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1950Year Italy contracts for US equipment

backed by ECA: V Stack comments Contracts Signed for a Record Order Of Propane Gas Equipment for Italy

1943Year E B Buck urges Friedsam formula revision to '41-'42 level to allow greater State aid, lr to Gov Dewey

backed by Educ Bd which seeks protection from cuts SCHOOLS ASK DEWEY TO RAISE STATE AID; Friedsam Formula No Longer Adequate, Buck Writes -- Plea Also Made by Board OTHER MEASURES SOUGHT Extension of Out-of-License and Suspension of Dual Job Laws Requested

1941Year educ organizations back Teachers Unions stand against inquiry TEACHERS' UNIONS RECEIVE SUPPORT

Backed by Educational Groups for Stand Against Attacks

1993Year The music world and the world at large became poorer places on April 8, when Marian Anderson, the great alto from Philadelphia, died at 96. In 1939, Miss Anderson was refused permission to perform at Constitution Hall in Washington because of her race

backed by Eleanor Roosevelt and others, she sang instead at the Lincoln Memorial to an audience of 75,000. In innumerable other ways as well, she helped pave a career path for later generations of black musicians, including her nephew James DePreist, who is the music director of the Oregon Symphony Orchestra and a poet. Ms. Anderson spent her last months at Mr. DePreist's home in Portland. Here, Mr. DePreist shares memories of his aunt. CLASSICAL MUSIC; Grounded in Faith, Free to Fly

1958Year drive opens

backed by Empire State C of C, Commerce and Indus Assn, AFL-CIO; Dickinson comments ' DO IT NOW'; State Group Opens Drive to Fight Recession

1960Year Marine and Aviation Dept completes plan to speed traffic along Hudson River, Battery-57th St

backed by Empire State Hwy Transport Assn pres Adelizzi PIER TRAFFIC PLAN IS STUDIED BY CITY; Departments to Confer on Proposal to Ease Tie-Ups Along Hudson's Docks