Lawyer Fee Sharing Criticized As Insidious Practice
An editorial condemns fixed percentage legal fees as unfair to consumers and urges Pennsylvania consumer protection authorities to crack down. It cites cases including a Gary railroad worker received 4116 from a 25000 award after six years, a Los Angeles mother of 10 getting 36000 of 90000, and other disputes where lawyers claimed large shares. The piece argues many lawyers benefit from a system not based on hourly work and questions its legality and ethics.
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Los Angeles
Aebout
Edinboro College
Department of Public Instruction
Edinboro
R. Budd Dwyer
Meadville
Robert Bellomini
Exia
Corry
Pennsylvania
Dairymen’s League
W. W
Doc" Waterhouse
Trial By Trouble by Hal Boyle
Hal Boyle of the AP writes about New York City during a heavy 15 inch weekend snowstorm. Machines stall while people take center stage. streets clear for pedestrians as residents share a rare sense of communal humor and resilience amid a citywide pause. Children flood the streets with sleds and snow play as adults exchange jokes and camaraderie.
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New York
Human Brotherhood
New York City
Manhattan
U.S. Weather Bureau
Snow Ends Maple Tapping in Corry After Cold Spell
Corry notes a thaw ending the season for maple tapping. Miss Roberta McElroy and Mrs. Walter McElroy hosted a Valentine party for fourteen girls from Corry Junior High Room No. 5 at the McElroy home on North Center Street. The Corry High team lost 50 to 33 to county champions at Cathedral Center. Theodore Williams of Equitable Life received a large group insurance contract for all employees of the Associated Spring Corp. Mrs. Mable Larson gains in golf, qualifying for the second flight in a Miami Beach women’s event circuit.
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Roberta McElroy
Walter McElroy
Corry Junior High
McElroy
North Ceater Street
Eric Prep
Corry High Cagers
Cathedral Center
Theodore Williams
Equitable Life Assurance Society
United States
Group
Associated Spring Corp
Williams
Mable Larson
Miami Beach
Dangers Seen In ABM System Amid Public Debate
Washington voices warn that accidental ABM missile site explosions could devastate nearby cities within five miles and spread radioactive fallout. Pentagon experts say the risk is remote, while critics call the program a multi billion dollar boondoggle amid doubts it will work under heavy attack.
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Washington
Pentagon
Debated ABM System Risks and Political Lobbying
The piece weighs ABM defense costs from five to fifty billion dollars and questions system reliability under nuclear attack. It notes Bell Labs and firms like Martin Marietta and General Electric lobbying Pentagon figures, and cites Nixon’s delayed approval pending review. Also covered is Isidore Zimmerman’s 24 years in prison and Assemblyman Henderson’s bid to seek damages from New York State.
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Nixon
Richard Nixon
Johnson
New York
Isidore Zimmerman
Charles D. Henderson
Zimmerman
New York State
Action highlights and clashes in Pennsylvania House
Representative Francis Worley attacked alleged waste and graft in state government. He clashed with Rep. H Joseph Hepford and denied charges as new silverware controversy arose over mansion purchases. Irvis proposed an income tax while pledging spending restraint and long term savings.
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Francis Worley
Joseph Hepford
Susquehanna
Township
Worley
Adams County
Irvis
Prisoners of war form cooperation through shared feeding
A distorted account recalls POWs seated at a banquet with hands tied, who later organize to feed one another using a spoon. The piece then shifts to a trade group pitch praising Turkey production advances, costing less per pound and benefiting consumers as well as growers.
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Bable
Yalta Conference Ends War Era Pact Signing
On this date in 1945 the Crimea meeting concluded with the Yalta agreement signed by Franklin D. Roosevelt Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin. Other notes include 1744 Toulon naval defeat and Edison birth in 1874.
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Crimea
Yalta
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Joseph Stalin
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