California Keeps High Standards in School Education
California maintains strong public education standards amid economic strain. No closures or widespread denial of educational access across 3,600 districts. Enrollment and attendance rise while salaries and staff are trimmed. A constitutional guarantee and the Riley-Stewart tax shift stabilizes school funding, with a state sales tax covering most costs and ensuring continued operation, especially in sparsely populated areas.
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George E. Helmer
United Press
Sacramento
Cal
California
Riley-Stewart
State General Fund
Home Rule liquor plan eyed for St Louis vote
ST LOUIS Dec 13 AP Mayor Bernard F Dickman said if the home rule liquor measure passes he would convene a civic conference to discuss local laws He favored empowering the city to limit saloons and set a high license fee A prior conference with brewery reps ministers and social workers suggested licensing 1300 saloons at 1500 yearly each
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Egee Oat Jels
Dean
Drury
Eilers
Estes
Evans
Finney
Fitzgibbon
Fontana
Fordyce
Garner
Hamilin
Haskell
Hayward
Hendren
Hennessy
Hess
Hicks
Higginbotham
Hodges
Irig
James
Job
Jones
Cooper
Saline
Keating
Klein
Jafferty
Lauf
Lay
Lewis
Lohr
McCormick
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Hudson
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Lehman
Maples
Maxey
Mitchell
Murray
Nelson
Oberhellmann
Overall
Rea
Rice
Johnson
Stolte
Whitaker
Whitsell
Woods
Butts
Barry
Mississippi
Brake
Caldwell
Capelie
Catron
Clinkscales
Cook
Damon
Freeland
Grider
Henry
McCawley
Munger
Presley
Roe
Still
Watson Weakley
Young
St. Louis
Bernard F. Dickman
Jefferson City
Missouri House
Dickmann
LaGuardia Begins Clean Up Campaign In NYC
New York December 13. Mayor elect Fiorello H LaGuardia announced a city administration clean up plan naming four cabinet members. The move signals an overhaul and a new inspectorate aimed at probing junior departments.
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Laguardia
New York
Fiorello H. LaGuardia
Bridge Tournament Advances to Second Qualifying Round
The Post-Tribune and Capital News report the second qualifying round of Jefferson City’s first duplicate contract bridge tournament at the Missouri hotel. After preliminaries 16 survivors advance to Thursday finals. leaders include Fayette pair Mr and Mrs Perry Spencer with 49% in the North South, Arthur Cantor of New York City and Verne Wilson with 4834 match points in East West, and Jefferson City entrants such as T F Willis M E DeReus and Jake Wallendorf. The event drew out of town players and proceeded smoothly despite unfamiliar scoring methods.
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Post-Tribune
Capital News
Missouri Hotel
Jefferson City
Capital City
Fayette
Perry Spencer
Arthur Cantor
New York City
Verne Wilson
Adjutant-General
Capitol
T. F. Willis
M. E. DeReus
Jake Wallendorf
C. W. Thomas
Wallace Crossley
Jefferson Ciy
W. W. Harvey
Lewis B. Meyer
California
S. R. Peltason
J. H. Meyerhardt
BE. R. McCormick
Parkville
GC. Freed
Tom Cutler
Ed Ramsay
G. Ehrhardt
Ehrhardt
Leo Levy
F. W. Mehi
Sedalia
Wallendorf
Gaye
Ruth Predock
F. A. Peck
Peck
Ed Ramsey
Squirrels Go West in Search for More Food Trek
New York December 3 AP reports that during winter 1993 34 gray squirrels are undertaking a vast trek from Massachusetts Connecticut and eastern New York. The story notes hundreds seen scampering over the Hudson River near Bear Mountain while a motorist witnesses the unusual movement.
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Hudson
New York
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Bevan
Bear Mountain
Hudson River
Committees Named for Jefferson City Carolers Benefit
Mrs Harlie Gleason announces committee heads for the Jefferson City Carols Association Christmas Eve program to raise funds for the Missouri Society for Crippled Children. An enlistment drive reports groups secured. civic groups and scouts will perform at service clubs. Proceeds support crippled children’s comfort and spirit of giving is urged. Mammal curator George G Goodwin notes a westward migration of beavers near Highland New York, citing crowding and food limits as possible causes. researchers compare to Norway lemmings.
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Harlie Gleason
Jefferson City Carols Association
Charles A. Lee
C. G.scruges
E. H. Winter
Dwight Brown
J. Damhorst
James Young
Leonard Fischer
C. ©. Hanes
James A. Hill
Cortez F. Enloe
Daisy Seaber
Fred Kuhlmann
E. W. Schneider
Sehert Price
Jo Faye Gunn
L. F. ‘Glinkman
Missouri Society For
Highland
X Y
Hudson
George G. Goodwin
American Museum of Natural History
Norway
Goodwin
Tuberculosis seal sale boosts Christmas fund drive
Reports from Jefferson City and surrounding areas note that tuberculosis buttons were sold at various locations to benefit the Christmas Seal Sale. W L Hager and others urge further support as proceeds aim to swell the fund. Community events include a Christmas carol association meeting and a recital by Madame Adelaide Herriot at the Jefferson Theater.
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W. L. Hager
Adelaide Herroit
Jefferson City
Jefferson Theater
Madame Herriot
East
Europe
Reena Muchetlroy Savage
M. E. Ford
Lincoln University
Ethel Bowles
Tipton
Roosevelt of Ruin and Realignment Debate
Senator Johnson of California urged continued Roosevelt program support, warning the economy would deteriorate without it and noting a loosening of party lines amid a broader political realignment. He spoke at the Capitol about public works funding and possible relief, while also calling for a national shift in political thought and merit leveling under the program.
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Washington
iSenator Johnson
California
Roosevelt
Republican Independent
Civil Works Administration
Harry L. Hopkins
Civil Works
CWA
Forestry Bill Loses in Senate Fight Over Local Option
The Missouri Senate defeated a local option amendment to a House forestry bill that would let Ozark counties decide if the 95,000 acre federal land purchase limit should be lifted. The 22 to 8 vote halted the amendment, with supporters arguing county elections could decide the issue while opponents warned tax impacts on schools.
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Ozark
Senate
D.L. Bales
Eminence
Carter Buford
Ellington
Bales
Buford
Missouri
Yellowstone National Park
Ozarks
Governor Langer Assails NRA and AAA in St Louis
North Dakota Governor William Langer condemned the NRA and AAA as harmful to farmers, calling for practical leaders and saying the AAA allotment for wheat would only burden debtors. He also urged patience with President Roosevelt and cited wartime church destruction in France.
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ST. Louis
William Langer
North Dakota
NRA
AAA
Langer
Wallace
Wiliam Hirth
George Peek
Roosevelt
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Syracuse
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Morgan County
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