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Evening star., 1955-06-19

VHRoUGHoUT our country today parents
i Of the 80 million school-age youngsters
are being told that their children can't read.
Every day more and more Of them are
becoming bewildered and then indignant.
They want answers to the serious charges
that American public schools are turning
out illiterates! They want to know if,
because of bad reading instruction and the
influence of TV and comic books, we are
becoming nation of non-readers!
More fuel to the fire has been added by
best-Selling book which fatty claims that
our children can't read for the simple reason
that our schools just don't show them how!
wWhaess che Naassex?"
HERE is what some parents - and even
teachers - are saying:
A worried mother at PTA meeting in
Boston recently told us, 'srm college
graduate. My husband is q lawyer. Yet our
fifth-grade son can't pick up simple book
and read IL out loud! What's the ulatter?'
In Los Angeles a businessman told us
how he had to interview | / girls, all high
school graduates, before he found one who
could spell or read well enough to handle
simple typing and filing job!
His verdict: "When was i'm second grade
l could read better than most Of them. Half
Of them don't even know the alphabet!'
And college professor in Ohio burst
out: "How can / teach Shakespeare?
My students reading level Is Peter Rabbit!''
Evening star., 1955-06-19

The Case for the Ph0nic Method. For
hundreds of years reading was taught by
ear. In this phonic system, pupils we're
made to memorize the ABC's, and taught
that each letter represents spoken sound
in the language. All, Buh, Kuh, Duh, and
so forth. To read any word, just Sound
OUT the letters on the page one after
another quickly. "Buh-ih-er-duh'' is bird,
"duh-oh-guh' is dog, and that's that
Everybody Can LEARN
OUR ancestors learned to read that way
in McGuffey's Reader and, even earlier, in
the New England Primer which cautioned,
He that Ne'er learns his ABC, Forever
will Blockhead be!'
Perhaps you learned that way, too. The
phonic methods enthusiasts say il is the
only system which guarantees 100 per cent
success. With phonics, they claim, there
are no reading problems everybody
learns to read!
Not so with present reading methods.
they say. Today it is rare school that
Continued on next page
Evening star., 1955-06-19

All over the country we heard complaints
that today's children can't read. Parents
want to know why. We're paying more
school taxes than ever before" they sizzle.
'Why can't we get our moneys worth?'
Rudolf Flesch, Vienna-born lawyer,
holder Of a Ph.D. degree from Teachers
College, Columbia University, is very sure
he knows the reason. Modern teach
ing methods, he says, are at fault. Far
from being an improvement over the old
fashioned ABC's, they are lot of new
tangled nonsense - and getting inexcus-
ably poor results.
Many parents who have been reading his
current best-selling book, why Johnny
Can't Read - And What You Can Do
Evening star., 1955-06-19
v Ak AND READ

teacins recently cassd ,empers
~ aas and Aood II etts ~
antoEs o this article have discussed che problem
authorites hot side III the We believe
found middle ground II srnt which win
parents and teachers,
e second article IN THIS WEEK. Up
And ReadP serie The f, ~ DR. Frank Univesy
o Sonern Califa Chs,
Evening star., 1955-06-19

About It!'' wonder if he isn't right. The
trouble, DR.. Flesch says, is that schools now
teach reading by sight Ohe Word Method
instead of by sound (the Phonic System).
In the past few weeks we have travelled
around the country trying to find out which
side we parents should be on. Here's a
summary of what we learned:
Evening star., 1955-06-19
ARE OUR CHILDREN
LEARNING TO READ?

In schools and homes across the U.S., battle
is raging: Is the modern ''sight'' reading method
turning out generation of illiterates? Here's
a careful summing up of the facts ON both sides
BY Jhan and June Robbins
The Nome nugget., 1955-02-07

SEATTLE, tRATina, a trans planted dachshund who gets her daily exercise by bouncing bal looms on her shiny nose thinks she's a sled dog.
 And her Eskimo pals in Nome, Alaska, suspect that she really is some sort of a miniature seal.
 Tina and her owners, MT. and Mrs. Carl Mickelson, were in Se- attle Saturday on a vacation trip that will take them to Southern California.
 She's our little bubble dancer" Mrs. Nicholson said.
 Tina is only a nickname. Her registered name is Princess Net sak, which means little seal' in the Eskimo tongue
 Born in Anchorage nearly two years ago, Tina adapted easily to the arctic cline and way of life.
 "When she first came to us, though, the natives jumped back in surprise" Mrs. Mickelson re- called She is black and glossy and they thought she was a seal dog"
 And Tina is right .at home in the snow and below-zero weather of Alaska in winter. Despite her short coat, the dachshund frolics in the snow along with the huSkieS.
 "Once in a while her feet get cold and she rolls over so we can warm them" Mrs. Mickelson said
 With Mickelson's training, Tina became talented retriever. Mick elson said the dog even jumps into slush-filled streams to re- cover ducks and ptarmigan.
 Mickelson is a heavy duty mech anic with the Alaska Road Com mission in Nome.
 Mrs. Mickelson operates a dry cleaning plant.
The Nome nugget., 1955-02-07
Flying Dollars Boost Alaska Tourist Industry

