First Chinese Refugee Family Flies to the United States
A Chinese refugee family arrived in the United States under Kennedy emergency provisions, the Eng family of five departing Hong Kong for Chicago to visit a dying father and seek American status. Eng Lesney, 45, his wife and three children left amid a wave of refugees from Communist China. The father is critically ill in Park Ridge Illinois, and Eng escaped a labor prison in Hong Kong.
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Hong Kong
United States
Chicago
Eng Lesney
Ident Kennedy
China
Eng
Park Ridge
Eam Kong Caate
Boy 12 Imitates Kennedy in voice looks and dreams of presidency
A history minded boy in the fall copied Kennedy at home and began to resemble him this spring. He studies Kennedy on TV and practices the Rs, aiming for law, Navy service, then governor and beyond. He admires Caroline Kennedy as a potential future wife.
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Mike
Kennedy
Aca
Navy
Caroline Kennedy
Lions elect Donovan and six district governors at Virginia convention
State Sen A K Donovan of Falls Church was chosen by Virginia Lions Clubs as director of Lions International at the state convention in Roanoke. Six district governors were elected: William Hix Falls Church 24 A Earl S Sowers Richmond 24 B Douglas P Wisman Woodstock 24 C Joseph W Butterworth Norris 24 D Joseph D Higgins Collinsville 24 E and Fred M Bennington Galax 24 F.
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A. K. Donovan
Falls Church
Virginia
Lions Clubs
Lions International
Donovan
Earl S. Sowers
Richmond
Douglas P. Wisman
Woodstock
Joseph W. Butterworth
Norris
Joseph D. Higgins
Collinsville
Fred M. Bennington
Galax
Language knowledge linked to higher intelligence in children
Atlantic City reports two McGill University psychologists study bilingual children who scored notably higher in verbal and nonverbal intelligence measures. The researchers seek clearer evidence on how knowing more than one language relates to overall cognitive ability.
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Atlantic City
N.J
McGill University
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