Eisenhower outlines 12 Billion plan to build schools nationwide
President Eisenhower presents an emergency five year federal aid program to relieve a growing classroom shortage. He emphasizes state and local responsibility, with federal funds allocated by need and matched by lower income states. The plan calls for focus on districts with the least economic ability and boosts for educational research and higher education.
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Eisenhower
Lit
Toca
Welfare Department
Fisenhower
Congress
Office of Education
Second Extortion Plot Admitted by Suspect
Sacramento man William T. Ellis 27 confessed to attempting 310,000 extortion in Sacramento. He said he conspired with two others in Fortland Oregon in 1954 to extort 150,000 from Edward C. Sammons president of the U S National Bank of Portland. He claimed he backed out before Feb 24, 1854 when Sammons alerted police.
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William T T. Ellis
Fortlend
Ore
Robart
Rauschert
Ellis
Hdward C. Sammons
U.S. National Bank of Portland
Portland
Elis
George Steiner
Steiner
Eft
William Ellis
Beardless Lincoln Statue Ordered in Chicago Square
Springfield reports the Abraham Lincoln Memorial Commission chose Dr Avard Fairbanks to sculpt a beardless Abraham Lincoln statue for Chicago Lincoln Square. The bronze work costs 35000 dollars and will be 1K times larger than Lincoln’s real measurements, reflecting an 1869 Chicago appearance.
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Springfield
Abraham Lincoln
Chicago
Avard Fairbanks
University of Utah
Fairbanks
Engine of Aerotrain derailed in Manhattan tow
The diesel engine of the New York Central Railroad’s Aerotrain derailed Wednesday night on tracks under Fork Ave in Manhattan as it was being towed. The rear six wheels jumped the tracks and the engine was jacked back onto the rails at 3 39 a.m. No damage to the wing coach or other cars was reported. It was slated to go on display at Casteran today after its inaugural run last week at Grand Central Station.
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New York
New York Central Railroad
New “Aerotrain
Fork Ave
Manhattan
Orto Ink
Caseran
Grand Central Station
Teachers and Eisenhower aid push for school funding formula
Rep Kelley argues for a distribution formula that would spread school funding widely placing the school business times under greater government control. The remarks reflect a push for federal role in education finance and teacher support amid ongoing policy debate.
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Eisenhower
Kelley
School Business Times
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