Legion Urges Passage Of Vets Pension Bill
The American Legion urged Congress to pass a multi billion dollar veterans pension bill, deeming costs secondary. At a House Veterans Committee session, estimates varied with a $1 local cost up to $77 billion by 2000 for all World War I and I veterans. Proposals included a $72 monthly pension at 65 with income limits, broader eligibility, and sliding scales or different monthly amounts.
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American Legion
Congress
House Veterans Committee
Legion
John Thomas Taylor
Taylor
Meares
Rankin
Veterans Administration
Teague
Texas
Scudder
R-Colif
Davis
R-Wis
Wheeler
D-Ga
NAB 4 IN SERIES OF HOLDUPS SHAMOKKIN MEN ARRESTED
State Police announced the arrest of four men in a Shamokin Mount holdup and burglary spree over the past two months. The suspects nicknamed the Dime Bandits allegedly forced victims to hand over ten dollars. Named among those arrested were James David, 31, and Joseph Kartovich, 20, both from Atlas. Earl Knerr, 21, Mount Carmel. and Vincent Kosteleif, 23, Wilburton.
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Associated Press
Shamokkin
Shamokin Mount
Daniel Girardville Wen
James David
Joseph Kartovich
Atlas
Earl Knerr
Mount Garmel
Vincent Kostsleif
Wilburton
Corn Borer Causes $2,000,000 Damage In Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania faces 2 million dollars in corn borer damage with southeastern counties hit hardest by the double brood borer. Dr. Thomas L. Guyton cites annual losses, including half a million from sweet corn, and notes national totals around 109 million dollars. The Erle county survey shows borers per 100 plants halved from 1947 to 1948.
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Harrisburg
Thomas L. Guyton
Bureau of Plant Industry
State Department of Agriculture
United States
Guyton
Minnesota
Indiana
Ohio
Erle County
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