Public schools need federal aid says NEA survey
The National Education Association reports a postwar school funding gap with 21 states below the national per pupil average and rural districts paying as low as 200 a year. It urges a minimum federal aid floor plus targeted help for poorer states to reach adequate standards.
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National Education Association
U. S
U.S
Mississippi
New York
Maine
West Virginia
Texas
Nebraska
Oklahoma
North Dakota
Florida
Vermont
Idaho
Juliana
Missouri
North Carolina
South Dakota
Georgia
Virginia
Tennessee
South Carolina
Alabama
Kentucky
Arkansas
New Rescue Plane Planned For Air Force Units
The Air Force plans to equip its air sea rescue groups with 32 Grumman SA 16A high speed amphibious planes to replace older Catalina types. The Grumman aircraft features two 1,425 horsepower Wright engines, a crew of three, cruising 225 mph, max 275 mph, and payloads up to 14 passengers or 16 litter patients or 4 100 pounds of cargo with a 600 to 4 000 mile range. Firestone president Harvey S. Firestone Jr. remarks on equipment and knowhow contributions.
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Air Force
Parliaments and Puzzles Across Horizons
A puzzle-packed page lists clues and answers in a mixed horizon with terms from parliament language and mixed vertical hints. It covers words for positions, prefixes, insects, symbols, and place names, inviting readers to fill the crossword style grid.
Democracy ideals and hospital progress in quiet towns
A reader reflects on Sydenham hospital in New York and a Poughkeepsie facility employing Black staff without discrimination. He cites a Canadian manifesto on democracy, stressing the individual's responsibility and the economic dimension of democratic ideals.
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Y Eleanor Roosevelt Hyde, Park
Sydenham Hospital
New York City
Vassar Hospital
Poughkeepsie
Sydenham
I. D. Willis
Toronto
Canada
Willis
United States
Pocatello Postings Show Elastic City Governance and Odd Tales
Local report highlights council actions after a brief session, including a 35 cent first passenger cab fare and a permit request for a multi million air base. A lost shirt from an open cockpit flight ends with an emergency landing and a police court mercy tale. A jailed man, unable to pay a fine, remains in custody after repeating misadventures.
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Alphonse
Phillips
Louise Boyatt
Emma Parkin
North Grant Ave
Don Bistline
Veterans housing fraud probes loom as Dallas grand jury opened
U S attorney Frank Potter faces pressure as a special grand jury probes veterans housing fraud after a Dallas inquiry revealed side payment schemes and delayed prosecutions. Letters from R F Andrews show the VA resisted swift action while calls to grand juries expand to Ft Worth and include prominent citizens.
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Washington
U. S
Dallas
Texas
Dallas Home Builders Association
Frank’ Potter
Tom Clark
Philip W. Yager
Andrews
Godfrey
Dallas Home Builders
Baker
G. I
Veterans Administration
Justice Department
Dallas Loan Guaranty Division
U. S. Attorney’s Office
Frank Potter
FT. Worth
Whitehall and Williams
Expatriate Lucky Luciano hires new press agent
Robert C Ruark surveys overseas bulletins noting Edmunds, former Maj James Edmunds, as publicist for Lucky Luciano. The piece recalls Edmunds’ role in the Lee case and his knack for smearing critics while preparing Luciano’s U.S. reentry image. Ruark hints at a forthcoming book and satirizes press relations tactics.
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Lucky Luciano
New York
Edmunds
Lucky Luc
Maj
James Edmunds
United States Army
Lee
Ira Wyche
Army
Luciano
Tom Dewey
United States
Dannemora
Lucky
Havana
Frank Sinatra
Ralph Capone
Frischetti Boys
Chicago
Narcotics Bureau
Italy
Rome
Luc
Iano
Norm Montellier
United Press
Charlie Lucky
U. S
Best Seller List Highlights Notable Novels and Works
Publishers Weekly compiles top fiction and non fiction titles including Pilgrim's Inn by Elizabeth Goudge The Naked and the Dead by Norman Mailer The Golden Hawk by Frank Yerby Peony by Pearl S Eck Raintree County by Ross Lockridge Jr Civilization on Trial by Arnold Toynbee Sexual Behavior in the Human Male by Kinsey and others Peace of Mind by Joshua Liebman Malabar Farm by Louis Bromfield Jim Farley's Story by James A Farley
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Publishers’ Weekly
Pilgrim’s Inn
Elizabeth Goudge
Norman Mailer
Frank Yerry
Pearl S. Eck
Raintree County
Ross Lockridge, Jr
Arnold J. Toynbee
A. C. Kinsey
Joshua L. Liebman
Malabar Farm
Louis Bromfield
Jim Farley
James A. Farley
Giant cactus spreads roots widely in sahuary plant
The sahuary giant cactus shows an extensive root system radiating up to fifty feet from the trunk. Rain is stored in the pulpy interior as roots stay near the surface. It isn’t so bad to make mistakes if you make new ones.
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California
Earl Warren
Warren
Philadelphia
Old Guard
Congress
Washington
Peron
Argentina
Truman
Radio Program Schedule Snapshot Keio and KEYY Lists
A detailed listing of daily radio programs for KEIO 1450 and KEYY 1240, including show times and hosts such as Sagebrush Serenade Zeke Manners AP News Breakfast Club Your Hollywood News and Adventures across daytime evenings and late-night blocks. The guide traces music talks news and serials from early morning through late night with multiple sponsors and program blocks.
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AP News
Zeke Manners
Hollywood
Ted Malone
Bankhage
Nancy Craig
KC A. M
IMN Farm Journal
Intermountain News
Melody Ranch
Cedric Foster
Harold Turner
Organism
Bill Harrington
Aese
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Harvey S. Firestone Jr
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
Horizonta
Esau
Epping
Eleanor Roosevelt
Pocatello
Philly
Drew Pearson
French Railway Workers Veterans Association
France
Brotherhoods
U.S.A
Commandent
Guy de la Vasselais
Liason
3Rd Army
Patton
Auriol
Limoges
Annecy
Brittany
America
Taft and
Millikin
Sam Rayburn
Con
Gressman Aime Forand
Rhode Island
Robert C. Ruark
KEIO
Martin Black
Red Hook
David Rose
Two Ton Baker
IMN
Tommy Dorsey
Fulton Lewis, Jr
Vick
Mertt
Superman
Tom Mix
Billy Rose
Gabriel Heatter
Henry J. Taylor
Col.ie Quix Academy
Bill Henry
Meet the Press
Tex Beneke
All the
Barclay Allan
Orch
Carmen Cavallero
Inside of Sports
al Trace
George Winslow
Griff Williams
Mutual Reports
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