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i 1 Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon, Thursday, Dec. 21, 1950 ArJnnt Defense Plan Here to adopt a defense plan of the 12 Atlantic Pact nations, a group of foreign and defense min isters meet during a reception at the Foreign Office in Brus sels, Belgium. Left to right are: Robert fcchuman, French foreign minister; Paul Van Zeeland, Belgian foreign minister; Count Carlo Sforza, Italian foreign minister; U.S. Secretary of State Dean Acheson; D. V. Stikker of The Netherlands and British Foreign Secretary Ernest 3evin. (Acme Telephoto) Teaching by Television Fast Being Developed in Baltimore Baltimore, Dec. 21 WV-Teaching by television long a cher shed dream of educators and TV executives has moved closer to becoming a workable reality through use of the "split screen" technique. This two-way television permits teacher and pupils, miles mart, to see. hear and talk to iach other. It retains the personal contact jlement in teaching something ;hat most television-education programs now lack. The method was demonstrat d here yesterday by ,a sixth- jrade geography teacher and zlass for persons attending a TV-education clinic sponsored by station WBAL-TV. There was a camera and re :eiver in front of both the in structor, Mrs. Barbara Long, at the studio and her students at the school. In that way, Mrs. Long could ask and answer questions and observe her pu pils' reactions. On the TV receiver, the split screen technically known as a "horizontal wipe" showed both Mrs. Long and the students. Since the program was carried on the station's regular channel, that permitted anyone sitting at home to check up on TV-education at work. After class, the pupils were eager to express their enthusi asm lor learning by television. Some spoke of how it would help "sick boys and girls who can't1 go to school, but are able to read and write and study. One boy remarked: "If this keeps up, they'll have one teacher teaching ten class es. Adults at the clinic also fore. aw useful applications for the technique. Charter Heslep, chief of the atomic energy commission's ra dio and television branch, felt it would be a valuable means of instruction in fields relating to atomic energy now that much material on the subject has been declassified. Interest in the method also was shown by representatives of the armed services and the U.S department of education and delegates from several eastern cities who attended the clinic. However, some TV producers saw hitches. They said "intellec tual actors" and "TV school marms" would be needed to add showmanship to the teaching. Plans were made to set up a middle Atlantic states television council, made up of representa tives from the Philadolphia-Bnltimore-Washington area, to develop and improve education al programs. Representatives of television stations appeared cnlhusinstic even though such programs arc on a non-profit basis. Stations normally provide the air time and schools the program with Truman Message Sent Servicemen Washington, Dec. 21 VP) Pre sident Truman's holiday message to members of the armed forces says their mission "is to strength en and to give hope to all who seek peace on earth." The brief message, released last night, concludes: ' May the real spirit of Christ mas abide with you, and may all of us, in concert with all free peoples, come nearer in the new year to realizing man's ultimate dream of liberty, justice and freedom." Legion to Collect Toys For Children Overseas Washington, Dec. 21 UP) The American Legion announced to day that its second annual drive to collect Christmas toys lor children overseas will begin Dec, 26 throughout the nation. The drive brought in 3,000,- 000 toys last year for European children. This year it will be en larged to include the Philippine islands and the children of vet erans fighting in Korea. The rose is regarded as the flower for June and the pearl or moonstone as the birthstone. any additional costs shared among them. Hert'$Why. Anacln It like a doctor's prescription. That Is, Anacln contain! not one but a combination of modically proved active Ingredients. Anacin is spe cially compounded to give FAST, LONG LASTING relief. Don't wait. Buy Anacln today. mm I Ask about the new Transparent Palate Dental Plates Today! Dr. Painless Parker Wear Your New Plates Immediately after teeth are extracted CUed 32gd 'tens Pay by Week or Month No appointment necessary lor Nomination 125 N. Liberty DENTIST "Mem. Ore. Offlcfs Also In Portland nnrt Eugrnf Con Composer To Win Pardon Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 21 UP) Frank M. Grandstaff, who com posed the 70-page "Big Spring Cantata" in his prison cell, soon will be a free man. It is believed he will be the first ever pardoned as an habi tual criminal in Tennessee. Before an announcement by Gov. Gordon Browning last night, the 49-year-old convict- composer faced the prospect of spending the rest of his life be hind prison walls. Browning said, "I am giving lim a pardon to let him get out f the state. All the matters for which he was convicted were very small offenses and I am not tisfied to leave him there. The governor said he would sign the pardon papers today or tomorrow. He added he under stood Grandstaff will go to In diana or Texas. The cantata was the key that unlocked prison doors for Grandstaff's week of freedom in ig Spring, Tex., in October, 1949. It was inspired by a book written by Druggist Earl Philips. Grandstaff was guest of honor at the Big Spring centennial. Grandstaff's record shows 20 offenses, mostly larceny. It was Memphis larceny that brought im the life sentence 10 years ago. Grandstaff said the first thing he'll do is