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...first electric light]. Although he never completed his citizenship, he was devoted to the U.S. His incandescent lamp foreign patents led the Westinghouse Co. to invite him to Pittsburgh in the '90s. My father always said that he had developed the lamp as an incidental part of his heavier-than-air flying machine, which occupied much of his thought. He died in Brooklyn in 1923 at the age of 75, his last years saddened by the civil war in Russia. MRS. FREDERICK A. FAUST Woodbury, Conn...
...academic side of this school school community is growing in importance for the students, if only because of college pressure. School records indicate that more pupils are choosing heavier electives in math and science and are deciding to work at the rate of five major subjects a year instead of four. The percentage achieving "honor role" standing has increased from 25-30 per cent about 15 years ago to 40-45 percent today...
This increased importance of the academic aspect of education is an encouraging sign. As well as teaching growing numbers of pupils the suburban school must provide a high-quality education--not merely to start pupils learning the techniques needed to shoot up heavier missles, but also to provide enlightened individuals trained in the humanities and social sciences as well. The suburban school must, in reality, be many different schools for the community's children. The experiments in advanced education in which Scarsdale and other schools have participated help point the way towards achieveing true scholastic challenge in the public school...
...gave the weight of Sputnik II's payload as 1,120 Ibs., but the whole assembly, including the rocket, was about 84 ft. long, and U.S. scientists believe that it may have weighed 7,000 Ibs. Sputnik III is probably as heavy all told, but may not be heavier...
FOOD PRICES are expected to decline a bit this month, cut consumer price index for first time since August of 1956. Reason: heavier supplies of beef, fruits, vegetables are coming on market...