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...mothers who protested against the removal of this wonderful children's program. To my surprise, after looking at this show, I eventually made it a habit of sitting down with my youngster, and derived some entertainment each morning. RUTH FAIGES Newark...
...well-heeled, new suburban town of Bellevue, Wash. (pop. 12,500), which lies just across Lake Washington from the skyscrapers of Seattle, George Brain has done a notable job of making democratic education flexible enough to give every youngster a chance at a good education. Taking over as the state's youngest superintendent six years ago, Brain proceeded, on the basis of a comprehensive and deep-delving planning survey, to put together a $45 million system of eleven elementary, three junior high and two senior high schools in a community that was little more than a little-red-schoolhouse...
...Third Baseman Harmon ("The Killer") Killebrew, 22 (TIME, May 25), the sturdy (6 ft., 195 Ibs.) youngster from Idaho with the massive shoulders who does not make the new boy's mistake of guessing at pitches. He is "Mr. Upstairs" for the towering drives that put him first in the majors with home runs (30), first in the league with runs batted...
...surest measure of the new sluggers comes from Washington's small-fry fans. In the free-trading market of bubble-gum baseball cards, a single Mantle or Ted Williams used to command seven lesser players. Last week a card-swapping youngster firmly announced the new prices: "I'll give 20 for one of Killebrew." What about Allison? "Twenty, too," he said, "but nobody...
Tables of average heights and weights for children have been so overpromoted that many mothers spend their time jittering needlessly about whether a youngster is up to par. But doctors have never studied data on averages for people at the upper end of the life span. Last week Dr. Arthur M. Master presented the A.M.A. with revealing data on oldsters aged 65 to 94. The tables were compiled at Manhattan's Mount Sinai Hospital from information on 2,925 men and 2,694 women all over...