Public Searches For Answer To Increase In Illegitimate Births
Washington reports a record 200000 plus births out of wedlock annually fueling debate over morality and taxpayer costs. HEW notes 210 million dollars this year under ADC, with 27.29 monthly per child. Experts caution punishment is not the solution.
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Washington
U. S
Raleigh
N. C
Walter S. Chachere
Katherine B. Oettinger
U. S. Children's Bureau
U. S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
Office of Vital Statistics
Cottinger
Lucille Burke
Columbus
Ohio
North Carolina Conference For Social Service
New England
Middletown Food Service
Homes for unwed mothers offer shelter and hope
The article discusses the rise of illegitimacy and the public debate over aid to unmarried mothers. It notes Rockefeller's law, local limits on benefits, and the Salvation Army and Florence Crittenton network as critical, compassionate refuges bearing names like Door of Hope and House of Mercy.
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York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Elizabeth
N. J
Salvation Army
Florence Crittenton Assn
Door of Hope
House of Mercy
Education chiefs launch sex education in seven DC schools
Disturbed by rising teenage pregnancies in Washington DC after school segregation ended in 1954 authorities start a pioneering sex education program in seven elementary schools this year.
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Washington, D. C
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