Word: townes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Rebuttal. In Lisbon Falls, Me., when the town's selectmen increased the tax rate on real estate, the citizens held a special meeting, voted to dismiss all five selectmen from their jobs...
...adjectives for 40 & 8, like "fanny-pinching and town-wrecking" and none at all for the parent American Legion? Let me suggest a couple: the public-till-raiding, socialism-for-us-but-not-for-you American Legion...
...double-cross of the first order." President Mather minced no words in expressing his opinion of members of the State Senate following the defeat of the pay increase. "After all, we cannot attract professors with fresh air and a small town atmosphere. And the idea of a 'dedicated teacher' who completely ignores his salary is a great deal of bunk," Mather cuttingly remarked. Two days later, in order to call public attention to the legislature's actions, the president resigned his post effective June 30, 1960. He showed no intention of dropping his fight, however. "During this, my final academic...
...Supreme Court has not heard any arguments on the Dollarway case and similar cases. It is faced with the uncomfortable alternatives of denying school boards the right to approach desegregation in their own fashion (The NAACP is currently trying to force a North Carolina town into producing an overall desegregation plan), or allowing a skillful legal device to sabotage the spirit of its 1954 ruling. The question of whether assignment by race is justified when accompanied by the right to appeal for transfer is central in the case. If it is justified, Southern schools will have their "pioneers," Jackie Robinsons...
...three-man commission appointed to study town-gown friction in New Haven has published a series of proposals to improve relations between Yale and the surrounding community. Named on March 30 by Richard C. Lee, Mayor of New Haven, the commission was set up after riots following a St. Patrick's Day parade caused the arrest of 16 students...