Bill to provide education aid for children of fallen servicemen
President Eisenhower faces a bill approved by Congress to grant college and vocational aid to up to 156,000 children of U S veterans who died in World War I II or the Korean conflict. VA and OMB warn it is a major policy departure with a potential 250 million dollar cost and 25 year duration.
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Population of U S Now 167 649 000
Washington The census bureau estimated Monday the population of the United States on May 1 was 167 649 000, including armed forces overseas. This marked an increase of 209 000 from April 1 and a rise of 10.9 percent or 16 517 000 more than the April 1 1950 total.
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Photographer Suggests Pockethand Pose For Father Son
A photographer asks a farmer and his college aged son to pose. When told to make the pose look natural, the parent quips that the son could place his hand in the father's pocket. The moment captures family humor in a candid farm scene.
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Methodist Vacation Bible School Closes At First Methodist
The First Methodist Church closed its Vacation Bible School with a commemoration Sunday. Twenty seven pupils earned Certificates of Recognition. Thirty-nine adults and youth served as workers across nursery kindergarten and primary groups with themes The Wonders of Gods World Our Bible and Stories About Jesus.
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Griffin Dollarhide Jr
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Sandra Montgomery
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Wilson Kaiser
Mary Anderson
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Joyce Thornhill
Barbara Irwin
J. W. Polk
Women's Society of Christian Service
Nancy Dollarhide
Joe Hennig
Anti Tarnish Wrapper Patented for Silverware Protection
Washington D C anti tarnish wrappers for silverware are now patentable and long lasting without acid release or darkening. Inventor Daniel Gray of Sherrill New York explains the wrapper uses a zinc salt of a weak acid such as zinc acetate in paper or cloth, with eight to sixteen ounces of salt per gallon of water yielding a very satisfactory product.
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Spices of Life and Rural Anecdotes
A humor filled collection of brief rural vignettes. A farmer’s daughter meets a calm bull after a spring incident. A waitress jokes about home cooking. A mountain boy breaks a back after a sum sum hunt mishap, with a father’s dry remark about luck.
Three Vignettes Highlighting Wit and Irony
Two women mock a kind ally, a sinking ship prompts a prayer joke, and a mystery diner finally speaks up after months of eating at Mary’s Home Cooking. The snippets reveal humor and curiosity in everyday moments.
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Backseat driving and table-side cooking spar over home habits
A witty exchange frames domestic friction as a husband questions driving from the back seat while the wife retorts by insisting the habit ends when cooking stops at the dining room table.
Child mocks rabbit math as teacher’s lesson misfires
A mother finds Johnny scolding his pet rabbit while he repeats a line about multiplying rabbits. Johnny explains the joke that a teacher said rabbits could multiply rapidly and the bunny cannot even add.
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Sammy’s Reply Sparks Classroom Listening Lesson
A teacher notes a moment with a small boy named Sammy who appears lost in daydreams. She asks if he has trouble hearing and he replies that he simply is listening, not hearing. The exchange highlights focus and attention in class.
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