Assembly Did Well By State Education
Baltimore March 29 Maryland's 1954 General Assembly fared well for public education says Milson C Raver executive secretary of the Maryland State Teachers Association The association represents more than 10500 members and notes no action on greater State aid for school building The group warns a classroom shortage looms with about 1000 more rooms needed yearly through 1960 and costs potentially exceeding 200 million dollars local taxes can not bear the burden The Green Commission slows financing action while a State bond approach is under study The group applauds higher pay for county superintendents and retirement benefits for teachers A proposal to exempt private nurseries from state approval and a standardized report card plan were defeated in the legislature
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Baltimore
Maryland
General Assembly
Milson C. Raver
Maryland State Teachers’ Assn
Maryland Teacher, the Association
Raver
State Department of Education
Green Commission
Anne Arundel County
Dulles Presses United Action to Halt Communists
Secretary of State Dulles urged united action by the Free World to prevent Communist conquest of Indochina and Southeast Asia. He warned of grave risks but said those risks are smaller than inaction years hence. The plan encompasses the United States and its allies, and was cleared with President Eisenhower.
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Frederick
United Action
Free World
Southeast Asia
Indochina
Skoda
Czechoslovakia
Dulles
United States
Russia
New York
Eigenhower
Patton
Far East
Overseas Press Club
Reds
U. S
Philippines
Australia
New Zealand
Pacific
U S
China
United Nations
Geneva
Korea
Peiping
United Nations Command
Housewarming draws 600 as Frederick coop marks new space
More than 690 farmers and guests attended the Southern States Frederick Cooperative and Service Agency housewarming on Saturday. Albert Ridgeley said the event featured dancing by Middletown High School orchestra, a supply stand, prize drawings, and a Leonard electric range won by Mrs. Joseph H. Zimmerman. Other prizes included a purebred Ayrshire heifer calf won by Charles W. Castle, plus various smaller gifts. Roses were given to ladies as attendees received a pint of All Household Cleaner. Board members and advisory committee men helped run the program, with remarks by Mayor Donald B. Rice praising the cooperative and Frederick’s agriculture
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Frederick Cooperative and Service Agency
Albert R. Ridgeley
Middletown High School
Leonard Electric
Joseph H. Zimmerman
Frederick
Staley Nairn
Charles W. Castle
Ems
Anne Catsail
Buckeystown
Edward Miles
Hyattstown
Roger Rothenhoefer
Norman Lease
Turkey and Pakistan pact to be signed in Karachi
Ankara reports a Turkish Pakistani accord to be signed in Karachi by week’s end. A Turkish Foreign Office source said the pact would be signed in the near future amid Russian notes denouncing the proposal. Delaware’s population largely resides in the Wilmington area.
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Ankara
Turkey
Karachi
Russia
Pakistan
Mahoney Resumes Argument With Byrd
Baltimore March 29 1947 George P Mahoney renewed his argument with MP H C Byrd over out of state students at the University of Marsland in the governor race. Mahoney cited 1940 figures showing Maryland subsidizing non residents while many Marylanders studied out of state. He charged Byrd’s reply as an excuse and stressed funding dynamics under Maryland taxpayers.
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Baltimore
George P. Mahoney
H C Byrd
University of Marsland
Mahoney
Byrd
Maryland
Mayland
Anti-Communists Win Over Reds In Italian City Election
In Castellammare di Stabia, Italy, anti-Communist forces allied center parties with Monarchists and Fascists ousted the Reds from eight years of power in a municipal vote seen as a national weather vane. The center right coalition won 15,060 votes to 14,661 for the Communists, in a city of 60,000. Phrases include Socialist presence as the strongest single party and a political shift since 1949.
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Castellamarre DI Stabia
Italy
Reds
1959 election in shipbuilding town sees red victory
In a close race the Communist candidates won 13 124 votes to 12 138 for the Light party in a shipbuilding town. Observers, noting nationwide Christian Democratic government tensions, watch for any local fallout on grass-roots support.
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Mary
Christian Democratic
Education Board Forms Three Sub Committees in Maryland
Maryland State Board of Education creates three subcommittees to focus on distinct school issues. Wendell D. Allen chairs the effort, after a recommendation by Dr. Thomas G. Pullen. Members include Garvin E. Tanhrsiv, Jerome Framptom Jr, William Gunter, Dwight Holmes, Curtis Walker, and Richard Marcus, each assigned to study state teachers colleges, public schools, and department organization. The board notes prior subcommittees met with success as the system grows more complex.
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Baltimore
Maryland
State Board of Education
Wendell D. Allen
The
Heart
Thomas G. Pullen
Allen
Garvin E Tanh
Rsiv
Bethesaa
Jerome Framptom Jr
Federalsburg
William Gunter
Cumberland
Dwight
Pullen
Coontinues
Board forms subcommittees to study public school system
The board plans special subcommittees to study the three major divisions of the public school system. Mrs Tankersley and Frampton receive added tasks as specialists on teachers colleges. Allen appoints them and Gunter to advise on Frostburg State Teachers College president selection as Miss Lillian Compton nears retirement after 50 years in education.
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Bod
Tankersley
Frampton
Allen
Gunter
Fon
Frostburg State Teachers College
Lillian C. Compton
Frostburg Formine
Second H-Bomb Test Reported From Pacific Proving Ground
An Atomic Energy Commission statement says the second thermonuclear test was successfully carried out on Friday March 26 at the Pacific proving ground in the Marshall Islands. Chairman Lewis L. Strauss had just returned from the site to announce the test results.
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Waosninuiund
Marco Dib
United States
Pacific
Atomic Energy Commission
Lewis L. Strauss
Pacific Proving Ground
Commission
Marshall Islands
Naval
Air Force
ILA Goes On Trial In Contempt Charge
In New York on March 29, the International Longshoremen's Association faced a trial for contempt of the federal government over its strike on the water front. A conviction could bring a six figure fine and threaten the union's finances again. The ILA had recently been aided from near bankruptcy by a large loan from John Lewis and his United Mine Workers. Italy's population density is about 412 people per square mile.
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New York
International
Assa
New York Water
Osh
ILA
John Lewis
United Mine Workers
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