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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1963
Page
6
Mrs. Caroline Telford of Ottosen displayed an 84 by 90 inch bedspread featuring a spider web design completed last winter. At 93 years old she proves such crafts and projects reflect the spirit of the National Defense Education Act’s aim to foster fullest development.
The National Defense Education Act provides federal aid for graduate fellowships. Since signing on September 2, 1955, about 7,000 graduate students have received awards across 170 institutions. Of the $80 million expended, roughly half funds stipends and stipends related costs, the rest supports graduate schools. In fiscal 1963, 1,500 students were awarded for 1963-1964 study, in 621 new or expanded programs across 155 institutions.
Former President Harry S. Truman, 79, visited Grinnell College as a politician in residence. He addressed two classes and a lecture, held a news conference, and participated in a Q and A session. He deflected ifs and buts, praised American youth, and criticized racial marriage and Republican rivals while defending wheat sales to Russia.
The Graduate Fellowship Program expands to include all 50 states and the District of Columbia for the first time. The current fiscal year’s cost is about $20.7 million.
Charles Elsner of rural Monmouth raised a giant sunflower with a circumference of four feet and a diameter of 16 inches, weighing 74 pounds.
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