Wagner Murray Dingle bill reshapes national social security
Washington column outlines the Wagner Murray Dingle bill overhauling the social security act. It federalizes old age and unemployment insurance, expands hospital aid and health centers, and imposes new payroll contributions on employers and workers. Domestic workers and small businesses would be covered with stamp-based bookkeeping to replace state administration. The plan also increases federal grants for hospitals and rural health services and expands maternal child health programs.
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WNU
Washington Bureau
Union Trust Building
Washington
America
House
Senate
Bretton Woods
Veterans Administration
Bradley
San Francisco
Truman
Returning Soldier Sees America in Technicolor after War
A returning serviceman exults in postwar life from the skyline to street vendors. He praises American scenes, buses, signs, and people, calling homefront sights artistic and unforgettable. He notes chatter in trains, bars, and streets, and imagines future visits. The piece ends with wartime observations and a glimpse of postwar consumer life.
Cortez First to Wave Star Spangled Banner
Legend says Cortez carried a twelve star flag over the New World more than two centuries before the Stars and Stripes. Stars and stripes allegedly flew first in Fort Stanwix where defenders improvised a banner from shirts red flannel petticoats and a captain's blue cloak.
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Cortez
Mexico
Fort Stanwix
Rome
N. Y
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