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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Free on bond yesterday, Schafer explained that it cost him only $2 to go to the meeting from his hotel. But the return fare over the same route amounted to $2.15 more, he said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: University Official Protests 'Foul' on Fare, Is Arrested | 12/9/1949 | See Source »

...idea of the record dance," Hermann said, "is to present an opportunity, at no cost to the Freshman, for an evening's entertainment now that the football season is over. It is part of an overall campaign to make the best possible utilization of Union facilities." If the dance is successful, he added, it will be followed by similar affairs in the late fall and winter...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: '53 to Open New Series of Record Dances Saturday | 12/6/1949 | See Source »

...against their plan. Last week the Labor government made it a sharp issue: Minister of Education George Tomlinson.flatly, rejected the bishops' proposal, and issued a memorandum to Labor Party members explaining why. Questioning the accuracy of the bishops' ?60 million estimate of the Act's cost to Catholics, the memorandum asserted: "The Roman Catholic hierarchy have always aimed at throwing the whole cost of their schools upon public funds, and have not ceased...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: A Catholic Proposal | 12/5/1949 | See Source »

...operations, and a tighter rein on atomic energy appropriations. As for the farmer, Sawyer told a luncheon group in New Orleans' International House: "I don't hold with this idea of giving the farmer special treatment . . . No one has any idea how much the Brannan plan would cost. I think that's one place we could make big savings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Too Much Steam? | 12/5/1949 | See Source »

Marble-fronted, white and gleaming, the world's largest Woolworth store opened on Houston's bustling Main Street. It cost $8,000,000, is completely air-conditioned, seats 150 at its lunch counter. On opening day, 40,000 Houstonians gawked at the big "History of Texas" mural between the front doors, rode up & down the escalators, kept cash registers ringing. Although most middle-aged people still think of Woolworth's as a "Five and Dime," the Houston store last week showed how great the change has been behind the old familiar red front. There were canaries...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Eight-Million-Dollar Baby | 12/5/1949 | See Source »

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