JUNEAU-Twenty thousand one dollar bills, crisp and new, have been circulated in Juneau by em- ployees of Alaska Coastal Airlines leach bill covered with cello phane wrapper stating that it is a Tourist Dollar-"A tourist gave this to Us, we give it to you"- thus Alaska Coastal Airlines is demonstrating to the people of Juneau the importance of the tourist industry to their local economy.
 This amount is exclusive of tour ist dollars brought into Juneau by other airlines or by steamship or highway travel.
 The $20,000 actually represents only about half of the revenue de- rived by the airline in 1854 from tourists. And it's all new money, brought in by sightseeing visitors from the States" explain s. B. Simmons and OF. Benecke.
The Nome nugget., 1955-02-07
Air Line Operator Weeds Barrow Girl

a FA1RBANKS-Bob Rice, who has operated Bob Rice Air Tours out of Fairbanks for the past sev- eral years, left last week for Kot- zebue, accompanied by his bride, the former Edna Nusinginya.
 The couple, who were married in Barrow last week, will make their home in Kotzebue. The bride is the daughter of Ned and Fay Nusinginya of Barrow.
 Rice is opening the Bob Rice Alaska Tours which will fly tour iSt charter with polar bear hunt ing a speciality out of Kotzebue.
The Nome nugget., 1955-02-07
SENIOR INTERMEDIATE GIRL SCOUT NEWS

The Girl Scouts Food Sale is scheduled to be held at the NC Store on Feb. l2, starting at 10 am. Featured at the sale will be cakes, cookies, candies, pies, and bread. The purpose of the sale is to raise money for the Girl Scout Camp Fund.
 A very enjoyable dancing party was held Saturday evening by Mrs. WalterSon's Girl Scout troop and their guests.
 Diane Lee, Scribe Inventory Blanks at Nome Nugget
The Nome nugget., 1955-02-07

Inventory Blanks al Nome Nugget
The Nome nugget., 1955-02-07
Mickelsons' Pup Takes to Snow and Stunts Like Seal

SEATTLE, tRATina, a trans planted dachshund who gets her daily exercise by bouncing bal looms on her shiny nose thinks
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-18

The Soviet Bisons are true inter-
continental bombers equipped
with powerful bypass" jet
engines Of revolutionary design
which we failed to produce. They
can attack the entire northern
belt of the United States -
Detroit. Pittsburgh, Chicago 49,
directly from Siberian bases, and
return withom refueLisg. From
data available, there is no doubt
in my mind that this bomber
already operational with the
Russian Air Force - is superior
to anything we have in produc-
ton.
Both our current operational
model of the medium-range
BAT and the somewhat longer
range B-52, on order for the
Air Force, are dependent on
either Intermediary bases or
cumbersome in.Gghf refneiingto
reach the enemy targets.
Russia's air force, free from
dependence on stepping-stone
bases, can strike at us with
''frightful surprise, whereas our
intentions would be revealed to
the enemy in advance as we
poise our planes on overseas
bases for attack.
z. Supessonic Fighters. The
second Russian surprise was a
flock Of supersonic fighter air
craft, excelling in performance
our present service models.
These fighters can not only
defend their home skies BY
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-18
DON'T LET CENSORSHIP DESTROY US!
Continued from page seven

knocking out our current poorly
armed bombers like so many
clay pigeons but, striking with
nuclear weapons, they can pick
off our air bases on the Eurasian
continent like so many sitting
ducks.
:. FuxAo-Prep Domhexs. The
third item of great significance
at the Soviet air demonstration
was a mass flight of turbo-prop
bombers. Today, and for sew
eral years to come, this type can
be regarded as the most efficient
aircraft from the point Of view
offuel consumption. 1t can carry
the heaviest loads and achieve
the greatest range. These new
Soviet turbo-prop bombers can
reach even farther than the Bison
and strike at the very heart of
our country.
We Missed she Beat
WE IN America have no such
aircraft in service, because we
could not get delivery on such
engines. Our great industrial
nation completely missed the
boat on that score, both militar-
lily and commercially. American
turbo-prop engines - only now
beginning to come Off the pro-
duction line in limited, test guam
titles - have not yet been serv-
lce-proven. us. airlines that
want to use American-buiIt tur-
bo-prop planes are turning TO
England for engines. At best it
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-18

