Pratt High School Salons Run Mock Congress In Kansas
In Pratt Kansas junior high students form a mock national congress at Pratt Junior College. Each school selects two senators and up to six representatives to debate and draft bills on global issues. Past bills include world federation, universal health care, and freezing prices. The program, praised by educators as democracy in action, aims to teach compromise and citizen participation.
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Column Hop Be Bop in FW Study Query
A column notes a house group studying Fort Worth related program proposals. Thorp tells a joint committee about President Truman’s bold new development plan and its implications for cities, lanes, and infrastructure as part of a broader push.
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MacArthur troop request rejected as impractical
General Royall said MacArthur had asked for more troops and planes in Japan but was told it would be impractical to deploy them. Royall reported MacArthur’s recent visit and secret report amid Communist gains in China, noting no discussion of MacArthur returning to the United States.
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Cordley School News Highlights Valentine Party and Moves
Cordley notes colorful Valentine envelopes by kindergartners, annual party plans, and songs learned by both morning and afternoon classes. The American Junior Red Cross drive aided gifts for children abroad. Several first graders moved away, and a new boy, Junior Miller, joined the sixth grade as winter activities included ice skating and a slide.
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Don ‘Traylor
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Valentine
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Wayne Adama
Virginia H. Meeng
Mig Emlsworth
K. U
Eleancr Youngberg
Sharon Starr
Peggy Rictor
Gary Creamer
Peter Anderson
Robert Louis-Stevenson
Andrew
Susan
Montgomery
Cordley
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Sharon Edwards
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Norma Lee Tes
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Ariz
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Nine year old averts bus disaster in Salisbury crash scare
Nine year old Dick Kenney is credited with steering a school bus away from a ditch after driver George Dodge fainted at the wheel as students began for Grove Street School. The boy swerved the bus 400 yards then into a snow bank, expecting the engine to stall on impact, averting a serious crash. Another note from Pittsburg Kansas reports bids opening February 21 for an 80 bed hospital addition to double capacity.
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Senate rejection of automatic wartie ties shocks Europe
Western Europe reacts to the U S Senate decision against an automatic war pledge in the Atlantic pact. Soviet and communist outlets seize on the move. Berlin reports a crisis in the bloc while British and French officials weigh the impact on deterrence and alliance aim. Dutch and other officials stress ironclad mutual support as essential to the pact.
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No Trade Threat on Europe Exports Says Thorp
Washington reports Assistant Secretary of State Willard L. Thorp stated Europe’s recovery under the Marshall plan poses no threat to American foreign trade. He warned that without substantial dollar aid, Europe could not sustain high imports from the United States, though exports to Europe should remain strong except for coal.
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Tax Increase Foresight From House Speaker Rayburn
Washington February 15 House Speaker Rayburn said in all probability there will be a tax increase. He stated to reporters that reports of delaying tax legislation are unfounded and that the Ways and Means Committee intends to advance two acts including securities legislation.
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Clans Opens Next Week In Adult Education Class
The parliamentary law class of the Adult Education program will begin next week. It will meet February 22 at 7 30 p m at Liverery Memorial and feature instructor Mia Ippensi from Kansas City.
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Mia Ippensi
Kansas City
Bandits Net $30,000 In Daring Baltimore Bank Holdup
In southwest Baltimore three armed bandits robbed a Union Trust bank branch at 10 a.m. today taking about $30,000. Head teller Karl Yost was prodded in the ribs as a depositor Howard Singleton was robbed while at a window. The robbers fled in a light blue car, while several young women clerks were made to the rear of the bank. Police reported Capt. William Frehley arrived soon after the holdup.
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Wallace Budget Proposal For Abundance Surfaces In 1918 Bid
Wallace, the 1918 Progressive candidate for president, unveiled a 34 billion dollar Budget for Abundance advocating reduced military outlay and expanded public welfare. He framed his plan as a contrast to Truman era policy and called for a world development fund under the United Nations to foster peace and reconstruction.
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Henry A. Wallace
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World Development and Reconstruction Fund
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War Aid Policy Aims to Restructure Foreign Assistance
The plan seeks to pair the ravages of war with efforts to strengthen colonized regions and backward nations. It advocates spending 6.7 million dollars on domestic programs rather than foreign military and economic aid. It also calls for reduced individual income taxes and steep corporate tax increases.
Bridge Tournament Winners Named At University Event
Betty Sawyer and Ernest Schlachter won the bridge tournament held last night in the Union building. Twenty couples attended the event sponsored by the Four No club led by president Guy Smith. Townspeople are invited to the Monday evening sessions. The scores reached 56, with winners at 82 percent for Sawyer and Schlachter and 63 percent for Richard Ayera and Kim Feitz.
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Guy Smith
Betty Sawyer
Ernest Schlachter
Richard Ayera
Kim Feitz
Two Cage Games Tonight At L MLILS Gym
The Lawrence Lions play Wyane dotte in two basketball games at the L MLILS gym. The BY team game starts at 6 45, with the first contest beginning around 6 15.
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