New Aid Bill To Equalize Schools By James Marlow
Federal aid to education faces approval in Congress after years of debate. The bill would distribute 300 million dollars to 48 states for grammar and high schools, with at least five dollars per child and higher shares to poorer states like Mississippi. It preserves state control, addresses teacher shortages, and allows states to decide if funds go to nonpublic schools.
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James Marlow
Associated Press
Ashington
Congress
Senate
House
Achors
New York
Mississippi
Critics Rally Against Anti Negro Bias Film
A reader defends avoiding a motion picture about anti Negro prejudice while critiquing efforts to prove racial bias. The note discusses film producer Kramer converting a Jewish theme to a Negro one and collaborating with Carl Foreman and Mark Robson on a script linked to Champion starring Kirk Douglas.
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Gnan
Kramer
Carl Foremman
Mark Robson
Kirk Douglas
Home of the Brave and the politics of prejudice
George E Sokolsky argues that the film Home of the Brave offers no moral edge by casting a Negro hero and white villain or vice versa. He contends anti Negro bias is more marketable than anti Semitism, calls for unity, civility, and a reconstruction of humane relations among Americans beyond hatred and bigotry.
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Paul Robeson
The Slinky inventor Dick James and his rising toy
Dick James, a 31 year old former marine engineer, created Slinky from flat high carbon steel wire to walk downstairs. He quit his $5000 job after a showroom demo sold 400 coils in 90 minutes and secured a patent as Slinky became a booming toy with millions sold.
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James
Hal Boyle
Slinky
Philadelphia
Tom
Betty
James James and the Birth of the Slinky Toy
Hal Boyle reports James James hired to manufacture elastic wire coils now made and sold in four countries. He recalls weighing names before wife suggested Slinky, noting massive growth of new children and luck in creating a walking toy. Engineers ignored elastic wire until the unexpected breakthrough.
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James
The
Associated Press
Voice From Grave Backs W. C. Fields Estate Claim
A Follies singing star's voice from the grave supports a man’s claim to be W C Fields's son and heir to his estate. Depositions allege a 1928 deathbed letter naming William Rexford Fields Morris as Fields's son, with wife Harriet Fields and other heirs also involved. If true, the claimant would be about 31 years old.
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Los Angeles
Follies
W. C. Fields
Fields
William Rexford Fields Morris
Onset
Mass
Bessie Adelaide Witherell
Bessie Chatteron Poole
Harriet V. Fields
Rose Holden
New York
Bill
Texas Student Wins Newspaper Contest Awarded $500 and gold medal
James L. Rogers, 23, of San Marcos Texas, a veteran and UT graduate journalism student, won the eighth annual journalism contest of the American Newspaper Publishers Association for his essay on how readership studies affect news features and advertising in newspapers.
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James L. Rogers
San Marcos
Tex
University of Texas
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Rogers
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