Equalization of School Aid Urged by Illinois Supt Page
Illinois State Superintendent Ray Page urged raising the state aid equalization level from 330 to 400 per pupil to boost state share of costs to 29 percent. He outlined a plan for a 12 member elected state board of education with six year terms and districts based on two congressional districts.
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Springfield
Ill
Ray Page
Illinois School Problems Commission
Page
Board of Education
State Board of Education
University of Illinois
42 Pieces of Mail Expected This Holiday Season
The Post Office Department predicts 8.5 billion pieces of mail will be handled this year for the nation’s people, a rise from last season’s record. The article also notes discussions on changing state education governance and the need for a constitutional amendment to move from elective to appointive boards.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Chicagoan Held as Counterfeiter
Francis A. McTague, 40, of Chicago, was charged by federal warrant after police found counterfeit traveler’s checks totaling 6470 in his car. The bogus checks, issued on Bank of America San Francisco, were passed in Indiana, Kentucky, Illinois and Missouri.
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Cape Girardeau, Mo
Francis A. McTague
Chicago
McTague
San Francisco
Bank of America
Indiana
Kentucky
Illinois
Missouri
India cuts deaths and births amid plague of Nagpur mystery
India reduces death rate from 27.4 per 1000 to 16 as birth rate falls toward 18 per 1000. Malaria control and family planning boost life expectancy, while Nagpur faces a deadly unexplained encephalitis-like illness. Leprosy remains a major health challenge with over half a million cases. The program seeks $5.25 billion for sanitation and safe water over 20 years.
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New Delhi
India
Nagpur
Health Ministry
National Institute of Communicable Diseases
Scream Scene Foils Bank Holdup at Indianapolis Branch
Two armed men in ski masks robed Merchants Bank & Trust Co. in Indianapolis. A screaming woman and a customer frightened the bandits, who forced manager Robert Buck to open the vault but took no money. They fled in a car abandoned later, while store owner Alvin Storey reported seeing the masked pair inside and outside the bank.
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Indianapolis
Merchants Bank & Trust Co
Robert E. Buck
Buck
Alvin A. ‘Storey
Storey
Wapk
Moon Locking In: Earth Tides Slow Rotation
Scientists report strong tidal forces from Earth have slowed the Moon’s rotation until it now keeps the same face toward Earth. The effect results from gravitational interaction and may affect future lunar observations and missions.
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Moon
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Kemble School
Utica
N. Y
Pactra
Hidelto
Wabash—Meadows & Southland
Woolworth
Alton Blakeslee
Ernest Tierkel
Atlanta Center
U.S. Agency For International Development
Mopup
Bombay
Tierkel
Terre Haute, Indiana
AGM Agit
Rus
Wabash — Meadows
Southland
Woolworth 'S
Wyoolworth’s
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