vHS dish is extravagant, truly so. II requires
Il expensive materials, it takes time to make.
The can opener isn't going to help you much
except to come by truffie. Crown of Lobster
is yours-from-scratch creation, glamorous
recipe served over the years as fish course
for important parties at Jack and Charles
famous "21'' Club, New York City. 1t can be
served as main course for luncheon with
toasted French bread. with green salad.
It's dish for gourmets and gourmet cooks,
recipe originated by Escoffier, something to
make just once in long. long while when
you feel in the mood to do the elaborate
The recipe here is developed for the home
cook by the talented Yves Louis Ploneis in
charge Of the '2l" kitchen. A very great chef
is this French-born Yves who came to the
United States in 1890, going first TO the Green
brier Hotel in White Sulphur Springs, w. Va,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-18

will be 1887 before our own
planes are in operation, while
British airlihes have already been
flying turbo-prop aircraft for
more than two years all over the
world.
IT MAY well come as a shock
to many Americans, encouraged
as we are to believe in our tech
biological leadership, to learn
that America thus Lays behind
both Russia and England in
aeronautical development.
But | am not alone in this pes
simistic opinion. In its August
issue, Flying" a magazine
which is dedicated to the inter-
ests Of aviation. describes Rus
sia's newly revealed aircraft and
comes to this significant con-
cluSion:
Only two vital advantages
remain to American air suprem-
acy a proven skill to wage
strategic air war, and a superior
supply Of hydrogen warheads."
Since a superior supply Of
hydrogen warheads" is Of little
value without superior means Of
delivery, the fact is that only the
skill Of our airmen and their
devotion to duty stand between US
and the potential enemy. For a
country Of our vast industrial
resources, the whole affair is
tantamount TO a national scam
dial.
That we are today outclaSsed
Continued on page 50
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-18

later to the French Pavilion at the Worlds
Fair and from then to now at the III" except
for those years he served his adopted country
as mess sergeant in the Army.
Crown eE Lobster
4 HOLSTERS, ~ pounds each
2 cups thick cream sauce
4 egg whites. beaten stiff
" cup brandy, or sherry, or white wine
Salt
Pepper
Dash of Worcestershire sauce
Cayenne pepper
Red vegetable coloring
? or ; truffles, sliced thin
White Of hard-cooked egg
Parboil Holsters for minutes Cool. Re-
move meat and run times through fine
grinder. Press or pound through fine sieve to
Evening star., 1955-09-25

hopefulness and goundless confidence. The
basic facts Of the Communist conspiracy
Of world conquest have not changed in any
way; yet free nations are permitting them
selves to be misled by the superficial appear
ance Of pretended sweet reasonableness
emanating from the kremlin.
1t would not be amiss in these days for
even the top leaders Of the democratic
nations to search among their childhood
books and re-read the story of Little Red
Riding Hood.
Under the grandmotheriy cap 50 recently
put on by Mr.. Bulganin, they might then
see the greedy eyes and the sharp teeth
of the wolf
No Communist makes the slightest secret
Of the fact that the Communist idea is the
same as that which was at the center of
the politics Of the Old China: .'One sun
in heaven and one ruler on earth.'
To us in the democratic tradition, peace
means the absence Of war. But the philos-
Evening star., 1955-09-25

States = to foment strikes, as in England
this year, and preach class hatred. Where
race conflict exists, they hasten to represent
themselves as the champions of the under
dog. In areas where colonialism has been
an issue, they blow on the hot Goals Of
nationalism and do their best to intensity
racial hatreds.
Thus they are the friends of racial equal
ity in Mississippi and the Union of South
Africa. but its enemies in Vietnam, India
and 1ndonesia.
2. Civil Disorder. Wherever trouble active
ly breaks out into RIGHTEOUSNESS, they lend
every aid they can to the subverters Of law
and order. In Indo- China they have already
Continued on page 81
Evening star., 1955-09-25

ophers Of Communism have evolved new
methods Of conquest by theological war
fare. Unless we learn to understand this
in time, and to devise effective means for
countering it, we shall be lost. A simple
examination of recent history and of the
current world situation provides a sound
approach for our understanding of how
theological warfare is waged.
Five New Kinds ee Wax
I. Social Unrest. In the first place, wher-
ever social ills or economic inequalities
exist, Communists are alert to exploit this
situation to their own advantage They
infiltrate into labor unions - as they have
so largely in France and Italy. and to
significant degree in England and the United
Evening star., 1955-09-25

