Two Centuries of Local News Highlights From January 31 1930
Twenty years ago Benny J Binink 89 of Clymer died after a mine truck was struck by a Pennsylvania Railroad train near Slymer. He died of a fractured skull and severe facial injuries at Corry Hospital. Also noted are school letters awards at the Junior High, Salvation Army welcome to city officers, new Advisory Board members, the death of Corry resident George Whitlock from war wounds and a five day work week at U S Radiator Corp with layoffs and reduced staff.
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Benny J. Binink
Clymer
D. 1
Pennsylvania Railroad
Brownell Crossing
Slymer
Corry Hospital
Salvation Army
F. Appleby
Citadel
Fred 3. Beall
L. J. Kelly
George Whitlock
Corry
Rex
U. S. Radiator Corp
Bietheen
Iron ore mining eyed for expansion in Pennsylvania
State geologist FL Cathcart says a Berks county iron ore search by Bethlehem Steel could spark a revival of the state’s mining industry. The firm owns about 1500 acres near Reading in the Welsh mountains and is probing ore deposits to gauge size and feasibility.
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Associated Press
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Cathcart
Welsh Mountains
Reading
Atlantic Pact arms aid plan approved by United States
The defense plan drawn up at Paris was approved by the North Atlantic Defense Council on January 6 and releases funds for arms aid. Initial shipments go to eight pact nations Britain France Belgium Italy the Netherlands Denmark Norway and Luxembourg. Canada Portugal and Iceland have not requested aid. The Atlantic Pact is a long term military alliance signed in Washington on April 4 and in effect August 23.
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Inntic
Paris
North Atlantic Defense Council
Congress
Great Britain
France
Belgium
Ttaly
Netherlands
Denmark
Norway
Luxembourg
Canada
Fortugal
Toeland
United States
Washington
Senate
Europe
North America
North Atlantic
United Nations Security Council
House Senate group favors making H bomb
President Truman said the decision to develop the hydrogen bomb is his alone. Senator Tydings urged rapid build as a deterrent, noting U.S. nuclear stockpiles and potential peace implications amid Soviet weakness.
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HOUSE
Senate
Lex Alamos Laboratory
Truman
Ato
Atomic
Congressional
Senator Tydings
D-Md
Armed Services Committee
Atomic Committee
United States
Tydings
Truman approves Atlantic Pact aided by Western Europe
President Truman approves an integrated North Atlantic defense plan and bilateral arms aid with eight Western European nations under the Mutual Defense Assistance Act. The program totals billions in military assistance and stockpiled weapons, with substantial yearly budgets projected for foreign military aid amid Cold War tensions.
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North Atlantic
Washington
Truman
Europe
United States
Congress
West
U. S
Russia
Asde
Ars
Ehair
Ihis
North Atlantic Council
Reno
North
At- Nev
How's Your IQ A 1948 quiz tests memory and facts
A reader challenge asks ten questions covering literature history science and geography. It notes scoring tiers from Genius to Poor and directs to the Classified Page for answers.
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I. Q
Independence
Truman
U. 3
Guy Mannering
Wolverine State
Idaho
Michigan
Wisconsin
Alexander Graham Bell
Fredric March
Don Ameche
Paul Muni
The
Netherlands
French Approve Record Budget and Confidence Vote
The national assembly approved a record 1950 budget and gave Premier Georges Bidault a new vote of confidence. Final tally 500 to 284, the broadest margin in Bidault’s five confidence votes. The budget supported his three month old government. The article notes the Columbia River boundary between Washington and Oregon.
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Paris
National Assembly
Georges Bidault
Bidault
Dead Fish Stirs Erie Controversy
Erie faces a multi agency dispute as about a million dead moon eyes wash into the canal basins. City and state workers await favorable wind to begin removal to the incinerator as Millard K. Davis of the Harbor Commission outlines loading plans with nets and a special loader. The Pennsylvan ia Fish Commission and others dispute responsibility for the cleanup.
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Erie
State Street
Millard K. Davis
Pennsylvania Park One Harbor Commission
State Highway Department
Davis
State Fish Commission
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GIOUP
Valentine
Stahl
Schraffl
Stahl Jewelers
Membe Ipa
NCE Corporation
Columbia River
Oregon
Fogle Lumber
Franklin St. Corry, Pa
Al’s
Clothes
Medicine Chest
Ammonia
Page & Nichols
Den
E. Main St
Leed
Nite
Hoover Cleaners
Foley Aluminum
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