State lotteries stalling as trials abroad warn Pennsylvania
The piece surveys state lottery experiences in New Hampshire New York and New Jersey noting shrinking education funding and high costs of operation. It warns Pennsylvania lawmakers to weigh projections against real outcomes and suggests forgetting the lottery idea as too risky. It also reports Senate investigations into Mafia ties to legitimate businesses including transport and aviation, led by Senator Magnuson with a $100000 allotment.
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Pennsylvania
New Hampshire
New York
New Jersey
Atlantic City
Chicago
Middle Atlantic
Warren Magnuson
D-Wash
Senate
Don Gray
Gray
Library of Congress
Mafia influence skims profits across sectors including insurance and drugs
Senate probes reveal Cosa Nostra links in insurance and pharmaceutical trades as crime rings use broker networks to move stolen goods and go go goof balls. Mafia figures like John Masiello, Sr. allegedly siphon millions via airport freight, while Navy awards face scrubbed hon. Invasion talk is dismissed as psychological warfare with North Vietnam stronger on paper.
A Cold Night at Reuben's and the Fearful City
A nocturnal scene at Reuben's on Fifth Avenue paints a cold city where the waiter's weary humor meets a narrator's musings on crime, policing, and home protection. The dialogue recalls vanished celebrity nights, stray guns, and a shift from lively paranoia to cautious self reliance.
Parafin to tractors a boy’s inventive toy tale
A quirky vintage account describes making wax driven toy tractors from paraffin, marbles, a pocket knife and rubber bands. Boys imagine and build, using a chew of paraffin to mold a wheel and axle, winding a match to power the slick wax vehicle for playful rides and recovery from illness.
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Wenal
Flags sales up 30 percent in 1970 optimism rising
Grass roots opinion reports U S flag makers see stronger demand than in World War II. One company notes 30 percent higher sales and forecasts 10 to 15 percent growth in 1970, while two others anticipate about 10 percent gains.
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Shidler
Okla
Corry News Roundup From March 15 1951
Corry report notes Supt E P Adams of the Northern Division Buffalo denies plans to remove the last Buffalo division passenger train. About 500 pheasants released in Corry area as part of a 3000 bird program in Erie County per Game Protector Elmer Simpson. Chuck Williams led a keglers group to a 72 and 204 counts into the 200 Club. best score 233 by C K McLean. Adams Sav erling sales display deadline noted.
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E.P. Adams
Pennsylvania Railroad
Northern Division
Buffalo
Corry
Erie County
Elmer ‘Simpson
Union City
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