White House Education Conference calls for federal help on school building
The White House Conference on Education urged federal aid to relieve teacher and classroom shortages as enrollments rise. It warned state and local funding alone cannot cover the projected needs, while concerns about federal control linger. Newsweek criticizes gaps in curriculum and science teaching, noting many high schools lack physics chemistry geometry and foreign language offerings.
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White House
U.S. Office of Education
Eisenhower
Newsweek Magazine
AFL and CIO Merge to Form New Labor Federation
The AFL and CIO unite into a single federation with about 15.4 million members, promising greater influence in business, politics, and international labor. Leaders face new responsibilities as raiding ends and power grows to push for higher living standards, with success measured by benefits to workers nationwide.
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AFL
CIO
Big Labor
United Organization
International Labor
America
Kohler vetoes Milwaukee redistricting bill reshaping Wisconsin politics
Governor Kohler vetoed the Milwaukee reapportionment bill, risking party rifts and fueling speculation about a possible fourth term or Senate bid. Critics note the veto challenges Republican control while Kohler remains less active publicly and several aides depart. The piece also reflects on Kohler's shifting political plans and the near-term influence of his decision on his career.
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Madison
Wis
Kohler
Milwaukee
Wyngaard
Walter S. Goodland
Gov
United States Senate
Sen
McCarthy
Senate
Federal Aid To Education Likely In 1956
Washington reports that federal aid for education, likely for school building, seems assured in 1956. The White House conference on education endorsed aid, Marion B. Folsom indicated administration plans to seek Congress approval, and Lyndon Johnson pledged aiding construction as a Senate priority.
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Washington
White House Conference On Education
Eisenhower
Marion B. Folsom
Senate
Lyndon Johnson
Texas
Washington Notebook: Royal Banquet Delays Roil Elite
A Washington social note recalls Les Amis d Escoffier dining on a six course Sheraton Carlton feast with Earl Warren delayed to eight. Russian embassy hosts dim lights after three hour linger, while Dmitri Shostakovich neighbor chatter and a Pakistan envoy party highlight cross cultural glamour at the capital’s social scene. Mrs Karim in a gold and white sari attracts admiration as she reveals shopping at Hechts basement for four dollars a yard.
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Earl Warren
Les Amis d'Escoffier
Sheraton Carlton
Warren
Epicureans
Staae
Pakistan
Debating Foreign Policy Favored by Dispatch
The David Lawrence Dispatch argues for broad debate on foreign policy in the 1952 campaign. It contends both parties gain from open discussion, criticizes efforts to curb talk, and stresses voters must judge constructive versus destructive criticism and policy records.
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David Lawrence Dispatch
Washington
Dulles
Walter George
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
America
United States
George
Harriman
Geneva
Asia
Africa
Butler
Democratic National Committee
Truman-Acheson
China
State Department
Russia
Department of State
Hull, Stettinius, Marshall, Acheson and
Dukles
New York Herald Tribune, Inc
Lady Walton and the cab that vanished
W G Rogers notes Sir William Walton's American premieres and a tale of Lady Walton with Henry Walck. While strolling after paying her first American check, a taxi mixup leads Walck to chase a departing cab, only to suspect the driver followed Lady Walton.
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Lady Walton
William Walton
Troilus and Cressida
San Franciscco
New York City
Sir William
Oxford University Press
Henry Z. Walck
Oxford
Walton
Walek
Waler
December Is Here Poem By James J. Metcalfe
A poem notes December arriving despite earlier doubts. It contrasts autumn fading with winter’s snow and icy air, yet reassures there is no cause for strife. The verse speaks to lasting life and annual hopes for love and joy for every girl and boy.
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Field Enterprises, Inc
Ten Year and Earlier Local Notes From La Crosse Tribune
From the files of the La Crosse Tribune ten to forty years ago, lists of local figures in roles such as Mary Ellen Smith chairing a Beta Sigma Phi Christmas dance with Jean Larson and Florence Rupp, Harold Bey family returning from Milwaukee, and county teachers meeting to discuss social studies. Also mentions Florence M. Mader, Thomas O. Sletten re election as Citizens' Christmas Committee chairman, Rev. O S Paulson returning to Bethel Lutheran, athletic manager Lincoln K Adkins attending a conference in Chicago, and notes on regent Zeratsky and others. a 40 year note on M M Butties elected commander of Wilson Colwell post and a Prairie du Chien couple becoming parents.
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Mary Ellen Smith
Jean Larson
Florence Rupp
Harold Bey
Jeffrey
Hayes St
F. R. Johnson
Milwaukee
Lower
French Island
Florence M. Mader
S. 14Th St
Chicago
Thomas O. Sletten
Citizens
City Hall
Sletten
Dora Marshall
F. L. Kramer
W. F. Oppermann
Arthur J. Ehrsam
H. W. Hunt
R. C. Dwyer
Stanley
Argyle
Wis
O. S. Paulson
Bethel Lutheran Church
George and Sill Streets
Ralph Mortenson
Lincoln K. Adkins
la Crosse
M. M. Butties
Wilson Colwell
Grand Army of the Republic
Joseph Marvin
Prairie du Chien
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John Wyngaard
Capitol Dome
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Capitol
Europe
New York
Montmartre
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
James Marlow
Folsom
Senhower
Congress
Che la Crosse Tribune
W. J. Burgess
KR. L. Bangsberg
Washington News Notebook
Dmitri Shostakovich
Moscow
Shostakovich
Dmitri
Alya
Mohammed Ali
William Penn Charter School
Philadelphia
Lawrence
W. G. Rogers
Literary Guidepost
James J. Metcalfe
The
la Crosse Tribune
Gordon
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