Debt and school construction woes face nation in 1957
The Raleigh Register reports crowded classrooms and aging buildings nationwide. Local communities and states struggle with funding as federal aid falters. Pennsylvania’s public school building authority model gains interest as a potential solution amid tight credit and uncertain congressional action.
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T. Z. Munger
Raleigh Register
Bickley
W. Va
Slanaford
Stamford
Washington
Doub
Congress
Pennsylvania
Treasury
Ringling Circus Returns to the Road in 1957 Season
The Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Circus plans a mix of indoor and outdoor engagements for 1957 after a 1956 season cut short by labor disputes and costs. The show, now fully unionized, will tour from Madison Square Garden to Boston and Rochester before performing in baseball parks and state fairgrounds.
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Jimmie Armstrong
Ringling Brothers
Barnum & Bailey
Big Top
Pittsburgh
Jimmie’ S
American Guild of Variety
International ‘Brotherhood
Teamsters
King Brothers
Janother
Clyde Beatty
Ringling Circus
Guild of Variety Artists
Billboard
Mid-west
Floto
Hagenbeck - Wallace
Cole Brothers
Ringling
Madison Square Garden
Boston
Providence
Rochester
Hershey
State Fair Grounds
April Fool Eagle Dispatch mocks Woodrow Wilson notes
In a prank edition the Eagle Dispatch jokes about Woodrow Wilson High School adding girl cheerleaders and a smoking room while announcing plausible staff moves at NC University. It also teases the Harvey Globetrotters offer and Harvard scholarship news, ending with a coal production history by Rep Kee.
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Woodrow Wilson High School
Eagle Dispatch
van Meter
NCU
Tatem
North Carolina University
Elvis Presley
Raleigh County
Municipal Auditorium
Presley
Civic Auditorium
C. G. Peregoy
Peregoy
Danny Williams
Harlem Globetrotters
The
Dispatch
Pete Arnold
Bob Farley
Harvard
Robert ‘Frog’ Young
Rudd Mahoney
Annapolis
Vic Peelish
Look Magazine
Woodrow Wilson
Foreign aid at ten years a record of costs and results
Relman Morin surveys a decade of American foreign aid with grants loans and military support. The piece traces shifts from Europe to Asia and the Middle East, notes large outlays now dominated by military aid, and questions value amid mixed results and rival views.
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Relman Morin
Washington
America
Atlas
Russia
United States
Eisenhower
Congress
University of Chicago
Europe
Far East
Middle East
Africa
Greece
Turkey
Corr Uea
U.S
Korea
Indochina
China
Formosa
Siberia
India
Viet Nam
Pakistan
Iran
Western Europe
Reds
Ord
Fis
NATO
Canada
U. S
Perry Como Honored at Friars Club Man of the Year Dinner
Perry Como drew emotion and laughter at a Friars Club Man of the Year dinner in New York. Colleagues and stars including Phil Silvers, Ray Bolger, Buddy Hackett, Jack E. Leonard, and Danny Thomas saluted him with jokes and praise while his wife looked on. The event, held on a Tuesday, honored his long career as Como spoke softly and thanked attendees.
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Perry Como
Friars Club
Broadway
Madison Ay
Speedy
Phil Silvers
M.c
Friars
Church
Phil
Ray Bolger
Giséle Mackenzie
Pati Page
Edward G. Robinson
Joey Bishop
Buddy Hackett
Jack
E. Leonard
Bing Crosby
Perry
Earl
Sid Caesar
NBC
Steve Connan
Sam Goldwyn
Rauity
Julie Newmar
Mgr
Tony Bennett
Tenally
New
Docs
Sidney Blackmer
Hedy Lamarr
Billy Eckstine
Sarah Vaughan
Tanb ‘Hunter
Darby
Rangers
Bill O'Dwyer
Pat Boone
Paramount
Martine Carol
Charles Boyer
Nana
Eugene O'Neill
Charles Laughton
Julie Andrews
Mary Martin
Casey Stengel
Yogi Berra
Jack Warsden
Hecht-Lancaster
McClellan Committee
Teamsters Union
N. Y
al Hibbler
March
Joe BE. Ross
Sgt. Biko
Horse Sense in Child Education Through Earned Money
A psychologist advocates cutting a child’s allowance and teaching responsibility by earning money. He notes girls can work for pay with tasks like cooking, cleaning, and shopping. Parents are urged to let children manage grocery purchases and compare prices to learn decision making and thrift.
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Janet.k
D- Crane
Teacil
The Worry Clinic Advises Against Child Allowances
A retail note argues against weekly child allowances as harmful to psychology, urging earnings for children through work or school merit. It promotes paying for labor and school marks, and offers a booklet on budgeting via Dr. Crane through the newspaper.
PTA Minstrel Dropped Over Misunderstanding in Piney View
A Piney View PTA member explains the church backed plan for a church minstrel show was canceled after members faced pressure and false rumors. The author urges unity, notes Bible study at school, and invites fathers to the April PTA meeting as children need parental support.
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the Register
Piney View
PTA
Silas Greene
Temperatures claim 25660 degrees in Chicago lab
Intriguing science claim reports temperatures up to 25660 degrees in a Chicago laboratory far exceeding the sun’s surface. A tall Indian man 7 feet 8 inches tall reportedly still growing sparks sports interest among recruiters. Two chimp paintings in Baltimore fetch 30 dollars. UN headquarters in New York supposedly features 672 windows per a claim from a fellow desk neighbor.
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Chicago
United Nations
New York
Interesting Items From The Mail And Other Trivia
A collection of curious tidbits on diverse topics from ear plugs to gravity, seasickness remedies, Broadway vanity trends, Rin Tin Tin earnings, and odd historical notes. Includes trivia about politics, lawmaking, sports, and ancient remedies, with anecdotes about listeners and famous figures.
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New York
Rin-Tin-Tin
North Pole
Andrew Jackson
White House
U.S
Mark Twain
Don’t Bet on Civil Rights This Year
Washington observers doubt Civil Rights legislation will pass this year. The House favors a broad bill creating a six member commission to study civil rights with subpoena power, while the Senate blocks due to a southern filibuster. The proposal includes a Civil Rights Division and new assistant attorney general to run it.
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Washington
Congress
House Judiciary Committee
Eisenhower
House
Rules Committee
Senate Judiciary Committee
Senate
Justice Department
Prayer on Time and Grace by Carl Heath Kopf
A devotional reflection emphasizes that everyone has the same 24 hours and asks for grace to use time wisely for God and others. The prayer attributed to Carl Heath Kopf from Washington D C calls for mindful living and pleasing actions through Christ.
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Christ
Carl Heath Kopf
Washington, D. C
First Congregational Church
James Michener Year Shapes Jost Logan Move to Film
Hollywood director Jost Logan plans to spend 1957 filming Michener subjects Sayonara and South Pacific after abandoning stage projects Mister Roberts and Bus Stop. His Sayonara reworks Marlon Brando’s marriage to Miiko Taka, facing cultural disapproval. Logan will return to theater in 1958 after completing the two movies.
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Bob Thomas
Hollywood
James Michener
Jost Logan
Michener
Logan
Mister Roberts
Japan
Josh
London
Sayonara
Marion” Brando
Miiko Taka
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West Virginia
Elizabeth Kee
Fifth Congressional District
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Atlanta
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Cee Peer Ee
Reckiey Newspapers Corporation
Danny ‘Thomas
Toledo, CO
God
By Earl Wilson
Gisele MacKenzie
George W. Crane
Janet
Baltimore Zoo
Louisiana State University
New Etate
Ghana
the Times
South
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