assigned as enumerators.
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Loring Ritter
Winchester
Hunter J. Maddox
Edward Siebert
Robin Arthur
Eileen Cahill
Longwood College
Moral discipline over worldly aims guides daily life
King Louis XIV once noted a preacher displeasing to his soul. The meditation urges constant self awareness with faith in Christ to redeem sin and press forward. It places life itself as the greatest project, beyond money, romance, or status, and asks living to please God and self in daily conduct.
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Louis XIV
France
Jesus Christ
God
Free Fresh Vegetables In The City By Manipulating Gardeners
HAL BOYLE explains a playful scheme to obtain fresh vegetables by flattering suburban neighbors with staged garden woes. By feigning sympathy over radishes onions and beans the city resident can collect large quantities of vegetables all summer without payment.
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New York
Tom
Harry
Agnew Defends Administration in Long Island Speech
Vice President Agnew addressed a Republican luncheon in Huntington Long Island presenting the administration’s view on the stock market and Cambodia. He argued against fears of widened war and troop withdrawals while touting a path to lower inflation and a strong economy. He cited high employment and rising production, predicting a third quarter rise and cautioning against wage price controls.
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Washington
Spiro T. Agnew
Capitol Hill
Agnew
Spiro Agnew
Huntington
Long Island
Cambodia
New York
Medical Q and A on stroke prevention and related health topics
Wayne G Brandstadt M D answers reader questions on preventing stroke including managing blood pressure cholesterol gout diabetes obesity smoking and nervous tension. He notes anticoagulants may help for clot related stroke and explains pheochromocytoma testing adrenal tumor treatment and roundworm prevention with drug options and hygiene.
How's Your I Q A Quick Daily Quiz Feature
A ten day IQ style quiz with 100 questions and daily scoring. Sample items ask about father horse and nobleman terms, a Roman slave befriended by a lion, South America's main river, Shakespeare's All's Well That Ends Well, Alexander the Greats city, Longfellow quotes, farm worker share, Peloponnesian Wars sides, Sarah Bernhardt nationality, and Bermuda slave descent truth.
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South America
Alexander the Great
H.W. Longfellow
Priscilla Mullens
U.S
Sarah Bernhardt
Bermuda
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E. Bruce Shade
U.S. Army
Frances Yager Bickers
Charles Wellford Pinnell, Jr
Richmond
Earl L. Douglas
Hal Boyle
Sym
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By Wayne G. Brandstadt, M.D
Wayne G. Brandstadt
M.D
Dr. Brandstadt
I.Q
Winchester Evening Star
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Jack F. Davis
Eugene P. Miller
Douglas B. O’connell
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