go to the Catholic cathedral here "and drop down on my knees in prayer. Then I'll get in touch with the girl I should have married 30 years ago. Then 1 11 go to see my mo ther again." The "girl," he said, is Mrs. Mildred McConkey of Fort Wayne, Ind. He said they plan to marry. Movie Divorces Outnumber Marriages Three to One By VIRGINIA MacPHERSON (United Preu Staff Correspondent) Hollywood, Dec. 21 (U.PJ Love took a lacing in movie-star cir cles this year, with divorces outnumbering weddings almost 3-to-l. The local divorce courts looked like one-night stands as glamour girls whirled in to give their spouses the legal heave-ho. While the judges got dizzy trying to keep up the pace, blonde Betty Hutton bounced into court, divorced Ted Briskin, dated a gang of local swains, and then decided she'd rather be Mrs. Briskin again. She and her husband strug gled along with a "commuter's marriage" between Hollywood and Chicago, where he works, until the second week in De cember. Then she announced she'd been right the first time and got ready to file for another divorce. Biggest surprise of the year was Barbara Stanwyck's an nouncement last week that she was divorcing Robert Taylor af ter 11 years of what everybody thought was perfect bliss. Their pals said the marriage fizzled because Barbara got fed up with being a "telephone wife. "They never could get togeth er, a confidante explained. They were always separated by an ocean or a mountain or the gate of some movie studio." ... Petite Nancy Sinatra made headlines when she won a legal separation from Frankie-boy, plus one-t h i r d of his million dollar earnings. She said Frankie wouldn t come home nights and was rude. She didn't mention Ava Gard ner, whose romance with the bow-tied crooner had been mak ing round-the-world gossip for months. The day Nancy won her freedom, Frankie held hands with Ava in a New York night club. Bette Davis dumped husband No. 3, William Grant Sherry, in Mexico. Actor Gary Merrill did the same thing to his wife. Then Bette and Gary said "I do" be fore a Mexican judge. A week later, Bette s ex-mate ankled down the aisle with the nurse who used to take care of the Sherry's three -year-old daughter. Martha Vickers announced she couldn't get along any more with Mickey Rooney and hired lawyer, making it the third divorce in a row for Rooney. But she indicated divorce plans were being dropped so their ba b y ' s Christmas wouldn't be spoiled. Evelyn Keyes divorced Direc tor John Huston, Kirk Douglas' wife set him free, and Jackie Coogan's wife became his third "ex." Jack Carson's wife waited four years, decided he wasn't coming back home after all, and told it to a judge. Wanda Hen- drix, the tiny actress who mar ried the nation's most decorated soldier, sobbed real tears on the stand when she said she and Audie Murphy couldn't make a gc of it. Other glamour couples who split up included Ann Dvorak and Dancer Igor Dega, the Louis Haywards, the Robert Montgom erys, Janet Blair and Lou Busch, Groucho Marx and Kay Gorcey, Joan Blondell and Mike Todd, Benay Venuta and Armand Deutsch, Myrna Loy and Pro ducer Gene Markey, and Faye Emerson and Elliott Roosevelt. Arline Judge out of pictures but not out of husband-material divorced her sixth and was rumored to have her eye on No. 7. And, as the end of the year rolled around, the "Battling Hiltons" were headed for the divorce courts. Luscious "Liz" Taylor and Nicky Hilton, Jr., after seven months of wedded misery, promised each other their freedom for Christmas presents. Shirley Temple, divorced from John Agar in 1949, decided just a year later to score one for marriage. She wed Millionaire Charles Black, a television ex ecutive, in a surprise ceremony last Saturday, only 10 day after her divorce from Agar became final. Margaret Truman Plans Radio Contract New York, Dec. 21 VP) Mar garet Truman is negotiating a long term exclusive contract with the National Broadcasting company for both radio and tel evision appearances, Charles Barry, vice president In charge of the NBC radio program de partment, announced today. A contract has not yet been completed, but the theatrical trade paper, Variety, said Miss Truman would receive $4,000 for each appearance with an in come approaching $200,000 an nually when her program moves over all NBC AM-Video circuits. Miss Truman, other than her singing, recently appeared in the field of comedy when she traded humorous remarks with Mistress of Ceremonies Tallula Bankhead on the NBC Sunday night radio program, "The Big Show." 2 C Carol Shorey. Snow Men: Jon Eyerly, Ar thur Young, Billy Johnson, Otis Ellis, David Austin, Jimmy Sauires, Marvin Lester, Jack Johnson, Mike Eyerly and Roger Heyden. There will be several musi cal numbers between scenes. The public is cordially invited to attend. Santa Claus will visit as a final attraction. Street Roller Hits Boy Portland, Dec. 21 VP) A heavy street roller one of those used Comes Home Mrs. Betty ann Culver, 30, stricken with polio last July, Is wheeled for Washington's Union station by her husband, Sidney Culver (left) and her father, Basil O'Connor, president of the na tional foundation for infantile paralysis, as she arrives from Warm Springs, Ga., where she has been undergoing treat ments. She will spend Christ mas with her five children at the family home near Win chester, Va. (AP Wirephoto) Roberts School Play on Tonic Roberts The children of Rob erts school will present their Christmas play, "Peter Rabbit and the Christmas Spirit", on Thursday evening, Dec. 21, at 8:00 at the schoolhouse. The fol lowing children will character ize the colorful tnree-aci musi cal play: Sally. Joan Srieed; Mother. 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