Utilities questioned over energy crisis and PUC tactics
The Public Utility Commission chairman George J. Bloom accuses public officials of creating an energy crisis by yielding to environmental pressure and resisting federal standards. He cites coal waste, emission rules, and the suspension power as obstacles to rate relief and power plant finance, urging steadier stance against pseudo environmentalists. The article shifts to Rep Burt Talcott’s golf tournament gifts from lobbyists, detailing sponsors and a pledge to disclose more about the gifts.
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George J. Bloom
Public Utility Commission
Bloom
Pennsylvania
PUC
Washington
Lobbyist Gifts Stir Congressional Golf Tourney Controversy
A memo shows Zion sought prizes from industry to bribe 80 to 90 lawmakers for political favors. Donors supplied gifts to Regency lawmakers, prompting protests and cancellations, with reps like Rousselot and Collier arranging golf events at private courses before the gala draw at a telecom association.
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Zion
House
Onions rise in price and status in local markets
Joy Stilley notes onions have become a major purchase and status symbol as prices surge. She jokes about budgetting for onions like winter coats, jokingly imagining displays of wealth with grocery carts full of onions. The piece blends humor with social commentary on rising food costs.
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Joy Stilley
New York
Passing of a priest in Jersey City parish profile
Monsignor Leroy McWilliams of St. Michael's in Jersey City is remembered as a bold, community–oriented priest who blended spiritual guidance with social reach. He led a parish in a poor Hamilton Park area, counseled couples, helped ex-convicts find work, aided Jewish merchants, and even comforted the dying in hospitals. His tenure illustrated a fearless, inclusive ministry, ending with his death and reflection on a last breed of Irish clerics who governed both temporal and spiritual welfare.
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Monsignor
Leroy McWilliams
St. Michael’s
Jersey City
Hamilton Park
McWilliams
Corry 20 Years Ago May 11 1953 Banquet Food Poisoning
In Corry the St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church mother and daughter banquet ended with food poisoning blamed on cream pies. Several physicians treated affected attendees as the evening continued. The town enjoyed a warm weekend with a high near 80.
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St. Paul‘’s
Fragmentary Local Notice on Angle Closures and Disputed Sides
A garbled clipping mentions angle closures and a dispute between parties. readable words suggest a legal or public notice context with arguments and sides. concrete details are missing, leaving the core event unclear but indicating a contested matter likely involving local authorities or residents.
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