Highway Department Spending Reaches New June High in Pa
Harrisburg report shows June highway department expenditures at 16.897 million, the largest June total in history aside from 1947 October when 18.165 million was spent. Construction and resurfacing cost 9.78 million. boroughs and townships 4.48 million. equipment and admin 2.66 million. Federal data through June indicates Pennsylvania awarded 62.114 million in highway construction contracts, about 14 percent of national total, with Texas, California and New York following in awards.
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Federal Public Roads Administration
Pennsylvania Department of Highways
Pennsylvania
Texas
California
New York
Census Illiteracy Debate Prompts Literacy Aid Plan
Senator Harley Kilgore cites a census estimate that about 10 million adults lack basic reading and writing skills. He proposes staged federal funding from 1949 onward to teach reading, writing, English, and basic math, aiming to reduce illiteracy substantially by 1957.
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Harley M. Kilgore
D-Wya
Misbill
Kilgore
U. S
Road contracts progress report shows New Jersey activity
The department reported total expenditures of 12 759 000 for one state and 11 066 000 for New Jersey over five months. There were 290 active road contracts as of July 1 and by July 6 contractors had completed just over 110 miles since spring construction began.
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New Jersey
Cripps Back British American Plan to Boost Production
Sir Stafford Cripps urged imports of American know how to lift Britain's lagging output before a wary House of Commons. He defended the ERP backed joint British American council to fix production bottlenecks, drawing criticism from Deputy Conservative Leader and Eden who pressed for a debate backed by the TUC representing British workers.
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Britain
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