Senate approves foundation education program bill
State Senate approved a foundation program for education 34 to 0 in Frankfort, sending the measure to the governor. The plan, backed by Kentucky educators, would fund public schooling on a per child basis, targeting universal access while, critics warn, expanding state control. The House meanwhile sent a related bill, and the legislation outlines funding, district requirements, and education service provisions for Kentucky's public schools.
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George W. Awackett
Frankfort
Marth
Kentucky
Senate
Govence Weiherby
Nro Porents
Kline Fails In Farm Bid Amid National Debate
In Washington the farm bid faced opposition as Congress debated price supports and marketing laws. President Eisenhower's era policy proposals drew both support and criticism from farmers and lawmakers, while regional critics warned that proposed changes could raise costs and disrupt markets.
Papers Merge In Washington Newspapers Unite
Washington papers merge forming the Washington Post and Times Herald. The Past independent, the Times Herald joins under a dual masthead with both names on the top page. The sale ends after a last-minute bid by Marvin Tankers and farmer publisher McCartney, creating a unified daily.
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Washington
Bykah
Washington Past
Flines-Herald
Robert Th. McCormick
Post
Times
Erate
Fintes-Llovate Eoauigs
Evry Tiedtie Rohanene
Marvin “Tankers Iiv
Farmer Herald
Erliter
McCartinbee
Marshal Starts Service Of 38 UMW Subpenas In Conspiracy Case
Lexington report: U.S. marshal served 38 subpenas today in a federal conspiracy case involving 85 United Mine Workers Chin members indicted by a May 1953 grand jury. The proceedings in Federal Court are expected to last three days with more than 60 witnesses planned. One defendant, Chillies Vorimitl, died in a highway crash in August. Tom fan Tikevitte, head of UMW District 30, remains a defendant.
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U.S
United Mine Workers Chin
UMW
Joinie
Ziun
Cliyane Hoyli
Department of Justice
UMW 1 Chillies
UMW District 30
Absa
Bea Defeaudan
Christmas tree industry spans United States and UK woodlands
The piece notes a large Christmas tree trade with 21,050,000 trees and 80 percent produced privately. It mentions vast woodland acres dedicated to tree growth and suggests long lifespans for trees and related national scope across regions.
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Unitedities
Alwal
Girl Survives 175-Foot Fall at National Park
Dolores Van Pays, 17, of Washington, fell 175 feet from a cliff at MY. RATNER NATIONAL PARK while walking with another girl. She landed on ice below and was hospitalized with a brain concussion, a broken vertebrae, and internal injuries but is expected to recover. Rescue workers aided by a kayaker and brought her to a waiting ambulance.
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Ratner National Park
Wash
Ypaicipet
Dolores van Pays
Narane
Hirst
Assixhuit
Tanger
Pearse
Marton
Dovine
Communists Press Dien Bien Phu as French Brace for New Assault
Viet Minh shells explode around Dien Bien Phu as French defenses hold, with estimates of thousands of Viet Minh casualties and a looming push by Gen Vo Nguyen Giap. French forces include Foreign Legionnaires Algerians Moroccans Vietnamese and Thai tribal fighters as they prepare for a renewed, ferocious attack.
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Indochina
Dien Blen Phu
Mdochina
Oy Tanent Bien Lien Phu
Tche Conton
Foreign Legionnaires
Nguyen Lap
Dien Bien Phu
France Seeks US Help to Buy Chinese Support in Indochina
Paris aims to secure American backing at the Geneva conference to win Chinese Communist support for ending the Indochina war. French officials warn that without U.S. assistance, a new government may reject Europe defense plans, including a European army, risking a collapse in Viet Nam Laos and Cambodia and complicating Secretary Dulles' Geneva diplomacy.
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Washington
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United States
U.S
Europe
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Francé
Lucetment
Peipidy
Indochina
Int Ouhing Tong
Viet Nam
Laos
Cambodia
Dulles
Geneva
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