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...Union squad, which ranks near the top of the league ladder, will have three former Crimson players in its lineup. Sandy Parker, number one man, will oppose the varsity's Henry Foster. Last year's number two player, Bill Wightman, will face Captain Jim McKittrick, whose only defeat this season came in a previous Union match. Lindsay Ware is the third alumnus...
Some new faces appeared at the top of the managerial ladder last week...
Muggy Mugasoth, who learned to play squash in Bombay, India is number two. Wynn particularly likes his good placement and drop shots. Next on the ladder stands Austin Flagg, an accurate placer who usually manages to hold the center court position...
Happy Landing. In Pittsburgh, airport maintenance worker Michael Fedor injured his hip when he fell off a ladder in the first-aid room...
Nobody knows better than the schoolteachers that they have been losing position on the economic ladder (as compared with other jobholders) even though their wages have recently been going up a little. Last week, in a careful survey of nationwide education trends, the New York Times proved it, with figures. In 1940, reported Education Editor Benjamin Fine, the average U.S. public schoolteacher got only $1,441. Scant though this was, it was nearly $150 above the norm for all wage and salary people. This year, the teacher averages $2,644-slightly better than 1947-48's figure...