Education bills seek federal funding to raise teachers' salaries
The article notes multiple proposed federal funds to boost teachers' pay led by Vermont Senator George Aiken with support from Greenan McGrath and McCarran Democrats and Taft Republicans. It cites resistance from GOP leaders and southern lawmakers fearing costs, plus Aiken's push for at least $100 per pupil annually.
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Truman's Monroe Doctrine Divides World Over Communism
Washington column analyzes President Truman's foreign policy address and its global resonance. It notes bipartisan reception, anti communist concerns, and cites Kiplinger on three aims of American Communists. The piece discusses potential ban worries and the party's likely underground shift.
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U S Life Insurance Increases in the 1940s
A survey shows the average U S family held over four life insurance policies by end of 1945 with $4000 in coverage. The 1945 protection per family rose more than 20 percent since 1940 and nearly matched the 1945 national income average of $4300.
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Thousands of New Small Businesses Flourish in 1946
Walter Shead reports on a Commerce Department survey showing 365000 new small firms in first half of 1946 and projected 687000 for the year, with 178000 closures. By year end 1946 there were 3733000 firms, 509000 more than 1945, and small business recovery outpacing 1940 prewar levels in many sectors.
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Vanishing Whooping Crane Counts Drop in Gulf Coast
The column notes the disappearing whooping crane with a photo missing. National magazines report estimates from about 29 to 100 birds remaining, per a Fish and Wildlife survey, with fewer than 40 counted in the southern Louisiana and Texas coast region.
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Barbs by Bankhage and Oddities in a Squeezed Year
A jumble of quirky notes from Los Angeles to Pittsburgh hints at oddities in industry and culture. The piece parodies progress with an egg shaped aluminum car, Oregon tourist schooling, mpg questions, LA rats, Hollywood orchids, and a chimpanzee’s daily sherry habit, closing with a pun on monkey business.
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