Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 54, Number 301, Decatur, Adams County, 22 December 1956 — Page 8

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National Leaders Give Views On 1957 Outlook

(Editor's note: Following is one of * teries of articles by leaders of the nation on their views of the outlook fbr 1957 la their various fields). By MARION B. FOLSOM Secretary of Health. Education and Welfare Written for United Press A successful conclusion to the long effort for enactment of federal aid for school construction stands high among my hopes and expectations for 1957. The time is ripe, even long overdue, for positive action. Thousands of children are in overcrowded or makeshift classrooms. Our schools, which are essential to our democracy, mus.t be shored up. Federal legislation will be most effective if it calls for allotments to states according to their school building needs financial abilities. It definitely should insure that—in keeping with the American tradition — school control remains with the states and communities. And through matching requirements and other provisions it should encourage local school districts and states to even greater effort of their own toward build-

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ing more schools for our children, 1 Plan for Higher Education also anticipate continued ex- ] pansion and improvement of the office of education during 1957. 1 This will permit the office to serve I education and the people through- I out the nation more effectively. The outlook is especially bright 1 for educational research. A num- 1 ber of college!, universities and i state educational agencies already are engaged in research projects I under a new cooperative program . with the office of education. Fur- 1 ther significant strides are ex- i pected. 1 The next year should bring a landmark in plans for higher education. with the report and recom- I mendations, of the President’s , committee on education beyond the high school. With ever-in-creasing numbers of students engaging in college and university ’ study and other post-high school 1 education, the committee faces a ' challenging opportunity. It has 1 already made commendable head- 1 way. . r Better Pay, Prestige With better appreciation of the , teacher's key role in our complex , technological society, I expect

gratifying progress in stich areas aSd teacher pay and prestige. With enrollments increasing each year to new record levels, with our advancing technology, with the increasing complexity of cur social order, all the facts about educational needs today point to one clear conclusion. America must have, an educational expansion and readjustment beyond anything we have ever known before. And the American people should face up to the hard fact that one of the things this expansion and adjustment will require is money —much more money than we have ever spent before for education. And the money must be contributed by all levels of governmentlocal. state and federal—and by private sources. Commissioners Hold Yeor-End Meeting The annual year-end meeting of the county commissioners, to allow claims outstanding against the county, was held Friday morning in the commisisoners’ room in the county auditor's office. If you have something 10 sen ot rooms for rent, try a Democ.st Want Ad. It brings results.

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Increase In Sleel Prices Predicted Living Cost Wage Hike Brings Boost PITTSBURGH (UP) - The steel industry today the three-cent-an-bour cost-of-living wage increase the nanon's steelworkers will receive Jan. 1 as "another point of pressure" on the wavering steel price line. Company sources said the payboost, coming on top of other sharp rises in the cost of steelmaking. could well "trigger” a general increase in prices early, in 1957. . The three-cent wage increase is the result of a rise in the cost of living, announced Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The industry’s contracts with the United Steelworkers provide for wage increases every six months if the living cost index has risen appreciably. Since World War 11. the steel industry has never inc r ea se d wages without boosting prices. Following the signing of a three-year contract this summer, which provided immediate benefits costing 28.7 cents per hour per man, steel

Buys Health Bond Help Fight TB € Jtegk Buy Christmas Seals The Decatur Lions club has voted purchase of a $lO health bond officials of the Christmas seal sale campaign in Adams county announced today. All proceeds from the annual Christmas seal sale are used in the fight on tuberculosis and to provide free clinics and otherwise carry on the fight against the "white plague.” The sale is conducted by the Adams county tuberculosis association. prices went up $8.50 a ton. Since that time, prices of scrapmetal, a key ingredient of steel, have soared to all-time highs. Freight rates are going up. Iron ore and coal costs are higher. Estimates of the increase in the cost of making steel since August range from $5 to $7 a ton. The new wage increase comes on top of that.

Three Early Deaths On State Highways Officials* Brace For I I Heavy Holiday Toll By UNITED PRESS Indiana's traffic death toll for the Christmas holiday period mushroomed to at least three today after a slow start. Two persons we;;e killed early today and one Friday night as Hoosiers flooded’ highways and flocked to airports and traiq stations. Safety officials braced for a heavy toll. » • Edwin P. York, 41, and Raymond Norris, 42, both of New Castle, were killed today when their car left Ind. 3 in Spiceland and struck a utility pole. State police said tie car was moving at high speed. Jackie Lee Watson, 20, Clayton, became the first weekend victim Friday night when his car struck a bridge railing near Libertytown in Hendricks county. The first few hours of a 102-hour Christmas holiday period were 1 kept death tree, but four persons were killed in Indiana Friday before the long weekend count be- i gan. • £2 a_

Trafffic was heavy as Hoosiers headed for traditional Christmas visits and servicemen came home on Christmas leave. Authorities feared the period from Friday night to Tuesday night would add heavily to the toll, already well over 1,000 for 1956. Two of Friday’s victims were children. Bruce Smith, 7, Michigan City, was killed enroute to a school Christmas party when he Was struck by a New York Central passenger train in his home town. Larry Lynch. 12, Terre Habte, was struck and killed by a car on fog-shrouded U. S. 40 near Seelyville. Mrs. Esther Stipgely, 49, Rochester, was injured fatally in a two-car collision on U. S. 24 ieven miles e*st of Logansport. Robert V. Rodey, 27, Fort Wayne, was killed when his car went out' of control and crashed into two trees near Ossian. Togo Palazzi Is Dropped By Boston BOSTON (UP) — Togo Palazzi. former college basketball great said today he was "stunned” at announcement by the Boston Celtics which shuttled him off to the inactive list. Palazzi, who Joined the Celtics in

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i 1954, was made Inactive to make ; room for big Bill Russell. > "I still don’t know whether I’m l good enough to be in the league, ■ said. “l‘ wish I could have I played more to see if I i»(d the i sturt.”

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