Word: houston
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...twelve-year-olds had never really seen their home town before. For weeks, they had peered and poked about Houston like so many junior sociologists in bobby-sox and sneakers. The things they reported were enough to shock some Houstonians. But Social Studies Teacher Marian Hiller of the Stonewall Jackson Junior High School was delighted...
...sent her seventh-graders out on their sociological expeditions as part of an experiment designed to make Houston's civics classes more interesting and instructive. The kids began by drawing maps of their neighborhoods, comparing the number of churches to the number of bars, counting parks and playgrounds. They investigated everything from slums to sewers, from garbage cans to gutters...
...last week, as Mrs. Killer's experiment ended, Billy's playground was not the only improvement Houston would note. One little boy had begun to worry about his neighbor's disorderly yard. "I had a talk with him about how the neighborhood looks," he told the class proudly. "I didn't mention him directly. I just hinted around. But he's kept his yard clean ever since...
...reports and analyze them .. ." This was simply not true: since January, the records have been open to the public. A Convivial Round. Others were also guilty of bad reporting. The Taos, N.Mex. Star last week insisted that "3,000 witnesses" had seen a saucer. Fortnight ago the Scripps-Howard Houston Press ran a scarehead on Page...
...HOUSTON RADAR. The rival Post exploded the story: the Humble Oil Co. had made the radar pickup in 1947, thought it might have been caused by a meteor. Probably the wildest story appeared...