Willkie presses PTA debate on modern education philosophy
Rushville lawyer Philip H. Willkie son of the 1940 Republican nominee challenges National PTA president Mrs. James C. Parker to a public argument on school policy. He pushes a tougher study program with emphasis on mathematics and history while Parker defends avoiding public debate amid heated discussion. Willkie calls education the most important domestic issue.
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Rushville
Ind
Philip H. Willkie
National Congress of Parents and Teachers
Willkie
James C. Parker
Grand Rapids
Mich
GOP
Cost of Living Index Rise Noted in April Report
The Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics shows the consumer price index at 126.2 for April 15, up from 125.4 on January 15. The next cost of living allowance review will use the July 15 BLS index, with the last quarter’s adjustment based on this period.
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United States Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Nicholson officials visit Anderson plant expansion pledge
Nicholson Jr, manager at the Anderson plant, and Mayor Ralph Ferguson welcomed the Nicholson delegation at a luncheon. Chamber of Commerce President William Schofield praised the community’s confidence in Anderson as Nicholson expands. Employment at the file operations nears record levels, more than doubling prior figures, during a three day visit that includes Nicholson board members and company officers.
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Page One Jr
Anderson
Ralph Ferguson
Nicholson
Chamber of Commerce
William Schofield
Frederick J. Knowles
Philadelphia
Barnegat Light
N. J
S. Foster Hunt
Harry Marshal
Hayward T. Parsons
Hinkley, Allen, Sailsbury and
Parsons
John C. A. Watkins
Providence Journal
T. Dawson Brown
Industrial National Bank of Providence
Stanley Livingston Jr
Nicholson Co
Providence Washington Insurance Co
E. Blair LeFevre
Bruce R. Zeiser
Charles E. Fogg
Edmond A. Neal
Brown University
Armory Sale Talks Continue With No Formal Bids
Mayor Ralph Ferguson announced the city may buy the two story brick building for use as a utility department storage facility after the old armory, used by National Guardsmen, was replaced by a new armory on the Indiana 109 bypass months ago. The Philippines gained independence in 1946.
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Ralph Ferguson
National Guardsmen
Ind. 109
Philippines
United States
Midas 2 satellite tests infra red sensing for missile heat trail
Ir infrared experiments show a four mile visibility for about 45 seconds as the Midas 2 satellite tests sensing of a ballistic missile heat trail on launch. Italy leads in cheese exports to the United States. In Canada, Bonita Lapointe 18 Lionel Martin 18 Richard Vaillancourt 15 and others were hospitalized in grave condition after an incident.
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Tto
Midas 2
Italy
United States
Bonita Lapointe
Lionel Martin
Richard Vaillancourt
Amnest Albert
Dean Pelletier, Jr
James Johnston
Paul St. Ament
Bertrand Garon
Mrs Hodson Hosts Middletown DD Club
Middletown report lists attendees Mrs Sam Hodson Mesdames Gertrude Davis Rex Hale Fred Graves Howard Reedy Sr Ar min Armintrout Ray Best and Margaret Scothern. Next meeting set with Mrs Reedy. Fall Creek Home Demonstration Club co hosted by Bertha McClain Claucie Fleming with Howard Pullin presiding.
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Middletown
DD Club
Sam Hodson
Mesdames
Gertrude Davis
Rex Hale
Fred Graves
Howard Reedy Sr
Ar ‘Min Armintrout
Ray Best
Margaret Scothern
Reedy
Fall Creek
Maurice Schreyer
Purdue University
Ray Sherman
Grace Cooper
Maurice Lehroyer
Opal Huff
James Stokes
Joe Weightman
Everett Riggs
Clyde Miller
Vet Smith
Orizalda Davis
Allen Henderson
Emmal Craig
Merton McMullin
Myron Ratliff
Ora Sherman
March Sayford
New Castle Clinic
Ola Cummins
Resthaven Nursing Home
New Castle
Floyd Purdue
St. John’s Hospital
Anderson
Robert Perkins
Pleasant Plain
Iowa
Rockefeller Move Shifts GOP Toward Nixons Vacuum Drama
The piece details Nelson Rockefeller weighing a New York delegation strategy to influence Nixon’s nomination amid tensions with Khrushchev and U2 fallout. It notes Rockefeller’s bid to lead a uncommitted bloc, shaping the party’s stance as Democrats press foreign policy questioning Eisenhower era decisions.
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Ager
Rockefeller
Washington
UPI
California
Khrushchev
Frank Day
D. Roosevelt
Midas
Francisco de Silva
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Richard M. Nixon
Nix‘Jon
New York
Sen
John F.kennedy
Massachusetts
Soviet Union
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Edmundsi
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Martinsville
Howard Baiiley
Indianapolis
Jackson
McDonald‘s
East Side Jersey Dairy
Anderson Banking CO
Hunter-Chevrolet
Everybody's Oil Corp
Hoyt Wright CO
Rogers Electric CO
Rogers
Summer
Gulfstream
Wright
By McGregor, Jantzen
McGregor, Jantzen
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Interwoven
Adler
By Jantzen, McGregor
Banson
the Palm Beach
Palm Beach
Hoyt Wright
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