Burglary Reported at Phillips Jewelry. Polio, Road Contracts Noted
Police investigated a burglary at Phillips Jewelry while a 16 year old driver faced questions over a damaged car, five divorce decrees were issued in Exile County, and road surfacing contracts were awarded to Mayer Brothers and Charles H. Fry Construction in Erie County. The state health dept reported four polio cases in Crawford County, while Laura J. Johnson became hospital superintendent in Kane. Weather outlook shows scattered showers with warmer periods and cooler by Wednesday. State parole agent jobs were announced with pay ranges and exam dates. Gerry Chamber of Commerce plans for the Potato Festival continued.
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Pennsylvania State Highway Department
Erie County
Mayer Brothers Construction Co
Erie
Lawrence Park
Millcreek Township
Charles H. Fry Construction Go
Crawford County
State Health Department
Ene
Mercer
Clarion
Venango
State Civil Service Commission
Harrisburg
Howell M. Becht
Snine
Becht
Allentown
Altoona
Butler
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Wilkes-Barre
Willamsport
GOP Gathers Strength to RM ALD Program
The report outlines a large scale defense and development package totaling 55 million for strategic materials, with regional allocations including Near East Africa 600 million combined military and economic sums, Asia Pacific 3530 million military and 297.5 million economic, Korea rehabilitation 11.25 million, and Latin America 40 million military and 22 million economic.
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GOP
Free World
Near East
Africa
Asia and Pacific
Latin America
House committee trims civil defense fund request
The House appropriations panel slashed the civil defense budget from 95 million to 65.3 million, criticizing the program for lacking a realistic plan. It rejected funds for bomb shelters and cut 150 million from medical supplies. The panel also approved most Atomic Energy Commission requests and an increased stockpiling allocation.
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Associated Press
Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Jay
Truman
Civil Defense Administration
Congress
House
Senate
Civil Defense
Atomic Energy Commission
Inquest Planned in Death of Hookstown Man
Beaver County coroner said an inquest would be held into the death of Peyton R. Russell 49 found dead in an auto on Route 18 in Potter Township near Monaca. Russell was district manager for the American Chemical Paint Company of Ambler.
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Monaca
Beaver County
Peyton R. Russell
Hookstown
Potter Township
Russell
American Chemical Paint Company
Ambler
State Opens Drive to Close Many GT Schools
Harrisburg reports the state begins a full scale drive to close at least two and possibly three dozen GT schools. The Dauphin county court upheld the state order dismissing an appeal from Scrapton Wilkes-Barre area schools, clearing the way for the closure.
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Harrisburg
Commonwealth
Dauphin County
Scrapton-Wilkes- Bane
Paul L. Grossman
Department of Instruction
Bureau of Instruction
Veterans Administration
South Korea Demands $100 Million From U S For War Goods
South Korea presented the United States with a demand for prompt payment of 100 million dollars for goods and services supplied to U S forces in Korea. Ambassador You Chang Yang said the State Department favors payment and noted bills were to be presented after the war, though Korea seeks funds now to curb inflation. The Far East command said UN relief totals exceed 360 million dollars since the war began, with 50 million from the United States and 150 million more scheduled for delivery in fiscal 1953.
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Uncle Sam
Associated Press
Washington
South Korea
United States
Tokyo
United Nations
Republic of Korea
Far East Command
Three North East youths arrested after store theft
Erie report says three youths, all 16, were arrested after allegedly breaking into the Western Ante Store at Vine and Main. They fled on bicycles as police pursued. some loot was found hidden under bicycle seats.
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Erie
Vine
Main Streets
Polles Saldl
Lake
Copper Stockpile Tapped for Defense Production
The national emergency stockpile of copper is being drawn down to supply 25 000 tons of the scarce metal to support defense production. Mobilization Chief Charles E Wilson announced the action.
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Washington
Charles E. Wilson Annoumpea
Hinted Executive Move on Strategic Metal Loans
The report notes President Truman authorized loans of strategic metal from the stockpile to ease copper shortages faced by defense industries. Teeland covers an area of 29,158 miles.
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Nove
Truman
Defense Industries
Teeland
Allie Hand Pitch Raises Tension in New York Title Bout
Fragmentary notes describe a boxing scene in New York with John H and Bea Mubphy involved. Nerve condition and alliance tensions loom as a title bout nears, but details are unclear.
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New York
John H More
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Kane
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Delbert Pless
Sorry Memorial Hospital
Pless
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North East
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