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...think he would speak, so the Yale senior class secretary contacted the next names on the list--Johnny Carson, Bill Cosby, Russell Baker and Potter Stewart. "They all turned us down before Cronkite's secretary called back to say that he did want to speak," Elizabeth Oestreich, class secretary, said, adding that at one point it looked as though all the invitations would be turned down...
...ranged from village hall to statehouse. Incensed that the board would ignore "developments that have been made in reading during the last 50 years," State School Superintendent Angus Rothwell threatened to withhold state aid, which comes to about $10,000. Taxpayers threatened to impeach the school board. Principal Raymond Oestreich attacked the McGuffey's Readers because of "antiquated grammar, misspelled words and poor punctuation." One teacher refused to use it. And state legal advisers, who want to keep church and state separate, objected to McGuffey's "sectarian references...
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