Britain to offer free nursery education in sweeping policy
Britain proposes a 10 year plan to expand nursery schools, aiming to make most 3 and 4 year olds eligible for free attendance. Thatcher says the move, a historic shift from university expansion, would lift under fives funding from 96 to 156 million dollars and broaden access in disadvantaged areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard Weintraub
N.Y. Times News Service
London
Britain
Thatcher
Heath
Movie stars sparked personalized Yule cards in 1925 era
New York gossip notes reveal that personalized holiday greetings began with Hollywood stars in the 1920s. A National Greeting Card Publishers collection from 1925 to 1945 includes cards by Jean Harlow, Ronald Colman, Charlie Chaplin, Mae West, Helen Morgan and Walt Disney, many with signatures, designs, or poems.
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Gay Pauley
New York
Hollywood
Harry J. Cooper
National Association of Greeting Card Publishers
Manhattan
Rockefeller Center
Pan Am Building
Jean Harlow
Ronald Colman
Charlie Chaplin
Helen Morgan
Joan Hersholt
Bobby Breen
Mae West
Miss Harlow
Chaplin
Charles Chaplin
Wholesale prices rise 5.4 percent under Phase II
The Labor Department reports a 5.4 percent rise in wholesale prices in the 12 months since Nixon's Phase II wage price controls began in November 1971. Farm products and processed foods drove gains while livestock and some fruits fell. The overall index rose to 320.7, signaling possible retail price hikes despite policy aims.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
BLS
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Great Britain
Margaret Thatcher
Association of University Teachers
Mickey
Santa Claus
Tom Mix
Walt Disney
Mickey Mouse
Herman Weinstein
Bennington
Wilmington
Public Service Board
New England Telephone
Sheri
Raggedy Ann
Andy
Wards Garden Center
South Main Street
Barrington Tel
Dalton Avenue
Pittsfield
Yous Atlegardin
Inilea South On
I . Williamatown
Ant Aosz
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