Word: extended
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Gideons International, the traveling men's organization famed for distributing Bibles in hotels, has long hoped to extend its activities to the nation's public schools. The Rutherford, N.J. Board of Education approved a Gideons offer to give copies of the New Testament, bound with the Old Testament Books of Psalms and Proverbs, to public-school children whose parents made written requests. But a Jewish father, Bernard Tudor, backed by the American Jewish Congress, and a Catholic parent, Ralph Le Coque (who later withdrew from the case), contested the plan in court and obtained a temporary injunction. This...
Braucher thinks the Communists-in-government issue is about ended, but sees further ominous, headline-seeking investigation of Communists is industry. "I'm a little bit scared by this whole development. If you extend loyalty probes to private business, you may end up with a sort of ostracism of people. This is quite dangerous when, on the pretext of security, you can force people to starve...
Chamber of Commerce planners first want to extend old age insurance to all people over 65, not just those who have made payments into the fund. They would cut benefits, however, from the present minimum of 55 and maximum of 85 dollars a month to a flat 25 dollars given without consideration of past salary or length of employment. Money to pay the benefits would be drawn from the trust fund until it was dray, then obtained by general taxation. But 25 dollars is a ridiculously small amount--hardly enough for subsistence; more important, the blanket extension covering...
Tobaccoman Hahn revealed that his company has been quietly supporting research of its own "in this field, within its own laboratory and in independent institutions.* It is our policy . . . to extend cooperation to projects where we believe that the researchers are approaching and will approach the subject without prejudice and without preconceived opinions . . . We are confident that long-range, impartial investigation . . . will confirm the view that neither tobacco nor its products contributes to the incidence of lung cancer...
...airline operating since the war, has sent its first route-breaking plane across the Pacific in 31 hours, The airline will start regular biweekly, 32-hour service (v. 30½ hours for Pan American) from Tokyo to San Francisco in February, with three Douglas DC-6Bs, eventually plans to extend its routes to Southeast Asia, Europe and South America...