Wallace Beasley Heads Texas Police Training Agency
Wallace D. Beasley, coordinator of police training for the Texas Engineering Extension Service, was named chairman of the police training committee of the Texas Police Association by Roland Howerton, Fort Worth assistant chief and new association president. Beasley runs on the job classes across the state and a four week course at Texas A and M, established an Industrial Plant Protection School and a Criminal Law for Peace Officers course twice yearly, and has led 12 four week sessions since 1953 with Ira E. Scott as assistant instructor.
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College Station
Walalce D. Beasley
Texas Engineering Extension Service
Texas Police Association
Roland Howerton
Fort Worth
Engineering Extension Service
Beasley
Texas A and M College
Ira E. Scott
College Graduates Face Discrimination in Illinois Jobs
In Illinois a survey of 47 university and college placement offices shows university graduates encounter discrimination in hiring. Charles E. Howell reports business jobs carry the most bias while teaching positions face fewer barriers. Racial, religious, and national origin prejudice are noted, with seventy percent of responding colleges reporting discriminatory qualifiers. The survey covered eighty offices. A second item notes the Detroit Windsor tunnel, built 25 years ago, is the only underground link between two nations.
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Chicago
Illinois
Charles E. Howell
Illinois Committee On
Howell
Detroit
Windsor
Ont
Corporations Expand Funds To Aid Higher Education
Washington reports a rising trend in corporate philanthropy as large firms set up new education funds. Higher education gifts climbed from 50 million in 1950 to nearly double today, with its share of philanthropic dollars rising from 20 to about 25 percent. Major firms announce multi million programs: steel 1 million, electrical 1 million, auto 2 million plus 2.6 million and a plan to add 2.5 million over four years.
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Washington
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
U. S. Treasury
Council For Financial Aid To Education, Inc
New York
Chamber
America
Fort Worth Balks On Golf For Negroes
Fort Worth announced that only a federal court order can open city golf courses to Negroes after a discrimination suit by eight defendants. City Attorney Rhinehart Rouer denied city bias while a later answer will outline the defense. The suit targets the Z Boat course for June 24 play and seeks opening of all municipal courses to Negroes.
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Fort Worth
Rhinehart Rouer
Recreation Department
Z. Boat Golf Course
Boer
Title Insurance Desirable for Chicago Property Owners
University of Divioia expert N G P Krausz explains title to real estate can only be good or merchantable not perfect due to diverse interests in land. Title insurance protects against financial loss from valid future claims and a single premium policy lasts until title changes hands.
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Chicago
N. G. P. Krausz
University of Divioia
Krausz
Japan May Control The Floods 15,000 Flood-Fighters Hold Mass Drills
Fifteen thousand Japanese flood-fighters conduct mass drills this month to cut flood damage in southwestern Japan. Civilians and army personnel test emergency communications and aid flow, survey vulnerable areas, and plan advance flood-control steps amid ongoing monsoon rains.
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Japan
Joseph Grant
Tokyo
Jaxpan
United States
Red China
Kyushu
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