Urban pattern of the future for Fort Worth proposed by Gruen
Fort Worth planners hear Victor Gruen describe a city layout designed to curb motor traffic. He calls for separate pedestrian friendly clusters with malls and transit arteries, while freeways skirt but do not enter them. The concept envisions buildings grouped by residential, business, and civic use around bounded pedestrian spaces.
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Liberalized housing bill moves through Congress
Congress sent up a liberalized housing bill for the current fiscal year prioritizing easier FHA mortgages. Down payments are set at 3 percent for the first 10,000 of value, 15 percent for the next 6,000, and 30 percent on the remainder. The package hikes mortgage financing to 1.74 billion, doubles slum clearance to 350 million, expands Fannie Mae borrowing to 715 million, and authorizes 500 million for military cooperative and emergency housing loans plus 175 million for college housing, signaling a major policy shift.
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Congress Votes To Prioritize Human Need Over Economy
Congress shifts focus to social needs, signaling a move away from economy-focused policy. Lawmakers debate welfare programs, healthcare funding, and social safety nets amid economic concerns and public pressure.
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Physical Education Facilities Shortage Alarmed At Youth Fitness Meeting
Shane McCarthy, executive director of the President's Goliness on Youth Fitness, says 90 percent of elementary and 50 percent of secondary schools lack adequate plans for physical education. He warns America has become a nation of spectators, blaming television and urging walking or cycling to school. He spoke at the centennial meeting of the American Association of Physical Education and Recreation in Philadelphia, stressing affordable starts at home and in schools to improve health without expensive facilities.
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Erie budget gaps grow as 1958 costs rise
Erie faces a 1958 shortfall of about 390000 beyond 1957 levels with expenses rising to fund modernizing the finance department and airport contributions. IBM and Remington Rand survey costs could reach 60000, while debt service climbs to 995602 and wage plan costs add up to 111000 to 40000. Diamond anniversaries seek uniforms.
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Paris Threatens to Break Spanish Non Intervention Plan
Paris warned it would force the collapse of the Spanish non inter intervention scheme unless Germany and Italy accept neutrality controls. Chief John Plannigan reported finding broken parts of a gun ball machine stolen from the depot. an arrest is expected. Veterans of the 913th Machine Gun Battalion plan to attend the 18th reunion on Sunday, August 1 at Sunset Inn near Erie.
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Red Cross Directors Report 1800 Members in City
The regular Red Cross directors meeting reported 1,800 members in the city. Merchants largely observe Wednesday closings with many businesses closing at noon tomorrow. A small fire near Euclid Street damaged Leonard McElroy’s home last evening as children played with matches. Harry Kinney from near Mertz's Corners brought a quart of record size strawberries to The Journal today.
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Molotov Tragic Victim Of Purge
A fragmented account traces Vyacheslav Molotov from a 1890 birth in Vyatka province through Bolshevik involvement at 16 and czarist imprisonments by 19, to Pravda coeditor with Stalin, rise to Politburo influence, and roles as premier and foreign minister during the purge era.
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Inflation types and definitions traced by Sam Dawson
Sam Dawson explains classic inflation hidden inflation creeping inflation and related terms, noting how money supply, wage controls, and quality changes affect purchasing power. The piece surveys how economists and politicians define inflation, with examples from history and recent trends.
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Inflation explainer in Business Mirror by Sam Dawson
The piece discusses three inflation types and how management and labor view them. It notes rising costs, pushed prices, and efforts for higher profits funding more plant buying. It contrasts money supply, demand for capital goods, and credit with observed price increases and a shrinking dollar.
Kane Area Joint School OKs Policy and Staffing Changes
Kane area directors approved the final section of an 18 page school policy and accepted two resignations from high school faculty. They approved Burke Brothers for gym floor repairs at 1475 dollars, elected Mrs Luella Gardner to teach mathematics, and approved salaries and a new clerk. Three auditors were named: Samuel Manno William Parry and Stanley Sawa. A new principal for the junior high was not appointed. Edgar Grosius, 60, a Pittsburgh fabricating equipment maker for almost six decades, died yesterday. He was born in Alliance Ohio.
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