Capitol Square Progress and Teacher Pay Increases
The article notes an under-half percent cushion of the total nine month school appropriation and a $82,273,494 appropriation with $81,837,216 budgeted. It reports an average teacher salary rise of 28.17 percent and cites a minimum A certificate rate of 2061, up from 1656, with a $5 monthly experience increment. Governor Scott pressures REA to deliver rural electrification without alibis and warns against third agencies.
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Scott
Rural Electrification Board
Walter Stacy
REA
Secret Truman Meeting Sparks Speculation On AEC Aid
A secret Blair House gathering discussed the Atomic Energy Commission with figures including President Truman, Senators Vandenberg McMahon and Hickenlooper, Representatives Durham Cole, and AEC chief Lilienthal. Officials offered no statements, with a gentleman’s agreement that only the president would speak.
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David E._ Lilienthal
AEC
Joseph Volpe, Jr
Truman
Blair House
White House
Barkley
Senator Tydings
Mr. Truman
Acheson
Johnson
McMahon
Lilienthal
Eisenhower
Tydings
Russia
Dropsie College named smallest U S college
In Philadelphia the Dropsie College is described as perhaps the smallest college in America with about 25 students and six teachers.
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America
Dropsie College
Philadelphia
Weather outlook for North Carolina this weekend
Partly warm conditions continue today and tonight with scattered afternoon thunder showers on Saturday. Minor thunder activity expected mainly in the afternoon with no significant storms anticipated.
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North Carolina
Wises
Seta
President Refuses To Modify Plan For Steel Board
President Truman rejects a nonbinding three member wage pension board for the CIO United Steelworkers dispute. U.S. Steel declines to power a settlement, threatening a midnight strike as Republic Steel and others respond. Bethlehem Steel accepts but will not be bound by recommendations.
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CIO
United Steelworkers
Bethlehem
Truman
Republic Steel Corp
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co
U.S. Steel
Cyrus S. Ching
Benjamin F. Fairless
U. S. Steel Corp
Fairless
Ftact
Ching
U. S. Conciliation Service
U. S. Steel
Mr. Truman
Steelworkers
Night Riders Fire on Home Court Protection Case
World War II veteran Hugh Gilliland seeks an injunction against Ku Klux Klan leader Dr. Samuel Green alleging threats and fear of torture. Judge Edgar Pomeroy schedules a hearing for August 29 on the petition as Gilliland accuses Klan members of pressuring his wife to file a lunacy warrant.
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Hugh Gilliland
Samuel Green
Irvin
Johnson
Three Arrests Signal City Enters Quiet Period
Police reports show a slow week ahead with only three arrests yesterday raising the four day total to 28. Garfield Alexander, 1223 Downing Street, was arrested for a non tax paid whiskey discovery and released on 300 bond. C M Craven, 41, 210 Centennial Avenue, held on 100 bond for assault on a female after Roxie Craven signed the warrant.
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Garfield Alexander
Downing Street
C. M. Craven
Centennial Avenue
Roxie Craven
Jake Bird Confesses to 44 Murders Across States
Jake Bird told state superior courts he knew or took part in 44 killings shortly after conviction. Investigators later solved at least 11 murders in Iowa Colorado Utah Indiana Illinois Nebraska and Washington from leads he provided. Bird drew attention with a hex on men in his trial. six men he hexed later died.
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Bird
Iowa
Colorado
Utah
Indiana
Illinois
Nebraska
Washington
Governor Considers Dismissal and Salary Move for Sample
The article notes the governor may fire Sample and, with the Council of State, set the probation director’s salary. It discusses the Probation Commission’s stance that no vacancy exists and the director’s term length is undefined by law.
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Probation Commission
Sample
Scott
Council of State
Mark Twain origins tied to a Mississippi river pilot cry
Fragmentary notes suggest Samuel Clemens used the pen name Mark Twain from a piloting call on the Mississippi. Other garbled text mentions Carlsbad Cavern and insects with unclear context and no coherent event.
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Samuel Clement
Mark Twain
Mississippi River
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