Eisenhower Releases 177 Million for Housing Programs
President Eisenhower ordered 177 million dollars released to government housing programs to stabilize the economy. The funds include 107 million for armed services family housing mortgages and 50 million for Capehart Act urban renewal grants, plus 20 million for cooperative housing mortgages. The White House cited previously pledged allocations based on need.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Budget Bureau
Federal Housing Administration
Armed Service
Mr. Eisenhower
National Ace Association
White House
James C. Hagerty
Ford proposes science savings bonds to boost tech race
Rep. Ford urges U S government issue of science savings bonds as a substitute for higher taxes to finance technological rivalry with Russia. He proposes a World War II–style public sale program and science savings stamps saved by children, bearing Newton, Marconi, Edison and Galileo.
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Washington
Ford
R-Mich
Russia
Treasury
Anderson
Newton
Marconi
Edison
Galileo
Bond sales to fund science programs urged by Ford
Ford, a member of the house defense appropriations subcommittee, urged wide public sale of science bonds to accelerate technological programs without inflationary pressure. He said sales should target students workers housewives and farmers rather than big investors or banks and proposed communities buying bonds to fund a specific earth satellite or missile.
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Ford
House
Defense Appropriations Subcommittee
Local youth elected to Lowell school committee
William S. Kane a 21 year old resident of Lowell just two months after registering to vote was elected to the city school committee marking a rapid rise in local civic engagement and youth participation.
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Lowell
Mass
William S. Kane
Iity
Bleak Christmas Looms After Rankin Fire Destroys Homes
Almost 100 Rankin residents face a hard Christmas after a four hour fire destroyed 14 homes and a school, damaged eight more, and left many homeless. Two people died, and firefighters from 40 departments battled the blaze aided by a Pittsburgh fireboat. Red Cross and Salvation Army aid followed as residents received clothing, food, and toys.
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Pittsburgh
Rankin
Jack Blazines
Red Cross
Salvation Army
Pittsburgh Fire Department
Pittsburg
C. D. Scully
Monongahela River
Romanian Red Rift Disclosed By Gheorghiu Dej Purge
Vienna dispatch reports Romanian Communist leader Gheorghiu Dej announces a party purge to root out elements trying to escape Moscow control. He accuses anarchistic and opportunist factions of undermining de Stalinization and unity, denouncing liberal concessions and foreign ideology.
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Vienna
Gheorge Gheorghiu Dej
Moscow
Bucharest
Hungary
Poland
Our Religion and Our Neighbors Textbook Released
Hebrew Union College has published a new textbook for Jewish schools titled Our Religion and Our Neighbors detailing beliefs and practices of major world religions. The volume aims to broaden religious literacy and interfaith understanding.
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Cincinnati
Hebrew Union College
Jewish Institute For Religion
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Wayne Engle
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