Entombed man freed after decade hiding in Brooklyn home
Police released Paul Makushak a former college student found living in a three by ten foot cubicle built in a Greenpoint brownstone. He had been isolated since 1989 in a walled room where his mother supposedly planned to shield him from the outside world.
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Associated Press
New York
Paul Makishak
Greenpoint
Brocklin
Makushak
Olive
Pau
Paul
Canada
Legislators Kill Bill for Gov t Ad 70 Blnd
Harrisburg April 27 Pennsylvania will keep a $40 monthly blind pension from state funds. The House welfare committee killed a bill to draw $40094 in federal aid for blind program, argued to limit pension rolls and raise conditions. The measure faced opposition from the Pennsylvania Federation of the Blind which said many would not quality for the aid.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
House Welfare Committee
Pennsylvania Federation of the Blind
John Haydenshield
Rallegheny
Commonwealth
Haydenshield
Lightning strikes two Erie women during spring storm
SERIE April 27 two women were struck by lightning while huddling under a tree to escape a spring storm. Mrs. Carl Peterson 30 and Mrs. James Walken 49, both of Erie, were taken to St. Vincent's Hospital. Petersons shepherd dog was killed by the bolt.
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Serie
Carl Peterson
James Walken
St. Vincent's Hospital
Arthur Stanton
Erie
Grand Old Man of Ripley Robert Rownds in ill health
Ripley April 27. Reports said to be critical for Robert M. Rownds 104 a longtime local figure and two term Grand Army of the Republic commander was denied by attending nurses stating he is holding his own in the fight for life though still serious.
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Ripley
Robert M. Rownds
Rownds
Ropwinds
Rawnds
Grand Army of the Republic
Chiang Kai-shek warns of danger if China falls
Chiang Kai-shek says a Red victory would plunge China into military, political, and economic turmoil. He urges continued resistance against Communism, comparing current peril to Japan’s invasion and vowing three years to victory.
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Kai-Shek
China
Yangtze
Nanking
Chiang
May Still Save USS Wolverine in Erie
The Erie city council moved to save the century old USS Wolverine a first ironclad on the Great Lakes from junking. City Solicitor Maurice J. Coughlin was ordered to take court action to prevent destruction while the Preservation Foundation of the USS Michigan plans to receive bids Friday for junking the vessel.
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Erie
United States
Canada
Greet Lakes
Maurice J. Coughlin
Foundation For Preservation of
USS Michigan
Tic
Boy Lost in Mountains Found Safe After Night
Three year old Billy Clever wandered from his mother in the Blue Ridge mountains near Mercersburg Pennsylvania and was found today in good condition after an all night search aided by bloodhounds from Rockview State Penitentiary. The Clever family lives in the Punch Bowl settlement eight miles from Mercersburg.
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Associated Presa
Mercersburg
Clever
Rockview State Penitentiary
Posie
Harry Clever
Little Billy
Punch Bowl
Blue Ridgs Mountains
Pennsylvania
Drop In Steel Prices Foreseen By Executives
Two steel executives predicted a slackening in demand and falling prices. Ernest T. Weir of National Steel Corp said imports may drop capacity use to 15 percent by year end 1949 and basic steel prices will go lower. Weir cited no wage rise, while Ben Moreell of Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp noted a sellers market but high plant utilization.
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Pittsburgh
Steel Company
Ernest T. Weir
National Steel Gorp
Weir
Welton Btepl l C Orp
National Steel
Ben Moreell
Jones [McLaughiin Steep Corp
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Treasury Report Summary for April 25
Treasury report shows net budget receipts of 66,180,528.2 dollars and expenditures of 81,396,688.92 dollars. Cash balance stands at 4,104,354,190.85 dollars with total debt at 251,901,747,998.62 dollars and a decrease from the previous day of 31,085,046.04 dollars.
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Treasury
Washington
Position of
the Treasury
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