Word: schoolchildren
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...central Italian village of Collodi (pop. 1,400), where Carlo Lorenzini ("Collodi") wrote the story of Pinocchio in 1880, has been collecting pennies from schoolchildren the world over to build a monument to its famous little wooden-headed citizen. Each contributor has received a certificate entitling him to tell one harmless lie a week without damage to his nose. Last week such a license was on its way to Walt Disney, who filmed the story of the puppet in 1939 and who had sent a contribution...
...Boydstun, however, was disappointed by the steady trickle of viewers who walked through his orchid-carpeted funeral home. Apparently in the hope of bigger headlines and bigger crowds, he announced that 12,000 people had crowded past the open coffin in the first two days, including seven busloads of schoolchildren from Byers, Texas-statements which were angrily denied by 1) watchful Comanche citizens, and 2) Byers school authorities. There was no denying, however, that 5,000 people had come to town to look at Billy, and that many of them brought their children along for the educational experience...
Sightseer's Digest. Though the Metropolitan has its share of pink marble, Taylor's museum high-hats nobody. Last week, as every week, a steady stream of schoolchildren, college students, housewives, tourists and casual visitors trooped up the steps and into the cloakroom to check their coats (no tips allowed...
...tens of thousands of children in Vienna and (since 1923) in New York City, still commutes by subway from his Manhattan home for office hours in Brooklyn. More than the medals he has received he treasures a thank-you book signed in 1933 by a million New York City schoolchildren. Yeshiva's new million-dollar department of pediatrics is to be named for Dr. Schick. His most enduring monument: the test which helps to save lives...
CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA (goal: $234,684), which has had united charities campaigns since 1914, went about the 1952 drive with seasoned team spirit. Schoolchildren competed in an essay contest. Topic: "My Favorite Red Feather Agency...