Mundt Nixon Back From Limbo In Communist Bills Lifted Again
Opposition to the Mundt Nixon bill resurfaces as Congress nears adjournment. The 1950 proposal would require registration of Communist and related groups, bar aiding totalitarian regimes, and impose penalties for handling sensitive information. It calls for a three member board to classify groups and allows judicial review. The measure aims to curb Communist influence while sparking constitutional debate.
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Korea
Congress
Pisper Hale
House
Senate
Tom Clark
Supreme Court
Club
Communist Party
Justice Department
United States
Mason
Tor Ny
Memory Quiz From Classifieds Shows 1930s Tone
A reader memory test offers ten questions on politics, language, and general knowledge from a classified page. It includes a Joe McCarthy booklet fee, a Polish general, Barry Truman, and a mounted police slogan, plus true false and correction items.
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Joe McCarthy
Wisconsin
Barry ‘Truman
House of Puintatenst
Water shortage halts Spartansburg road work and dairy plant upgrades
Dry spells drain a creek used for road building delaying work on the Spartansburg road while plans move water supply from a distant source. The Dairymen's League plant on East Main street is upgrading with new equipment and remodeling. An Erie Railroad freight derailment near Concord halts traffic. A heat wave pushes Corry toward 100 degrees as drought shrinks farm water. A local minister comments on threats tied to liquor raids and federal investigators may soon join the case. Houdini style play features on the golf links conclude the notes.
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Spartansburg
Dairymen's League
East Main Street
Erie Naval Reservists Called to Report for Active Duty
Erie Naval Reserve units announced 18 members will form the first draft for mer service personnel to be discharged into active duty. Reports due by August 14 in Buffalo with orders affecting Surface Battalions 4 12 and 4 13. about 200 reservists and Seabees to be ordered to duty over 105 days.
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Erie Naval Reserves
Erie
Erie Naval Reserve
William ’ Spaulding
Buffalo
Surface Battalion
Gmadr. Spaulding
Erie Naval
Seabees
Erle Nays
Corry Country Club Best Ball Match Ends 1 Up
At Corry Country Club yesterday afternoon the best ball exhibition saw the famed pro and mentions of Warren Jost, Ted Luther, and Tony Joy in a 1 up finish.
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Corry Country Club
Flunt Fisher
Warren Jost
Ted Luther
Tony Joy
Soft Coal Union Warpath Over Injured Miner Cash Deductions
United Mine Workers Local in St Michael Cambria county reports a dispute over payroll deductions for Arnold Dibble an injured miner. Deductions include a $10 initiation fee $4 monthly dues and 14 union fees from a $26.62 paycheck leaving $12.62 for his family. The local criticizes UMW Chieftain John J Lewis accusing him of unfair hardship on members.
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Associated Pies
ST. Michael
United Mine Workers
Cambria County
UMW
John J. Lewis
Lewis
Arnold Dibble
Dibble
Shot Fatality During Groundhog Hunt Near Gibsonia
Charles W. Gent age 43 was shot dead by a friend, Elmer Mahaffey age 48, during a groundhog hunt in a wood near Gibsonia Richland township. Mahaffey said the accidental shot occurred as he aimed at a groundhog through a telescopic sight.
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Hunter Shtot
Pittsburgh
Charles W. Gent
Gibsonia
Richland Township
Elmer Mahaffey
Gent
Shamokin Hospital Noted for Irregularities in State Report
Auditor General Weldon B. Heyburn cited irregular stitches and poorly kept records at Shamokin State Hospital for the year ended May 31, 1949, in a state report released July 10.
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Shamokin Hospital
Weldon B. Heyburn
Shamokein State Hospital
Audit report reveals large free service write offs
The audit prepared for Governor James J. Dutt shows Heyburn charged the institution with writing off 138,294 dollars as free service to patients. It notes this level of free care is substantial.
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Heyburn
Immu
James J. Dutt
Hospital Credit State of Patients
Heyburn urged greater care in assessing patients ability to pay. The state provides free shelter to those proven unable to pay.
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Heyburn
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Warren, Pa
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Atarjorle Main
Percy Kilbride
Ramrod
Joel McCrea
Gale
Continental Congress
Erie Railroad
Concord
City
Helief
Pes
F A Winter
Methodist Episcopal Church
Tange
Betty Carlson
Welch
Warpath
Nuys
Katherine
Center St
Wrecker Service
Fender
Thomas Motors
of Corry, Inc
Stahl Jewelers
South Center St
Corry, Pa
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Hallmark Greeting Cards
Kooleez
Johnson
Cartose S.M.A. Powder Pablum
Asc
Larvex
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