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P: To strengthen its civilian staff, the Army announced it was setting up fellowships that will enable up to 40 Army career employees to take off six months to a year at full pay to engage in research studies likely to bear on Army problems. P: The Florida state department of education took a cautious step toward the inclusion of instruction in "spiritual values" in the public schools. State Superintendent Thomas D. Bailey circulated to school districts a program drawn up at the state's request by unofficial representatives of major religious groups. The program emphasizes five "moral and spiritual cornerstones which are so commonly accepted as parts of our democracy that they can be taught in the public schools." Samples: "Man is a spiritual being of dignity and worth by virtue of the fact that he has his origin and destiny in God his Creator"; "All men are created equal in that they have equal worth in the sight of God . . ." The program can be accepted or not at the discretion of individual schools. P: To the mountain of statistics already amassed on the school population, the U.S. Office of Education added the fact that 11% of the nation's schoolchildren are lefthanded. The information is important, said the office, to architects, designers and manufacturers of school furniture and equipment responsible for the planning, construction and outfitting of new school plants.

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