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Newspaper
Carrollton Chronicle
Location
Carrollton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1953
Page
4
Three successive Presidents co occupied the White House within thirty says. They were Van Buren, William Henry Harrison, and Tyler.
Zachary Taylor, twelfth President of the United States, was a second cousin of James Madison, the fourth President, highlighting a rare familial link between two leaders of the early republic.
In Austin, Texas, the 53rd Legislature was urged to hire 11,000 more teachers over eight years as inadequate pay drives turnover. Charles H. Tennyson of the Texas State Teachers Association blamed low salaries for losing graduates and failing to fill classrooms amid rising enrollments and population growth.
A 1951-52 salary of 2080 dollars for teachers is said to be just adequate after taxes and deductions. Take home pay falls to 2270 dollars with real purchasing power tied to 1935 levels. Tennyson warns Texas faces a shortage, with only 2000 graduates entering teaching yearly and 3000 leaving annually, a crisis for 1960. A new Texas Rural Families outlook for 1953 guides farm family planning and is available through county extension offices.
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