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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Treasury George Magoffin Humphrey to talk about money and other matters. He brought good news: his newest estimates indicate that the U.S. budget for the current fiscal year ending June 30 can be balanced. A combination of two circumstances are at work, said Humphrey. "One will be somewhat higher revenues than we anticipated, because of the continuation of the good times that we are now enjoying, and the other will be because of the savings that have been made...
Perhaps as a recurrence of thumb-sucking in a higher form, Joe thought long and seriously about becoming a professional pop singer. For as far back as he could remember, he and Donneita had sung in the parlor while Thelma Moore beat out tunes on the upright piano. As a duet, Joe and Donneita appeared on a Cookeville radio station program and at Rotary club and other similar gatherings in the area. A Sinatra-type baritone, Joe made his first trip to Kansas City to sing at the national F.F.A. convention there. For the fact that he is not today...
...percentage of the donations will go to each of the recommended groups. Students who do not want to give to these six could still put down the names of other organizations and contribute their money to them. With such a percentage system, the Drive could give Brooks House a higher, more stable income...
...such lusty help from abroad, the government would have a hard time stuffing it down the throats of the growing body of Indian xenophobes. At home, Mahalanobis wants to jack the tax level from 7% of national income to 10% (the U.S. tax level: 26%). Even with the higher taxes and $1 billion from outside, a deficit of $4.4 billion would remain. Mahalanobis suggested filling half the gap through funded debt, the other half simply by having the government print $2.2 billion in new money...
...first, village officials begged parents to send their children back to school pending "decisions from higher authorities.'' Then, when the villagers gathered for a mass protest meeting, the officials decided to compromise. While awaiting a new "arrangement," they had decided to put M. Mériel on sick leave and turn his classes over to his wife. At week's end, things were quiet again in Ifs-especially in the vicinity of Headmaster Mériel himself. "If they're not pleased," said he drowsily, "let them promote me to a secondary school. All the same...