Big New Education Aid Bill to Start in January
The education bill, the largest in decades, will begin operation in January. Funds reach college loans, graduate fellowships, and guidance programs. College loans offer up to 1000 dollars yearly with 10 year repayment after graduation. Fellowships total 1000 initial and rise to 1500 annual, with stipends up to 2400 plus dependent increments. Guidance institutes provide 75 dollars weekly plus 15 per dependent for high school counselors. State tests and language teacher institutes are planned, with broader support for vocational education and equipment.
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Changing Times
Office of Education
We Should Have Won In the Sixties
A Pike County Georgia Journal letter argues alternatives if the U S and Confederacy had allied after the sixties era. It envisions better reconstruction, aid from Uncle Sam, and a peacetime partnership with the United States while criticizing current liberal policies. It notes Texas flags history and the Fiesta de San Jacinto in San Antonio honoring the 1836 battle.
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San Jacinto
San Antonio
Texas
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Poor drafting of Texas constitutional amendments criticized
The Fort Worth Star Telegram argues that nine amendments voted by Texans last November were poorly drafted and difficult to interpret. It recommends expert drafting or requiring two legislative readings to allow careful examination before public vote. It also notes Medicine Mound's name origins tied to Comanche ceremonial mounds and indigenous medicinal herbs.
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Texas Rangers
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Medicine Mound
Medicine Mounds
Eisenhower plan on longer high school terms critiqued
The Fort Worth Press argues against extending the high school term to reach junior college levels. It endorses Milton Eisenhower’s call for focusing on basic education and reallocating funds to essentials rather than lengthening schooling. It warns of already thin facilities and too many uneducable students remaining in class too long.
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Johns Hopkins University
Milton Eisenhower
Etry
Brother Milton
America
Ike
Pineda First Europeans Reach Texas Shores in 1519
Spanish explorer Alonzo Alvarez de Pineda and his followers are regarded as the first Europeans to land on Texas soil during their 1519 exploration. The voyage marked the earliest known contact with the region by white men.
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Alonzo Alvarez de Pineda
Texas
Pineda
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