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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Sunday, November 16, 1958

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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 16, 1958, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tag 6 the stars and stripes sunday november 16, 1958 test airline agrees on third Pilot for jets Miami up Eastern airlines the test company in a commercial Jot Crew dispute agreed that the third cockpit Crew member of the new Jet airliners should be licensed Pilot. But the agreement brought an immediate statement by the flight 2lsitors blast . Papers on foreign news French lick ind. A two american newspaper editors have accused their profession of failing to give their readers significant news from abroad k. T. Stone managing editor of tic Seattle , told the associated press managing editors Assn., world news is be coming local news. Unless we Wake up to the fact we re living in n dream world of the  Norman Isaacs managing Edi Tor of the Louisville by times Aid "1 would suggest that nil of us look at our newspapers whence get Home and reflect us to whether we ure giving our readers an intelligent and imaginative picture of today s  service lauded speaking on a panel discussion of the foreign news provided by a Isaacs said the a s world news coverage performance strikes me is better than most american newspapers  he contended Only a Small minority of papers Are doing outstanding jobs of in forming leaders about world news or malting full use of a s foreignness. Stone contended both the news papers and wire services turn out Lull and Kleile foreign news because we Aren t reporting about people in the lands beyond  the so called hard news from foreign capitals Stone said is news that is hard to digest Hardtop  we need to put some human flesh on it said Stone who did some reporting himself last year on a tour of byroads and Village sin Europe. Engineers International Assn. That an attempt to put the agreement into effect would make an Engi neers strike inevitable. The flight engineers have con tended that the Man in addition to the Pilot and Copilot should be a flight Engineer and should not be required to have flight training. Jack Robertson president of the Eastern airlines chapter of the flight engineers accused the pilots Union of trying to undercut the engineers and leave on Union in the  Robertson said it s inevitable sees wife in new Light september strikes idled 500,000 men Washington up1. The labor department said Friday that More workers were on strike last september than during any Mon thin More than two years. The department said strikes in september idled about 500.000workers. About 100 walkouts be gun in that month and 2.5 million Man Days of working tiny were lost due to strikes. Work stoppages in the Auto Industry accounted for about a third of the workers involved in Lahore management disputes in septem Ber the report noted. Joel Mengini Fohey studies his wife admiringly in their Pittsburg Home. Mcgaughey virtually Blind for years managed to keep his Job re elevator operator until his Handicap was discovered through a routine physical examination. A Short time ago he underwent successful conical transplant on his right Eye. A photo mayor of Wheaton 111., held on morals charge father sees son 6, die As wife has daughter Edison township. . A in less Thon two hours. Richard Robbins witnessed the death of a son and the birth of a daughter. His 6-year-old son Richard died in Perth am boy Hospital after he was hit by a car Here. As he la dying the boy s Mother Only a few doors away was giving birth to a 7 Pound 3 ounce daughter. She awoke from a sedative to learn of her son s death and had to retreated for hysteria. Syphilis gases Rise again Washington a the num Ber of syphilis cases in this country Rose again last year. The Public health service said the increase from 131,763 in 195g to 136,039 was the second successive annual Rise. Chicago up the mayor of suburban Wheaton 111., was arrested As he sat in his car with a 14-year-old girl. He was charged with contributing to the Delin Quency of a minor. Assistant state s attorney Pat ick Khan noted the girl As say ing the mayor de Wain Farrar,4 5, had made a Telephone Date with her and had started improper advances moments before the arrest. Farrar mayor of Wheaton since 1955 and a prominent attorney an civic Leader denied the Story. He said the girl lived across the Street from his office. When to saw he i standing on a Street Corner in an other suburb Oak Park he stopped his car and offered her a ride Home. Khan ordered Farrar booked after questioning both the mayor and the girl. Bond was set at $300 and Farrar made arrangements Tobe released. He was ordered to appear in court on the charges next thursday. Khan said the girl told him far Rar had been telephoning her since july at first chatting then asking for dates and finally talking of intimacies. The girl consented to meet the mayor on the Oak Par Corner Khan said and then told her parents. He and Oiler authorities indicated the parents then notified Cook county authorities to be on the watch for the couple. In 1947, Farrar was divorced from his first wife Harriet by whom he has a 15-year-old son. He married a Mother of two children last june. Chiang gets . Loan Washington up tin state department said the . Assigned an agreement to lend nationalist China $3.2 million for modernizing the railway system on Formosa. That the action of the airline imposing a restriction upon our Union at the demand of another Union will produce a  he said he would have to hold