that il be submitted 10 SyaeB'an Rhee.
PSesideHf of The Republic of Korea.
Whether yOa agree with him or not, we
believe you will find Presidenf Rbee's first
hand reporf on rHce conditions in Korea
an important aspecf Of the world problems
TO be considered al next months Cor
ference Of Foreign Ministers AT Geneva.
ANSWER: The hunger for peace is always
in danger Of translating itself into a wiling
ness to give up the struggle - if the form
Of giving up is yeiled. softened and con-
cealed from ready understanding.
Actually. the free world has never been
in greater danger Of being absorbed by
Communism than il is today, for the clarity
of mind Of free peoples is clouded by over
Evening star., 1955-09-25
BY sYHcMAN RHEE
President Of
The Republic Of KOres

QUESTION: From Miss
Michel Mailer, Of San Marco,
C4iC.. rcDies sodav's q,teaiOn,
Is honorable co-exisfence pos
sibie ?'' together with The reaueyf
Evening star., 1955-09-25
-ExIS Ten c {
P 0 | BE :?

At q time when the whole world
is busy talking peace, here is
grave warming from a famous
statesman who has seen half his
country lost to the Communists
Milford chronicle., 1955-07-22

wanting to see this old historic ed1-
fee we drove over TO San Antoine,
saw some of its history and went
out to dinner with our friends. Nov
the Oyerdorfs and their three sons
live in Pottstown, Pa, as civilians.
1t was just wonderful having that
visit with them Saturday afternoon
and | know Hayes will be sorry
that he missed seeing them.
Speaking of my husband, let me
tell YOU little about his previous
weekend. Last Saturday he had
planned 10 stay on the base, reao
and get some sun tan. He had JUST
gotten settled in the sun with some
other boys when he saw some one
in his squadron running toward
them and yelling Alert. This
word the boys hear frequently IN
the States, but in a foreign coun-
try they really did not know just
what to expect. Not knowing II II
was for real or not, every one i'm
mediately jumped into action.
Thanks to Hayes Sears scooter, ne
was at the squadron headquarters,
in quick time and the fellows had
SAC's jet planes ready for evacua-
ton in a minutes time If the WORD
had been given. Later the boys
learned and / read in the news
paper headlines why the alert was
called. AS you all have read the
fires, the killings and uprisings In
Casablanca were cause enough TOT
the alarm and still the unrest goes
on. Casablanca is only about one
hundred miles from the field where
Hayes is stationed. Being part OF
the Strategic Air Command inciuoes
these miserable TDYs away from
ones family, but being part OF SAY
means you are well trained for any
thing that arises during WAT Vi
peace.
Until next week.
Always,
Z. t. d.
Milford chronicle., 1955-07-22

new garden bed you have prepared.
If manure is available, use a layer
as you build up the pile to about
a six-foot height.
Layers Added
Then, using any quickly decay
ing material from the garden or the
kitchen vegetable debris, build up
layer after layer. using layer OF
soil between layers of other COM
post material. Spread commercial
fertilizer, such as 5-10-5 atop lay
ers to speed the decay.
If the soil you are using is
heavy add some sand.
Keep the top center OF the pile
in a saucer shape to catch and
hold rainfall. Keep the pile moist.
Every few months, take fork and
turn over the pile working from the
outside to the center. Add some
ground limestone, but do not put
this atop the manure layers. for it
will release the ammonia in the
manure and cut down on its fer
tilizing elements.
This process won't get you COM
post tomorrow. Figure on using
the composted soil in a year or so.
But once you get a start, after the
first year, you'll have steady
supply of the compost you're al
ways urged to use for potting
plants. enriching perennial beds. or
for use in cold frames and many
other purposes.
In this garden game. the race
goes to the slow-the garden rib
bons go to the composter.
Milford chronicle., 1955-07-22
DELAWARE FARM MARKET NEWS
Market News information Supplied BY The bvrso" 0f
stots Bo<Nd OF Agriculture Dover. Dsiowurs

