Eight Seniors Vie For Honors At High School
Eight Corry Area High School seniors join 50,000 students in the first test of the National Merit program. The 350 winners will receive scholarships from $100 to full four year college coverage based on need, with colleges receiving supplemental funds. Winners emerge from the top five percent of their class across over 10,000 schools. Names include James Posris Ellen Schmidt James Watson Diane Rockafellow Sharer Hansen Joyce Frances J ary Baldwin afi Madeline Myers.
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Corry Area High School
Seava Foundation
James Posris
Ellen Schmidt
James Watson
Diane Rockafellow
Sharer Hansen
Joyce Frances
Jary Baldwin
Afi
Madeline Myers
United States
Iy Tod Masimim
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National Merit Scholarship program aims to expand access
National Merit Scholarship Corp leaders call for broad financial support to aid poor students and ensure fair testing. About 50 000 take the first exam, 4 000 become semi finalists for a second test, with top scorers receiving Merit Scholars. Corporate backing is sought to fund ten years of administration and scholarships.
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John M. Stalnaker
National Merit Scholarship CorporatLo
Stalnaker
NMSG
Nappal Merit Scholarship Corporation
National Merit Scholarship Corporation
NMSC
Segra-Roebuck Foundation
Time. Ie
Robert E. Wilsin
Standard Oil Company
Ndishs
Wilson
Americans spent $600 per person on discretionary needs in 1954
The Institute of Life Insurance reports 1954 discretionary income at about $107.1 billion, equating to roughly $600 per person. Personal savings rose, life insurance held about $334 billion, and spending surged in autos, recreation, health, and luxuries while taxes rose to over half of personal income, with debt increasing.
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Institute of Life
Fifee
Department of Commerce
Len Ma Hewitt
Blue Grass
Grant Darcy Court Hearing Granted in 1947 Bucks Tavern Murder
Washington The Supreme Court will hear David Darcy, sentenced to death for a 1947 holdup murder at Feasterville Tavern near Doylestown. His 1948 Bucks County conviction followed a series of appeals. two others in the group faced death, while Darcy was granted a separate trial amid claims of passion and prejudice and alleged judicial misconduct.
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Washington
Supreme Court
David Darcy
Doylestown
Bucks County
Darcy
Feaster Ville
Doyleston
William Kelley
Darey
Darcey
Calvin S Boyer
Hiram Keller
Leaves Couple Waiting At Altar At Vi. fina of Pannene
Dr James A Jones new president of Union Theological Seminary failed to attend a church wedding due to engrossment in a family crisis. A second preacher conducted the ceremony after calls to Jones and hospitals could not reach him. The couple remained devoted friends despite the mix up. A separate note mentions courts to order a new trial on habeas corpus in a Darcy case.
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James A. Jones
Union ‘Theological Seminary
Jones
Ted
Dr Jones
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REX Theatre
Cary Grant
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