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...Furcolo did not go into details about his ideas concerning state aid to students. At present the program is limited to helping state residents who attend the University of Massachusetts and a private corporation which received a charter during the last session from the legislature. This corporation, established to help Massachusetts students get loans at a low rate of interest, will begin operating this spring. It is financed by private industry...
Governor Foster Furcolo, in a speech yesterday to the combined houses, called for the "expansion of our scholarship program" and advocated a change in the Massachusetts Constitution which would lower the voting age from...
Besides the broader scholarship program, Furcolo also requested the expansion of state higher-education facilities and the establishment of state medical, dental, and nursing schools...
...amendment, House 1125, has a good chance of passage, according to Cella, since Governor Furcolo is also supporting a voting age of 18. At a recent news conference, the Governor declared that he was fully behind the move to make 18 the legal voting age in Massachusetts...
...other important plank in Mooney's platform concerns "obtaining state and federal funds for harbor development." Mooney said that at present, Nantucket harbor, although picturesque, offers "very few attractions for yachtsmen," a potentially important source of summer income. He said that Governor-elect Furcolo's program includes aid for Mass-achusetts's large tourist trade...