BOARS
(good quality
Under $50 lbs. $1,000 to $3.50.
mostly $3.50 per cwt.
over $50 lbs. $500 to $3.50, most
ly $500 per cwt
SHOATS
Medium to-Good: $1,000 to $500,
mostly s14.00 per cwt.
FEEDER PIGS
(6 to 12 weeks old
Choice: $500 to $11.00. mostly
$1,000 per cwt.
Medium to Good: $500 to $3.50
mostly $500 per cwt
Common: $500 to S400, mostly
$500 per cwt.
HORSES AND MULES
Work Type: $4,000 to $lo7.5o,
mostly $1,000 per cwt. o
Butcher Type. $24.o0 to $4,000.
mostly $3.50 per cwt
LIVE POULTRY
HEAVY BREEDS
Fowl: s1.1O to s1.7O, mostly
$1.40.
Cockerels: s.65 to s1.1O. mostly
$.95.
LIGHT BREEDS
Cockerels: $.35 to $.55, mostly
s.45.
Guineas: s1.oO to s12O. mostly
SLIGO.
DUCKS
Moscovy Ducks: $50 to ss5.
mostly $40.
Large Breeds: $50 to $L20,
mostly s100.
Small Breeds: $50 to $.75. most
ly $50
Young Rabbits: s.25 to $.45,
mostly s.35.
Ungraded. Mixed: s37 to $.51 per
dozen.
Pullet: s.27 to s.31 per dozen.
MISCELLANEOUS PRODUCE
Squashes: SIS to $50 per 9s bu.
Huckleberries: s.25 to $40 per
quart
Black Berries: $40 to s45 per
quart.
Tomatoes: SIS to $40 per y
bu.
Lima Beans: SLIPS to $1.40 per
5s bu.
Onions: $50 to SIS per q bu.
Sweet Corn: SIS to S.45 per
dozen years.
Milford chronicle., 1955-07-22

The following is a weekly round
up of livestock prices and miscella-
neous commodities prevailing last
week. This report shows average
prices received by Delaware farm
ers for commodities that were mar
keted throughout this week:
VEAL CALVES
Choice: $1,000 to s27.O0, mostly
$2600 per cwt.
Medium to Good: $17.O0 to s2l.50,
mostly $500 per cwt.
Rough and Common: $500 TO
$500, mostly $1,000 per cwt.
Monkeys: $500 to $3.50, most
ly $145O per cwt.
LAMBS
Medium: s16.75 to s21.75, most
ly $500 per cwt:
COWS
Slaughter
Medium to Good: s12.25 to $16.25,
mostly $13.25 per cwt.
Common: $1,000 to $1,000, most
ly $1175 per cwt.
Gamers and Cutters: $500 to
1910, InOSlly 9S.oo Pci w.
STEERS
Goodnight Steers: s14.00 to
s2O.5O,. mostly s175O per cwt.
FEEDER HEIFERS
Dairy Type: $3.50 to s12.25,
mostly $1,000 per cwt.
Beef Type: $14.00 to $500,
mostly $3.50 per cwt.
!. SLAUGHTER HEIFERS
Good to Choice: s14.0O to $1S.25.
mostly $16.50 per cwt.
BULLS
over 1,OOO lbs.
Medium to Good: 1880 to
s16.75, mostly S16.25 per cwt.
500 to 1000 lbs
Medium to Good: s1025 to $15.75,
mostly S14.00 per cwt.
STRAIGHT HOGS
fgoOd quality
120 to ITO lbs, $3.50 to $3.50,
mostly $500 per cwt
10 to 240 lbs, $500 to $500,
mostly $3.50 per cwt.
240 to $50 lbs. $3.50 ito $3.50,
mostly $500 per cwt.
S0WS
(g00d quality
200 to 300 lbs, $1100 to $3.50,
mostly $3.50 per cwt
300 to 400 lbs, SLIPS to $3.50.
mostly s12.75 per cwt
Over 400 lbs, $1,000 to $1,000,
mostly s11:00 per cwt.
Milford chronicle., 1955-07-22
BABSON DISCUSSES AUTOMATIC FACTORIES

tain that a lot of workers will
have to move to other jobs. But
there are more people employed
now than there were ten years
ago, with very much more ma
chinery. 1t has been said by ex-
perts that, without automation, we
soon would not have had enough
workers to do our jobs, to intro
duce new products, and to achieve
our present prosperity.
! Even in industries and offices
where the work has been made the
most automatic, a good deal of
human effort is still necessary.
Supposedly, a factory could be
erected in which every process
from raw material to final product
could be done by a few people
who would only push buttons. Ac-
tually, of course, human brains
have to work cut the whole scheme,
and human hands have to build the
machines, set them going, tend,
repair, and maintain them, and
sometimes stoD theml
How To Use Extra Time
/ don't believe we are moving
too fast. We are materially and
spiritually better off in this coun-
try than are the backward nations
which have never had such ma
chimes. No workers anywhere ever
had better working conditions or
higher pay than Americans are
getting today. The machine has
brought them prosperity and is
bringing them more time and OPP
portunity to cultivate the spiritual
values which we have been neglect
ing while we have been building
up our material prosperity.