talks with other Union officials be fore deciding on the next step forthe engineers. Eastern does not plan to Start using pure jets until 1960. But the agreement brought about a break in another dispute which will affect Eastern immediately. Eastern plans to put the new Lockheed Electra prop Jet Airliner into service dec. 1. The pilots had refused to take checkout training in the Electra until the Jet Crew dispute was settled. The company said the pilots had agreed to begin training for the Electra immediately. The Eastern pilots agreement Over the Jet Crews probably would be followed by other major air lines entering the Jet age. Pan american has been using supervisory personnel on its recently instituted transatlantic flights to get around the Issue until it is settled. National plans the same tack when it starts Miami new York service next month. Polka Dot top Marie Castellow a Pensacola fla., beautician shows off the latest fad in the South. Platinum Hairspray a cardboard with holes in it and courage Are All that is required. A photo typing teaches children to read write faster new York up a new tech Nique in education May make Johnny a better Reader. The University of North Dakota conducted an Experiment teaching touch typewriting to third and fourth Grade children. At the end of the eight week period the Les group had made a four months and Vance in Reading comprehension and a seven months gain in Vocab ulary. In addition to data tin Experiment produced some Good Reading material such As this extemporaneous theme composed by a child on the typewriter. Titled love it. Read love is a Nice thing. Some people take out dates and the girls spend All of the boys Money. After they have spent All the boy s Money they go Home and sit in the car for a while and talk and the boy says the wrong thing and the girl slaps him in the face and gets out of the  milk break in the experiments one group s Reading skills were compared to those of children in a control group which did not take typing. The two groups were matched according to i.q., longhand writing speeds motor dexterity and achievement in learning. The experimental class consisted of 24 boys and girls 8 and 9 years old. They attended classes one Houra Day five Days a week. The ses Sions were interrupted by a 10-minute milk  or. John l. Rowe chairman of the University s business education department directed the study. Rowe has had 25 years experience teaching typing in secondary schools and colleges has written 14 books is president of the National Assn. Of business teacher Educa Tion and conducted the first course in electric typewriting Given at Columbia University. He also studied piano for 20 years. That gave me the idea Rowe said in an interview during a trip Here. I figured that because Chil Dren of this age can master the piano they also could manipulate typewriter keys at rapid rates by touch. The same stroke is used for both the electric typewriter and the piano. I played the piano mostly latin american rhythms while the children typed to suggest precision  the youngsters averaged 42words a minute on their machines compared to 12 words a minute Long hand. Their typing accuracy was  More errors when a child concentrates on the physical Effort of writing he makes More errors Rowe explained. Did typing cause the children handwriting to deteriorate on the contrary handwriting should improve. It s poor because the child has to do too much under pressure. When he types his Home work he can concentrate on perfecting writing As an Art. Typing also improves longhand because it gives the child a More accurate idea of letter design. Prospective customer takes dealer for ride Detroit a used car Salesman h. A Mcfarland saw Aman closely examining a late Model Trade in. Anxious to make a Deal Mcfarland gave the Manthe car keys and told him to take the vehicle for a trial spin. Hours later Mcfarland found the car parked several blocks away steam pouring out of its engine. Police Are looking for the prospective customer and the car Radiator and hoses. But females Lead males by 1.5 million in . Single men far outnumber single women \7 a in i to m/""1v\kt / a t1\ a o. _ Washington a single men far out number single women in the age group most susceptible to marriage the government re ported. This does t necessarily mean there Aren enough women to go around. Part of the difference is accounted for by the fact that women tend to marry younger than men. Also a census Bureau spokesman said some men who ure divorced or separated apparently report themselves single while their former mates stick closer to the facts. Other news from the Bureau there Are 4.2 million single men in the 18-24 age group compared with 3.1 million women. This is the age group in which mos families Are formed. Men Are marrying younger than Ever. The proportion of men 18-24 who Are married has increased 75 per cent since 1940. In All age groups combined single men out number single women by 14.3 million to 11.8 million. But there Are More women than men in this country about 1.5 million More. This is attributed largely to the longer average life Span of women. The report Points up the durability of women with figures that widows outnumber widowers by 8 million to 2.3million. The figures were collected in March. At that time 39.2 million married couples we reliving together. More than a million men and nearly 1.5 million women reported they were divorced and had not remarried. About 1.3 million married women said they were separated but not divorced while 865,000 men listed them selves in this category  
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