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A c ild�s inne
vulnerable youngsters
developed serio learning
ancUor behavior prable by
a ti they re ten, and had
delinquency records, ental
health problea, or pregnancies
before they reached eighteen.
The surprising news was that
of a t of four children &om
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a poor able group 0Yet-
tUnqij. came these early obsta d
grew P to be OOIDpCteDt, 00II6-
� and cariag The·
strenlth and adaptability
SDoM'AI up early, theywere
b . described them
·aIddIt d -good- tured,"
Tbeywae self-confidem aDd
outgo· with other children
their
Re earc uncovered the
ecret of these youngsters'
"strength: coa.sistent nurturance
&om a cari aduk. In some
case , this nurturance ca
&om a parent; in others, it a
graadparent, aD older sibJin& or
a sitter. Regardless of
gMag these children kwe,
tre e mounted, that love
proYided a . ld tbat enabled
them to survive hard times
. t major scars. .
There ] no mystery bout
='ean make a difference to
the many vulnerable children in
our midst vAlo are gr . up .
poYerty or in troubled families.
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As a society, e can help
treagtben families 50 they caD
better Ute d nurture the·
children, and we can provide
good q . child care for those
whose mothers are in-
capacitated or work. We
Deed to he p Pe infants a
fighting chance by I· the
.early - from birth OD. ADd each
of on our own, Can reach out
to a d)iId we know· d give the
steady � that spell .
Mar· n W,..t &Ie
President of the Children',
Defense Fund, a wioe
for cbildrea.
Augu t 7 - I ... AI_ •• �
Shapespearean actor, died 1867.
.• C setnewO�
p c record for the bigh JU. mp
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AugustS - A.
a discoverer of the North
Pole, born 1865.
August9 - n
fo gold eda1s � • tr and
feld events, at Berlin Olympia,
1936.
August 10 - J C.
educator and u , born 1932.
August 1 - Dr. �OIo.4 •
Carter ler, educator, re­
searcher and one of the first
Black psychiatr· born 1872
August 12, 197 Stnea
leader of Black Co ciousnes
oveIDCnt in South Africa, ar­
rested, ssn.
I August 13 _
ICeI.,.k gained independence
France, 1960.
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Texan Lynch Wrong
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Mad· ville, Tex, Nov. 21, has been
rece� re 0{. the lynching 0 a ego in this part of
diso County on Tuesday . t, He aCQISCd of
riding his horse over a little white . I and iojuriog her. On
Wednesday it was dscovered the wroag Negro had
been gotten hold of by the mob. . ODe made his
escape.
FlO the bed -1m JaIlS ol4PC:tlinl�
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