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Eventually. Peter Cooper fulfilled his pledge by building a pioneering school which offered art, science and engineering to the poor. For many years his Cooper Union was one of the proudest landmarks in downtown Manhattan (Fourth Avenue and Eighth Street). But with the vast growth of the U.S. educational system, the Union's reputation became obscured: to many, it began to seem more of a historical oddity, e.g., the place where Lincoln made his famed Cooper Union address, than a going educational concern. Last week, as it launched its centennial program with the backing of scores of the country...
Hopes for Coal. Dave McDonald's proudest achievement since becoming president is knocking the wage differential from the contracts of southern Steelworkers, who since 1953 have been getting the same pay as northern workers. Another sizable achievement is that, behind the scenes, he had much to do with arranging the tricky merger of the A.F.L.-C.I.O. last year. Ahead he has two strong ambitions, 1) to be invited to address the United Mine Workers, and 2) to bring John L. Lewis back to the newly united house of labor...
Perhaps the comment that makes Music U.S.A.'s creators proudest came in a recent letter from Communist Prague: "You are doing a really good job, not only that you do our evenings more pleasant and unforgetable, but there is much deeper meaning of it-to become acquainted of the development of the art and spirit of American nation with all its optimistic roots of thinking...
...boost its own loan program, it teamed up with local banks to finance capital improvement loans for such small companies as neighborhood stores; in 1955's last half SBA approved $30,332,390 in loans, an increase of 20% over the previous six months. But SBA's proudest accomplishment is channeling a bigger share of Government contracts to small business. This year, said SBA, the Government will boost to $158 million its contracts with small businessmen, a gain of more than 100% over...
...Force navigator, is a practicing poet and a frustrated novelist ("I think my trouble is that I read too much Thomas Wolfe too young"). His show is conceived as a TV illustration of Alexander Pope's line: "The proper study of mankind is man." The shows he is proudest of: an evocation of the love poems of Emily Dickinson, a ripsnorting Moby Dick, a song-and-dance recreation of The Ballad of John Brown. Camera Three is so far above the class of most commercial evening shows that with only a fraction of the money squandered on some...