Florida’s postwar boom spurs industry and growth
The piece surveys Florida’s 1950s expansion driven by tourism farming and a rising industrial base. It highlights Cape Canaveral missile work as a catalyst, notes skilled retirees reinforcing labor pools, and cites tax incentives and a push for nuclear power. It also recalls 1930s busts, real estate boom safeguards, and planned communities like Coral Gables and Indian Lake Estates.
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Florida
Florida Development Commission
Chemstrand Corp
Pensacola
United Aircraft
Glenn L. Martin
Sperry Rand
Minneapolis- Honeywell
Air Force Missile
Cape Canaveral
America
McG Smith
Florida Power & Co
Fp&l
Leroy Collins
Everglades
Miami
M. H. Smith Jr
Commission
Rakanegeuinas
Smith
Coral Gables
George Merrick
Indian Lake Estates
Lake Wales
Leon Ackerman
Maryland
Salem Moravian Easter Rite Celebrates 186th Sunrise Service
Salem observes Easter with the 186th sunrise service at 6 a.m. led by Bishop J. Pfohl. The Moravian Church marks a tradition dating to 1732 with a two section band, Love Feasts, and a walk to God's Acre.
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Salem
Winston-Salem
Old
Old Salem
Pfohl
Edward Randthaler
Austin Burke
Moravian Church
Salem Square
Marshall C. Kurfees
God's Acre
Cedar Avenue
Pohl
Bethabara
Old Town
Bethania
Here
Kernersville
Forsyth County
Herrnhut
Saxony
Retired Professors Teaching Again At Hastings Law
Hastings College of Law in San Francisco employs a 65 Club of 12 full time professors, oldest 82, all retirees who teach classes of about 120 students. Dean Snodgrass notes high student respect and enjoyment. instructors stay active revising texts while earning retirement benefits and salaries around 12 000 dollars annually.
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SAN Francisco i
U.S
University of California
Hastings College of Law
David E. Snodgrass
University of Minnesota
San Francisco
Far West
Dean Snodgrass
Oldsters
Hastings
Simmons
Orrin K. McMurray
Boalt Hall
Varsity of
California
Law
McMurray
Arthur M. Cathcart
Stanford
Goble
This New School Is Place For Tough Boys
Tony and a class of expelled youths attend a new problem school in a condemned Greenwich Village building. Carpenter, a Black teacher, disciplines with firm rules, emphasizes respect, and uses reading and job training to steer students toward reform.
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Robert Farrington
New York
Tony
Mr. Carpenter
City Board of Education
Greenwich Village
Carpenter
Edward Carpenter
Car_penter
Jackie Robinson
Irving M. Boroff
Citrano
Boroff
Brotherhood
America
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Herald
Florida Real Estate Commission
Women of
John Birkhead
Little Colony
Charles Citrano
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Royal
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