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— tha t our sk ies were loa ded wit h spac e­ sh ip s? No , the pu bli c mi gh t panic . The on ly answer would be to debunk the UFO' s." So for yea rs, ag ain st the ad vic e of our goo d, reputable sci ent ists,eng ine ers ,indus­ tria list s and oth er trus two rthy and promi­ nen t per son s, the publi cstan d the debunk­ ing , notknow ingwha t to belie ve.Bu t Major Rup pelt fin all y come s out with the col d bar e fac ts behin d all the con fus ion and gu ess ing an d do ub tin g. He deb unks the debu nk ing.— A. C . 6 . " 15 Arthur Cartl and Bai ley, profes sor of Phy sics at the Col lege for Men. i s? , lic t i . l 's." s, t i e , ble ists, ers, - li ts rthy - s s, lic - , ot k ing w L elieve. j l l y s ts d f ion gu i g ting. ks .- . C. B. 1 ' 1, Arthur Cart l , si

mor e pressin g. Ex cite me ntand con fus ion were eve ryw here. Th e pla ce wa s ove rrun wit h repo rters, all do ing their bes t or wor st to get the sco ops fo r their pap ers . Ne w repo rts kept comi ng in ho ur ly. Pe op le were see ing the same targ ets tha t the rada rs were pi ck ingup. An d that wa s not just in Wa shi ngt on. Reports were coming in from acr oss the nation and from as fa r away as Ca lifo rni a! Th e Air For ce Gen eral sat so lid lybeh ind "h is bi g walnut desk in room 3A 13 9in the Pe nta gonan d batt led wit h hi s cons cie nc e." "Sho uld he tell the publi c 'th e rea l trut h' ere. t s, s. ts g ly. le t i g ington. i li rnia! l ly i l l 9 gon a l i nce." "Should he tell the public 'the real truth'

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Rameses Has Gerf Sloog/es To gi ve stu den tsa bet ter fou ndati on in ari thm etic in a sho rter tim e,tea che rs ofa high sch oo l inDea rbo rn,Mi ch., hav e repl ace d "on e, two, thr ee"with "zil ch , zums i, ger f." Pr inc ipa l Ott o Olse n say s the ide a is to help studen tsund erst andthat symb olsare mo re imp orta ntthan wo rds . Ph loo gs Ol sen : "O ld- fashio nedproblem s be gin ni ng ,'If John had si x app les ,' wer e di ffi cu ltfor studen tsto und ers tan d. The new me thod gi ve s su ch pro blemsas, 'If Rame ses had ger f sloogles ,an d hi s fri en dhad zumsi blit ris, how many mo re sloog leswou ld Rame ses have than hi s frien dha s bl itr is ?' " Th e non -mean ingfulwo rd, bor ogr ove sOls en, helps the student rea lize he is de aling wi th ne ith erapp les nor slo og lesbut wit habs tra ctma the ma tic al sym bols. We ll, Mr. Ols en, if on e ha s to wai t unt il hi gh sch ool befor egrasping that tou gh stuf f about John and the six apple s, on e de ser vesto be zum sied an d ge rfe d,doe sn't zil ch ? Oh, to be youn gin De arb orn ,now tha t slo ogl e'she re !— Pa ul Bu rto n. s s s erl l ts a ation in arithmetic n , rs of a i h l in rn, M ., have replaced "one, zilch, zumsi, gerf." i ipal t s ts and ols a t t . l gs 01 e : l -fashioned p l s ning, l ,' f ic lt dents t stand. s l s ses r , d i , les l ses i is ?' " - eaningful w , roves 01 , li l r l les h ct atical s ols. i~ 1 . , il e t l s, ves si d, ? -Paul rt n. orn, 's g h ,

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