Bribe claim sparks Senate probe into El Paso bill
Washington report alleges a $100,000 interest free deposit offer to Utah banker John Klas to influence testimony on El Paso Natural Gas Company. Magnuson subpoenas Klas and El Paso lawyer Dan Berman as controversy over a Pacific Northwest pipeline bill deepens. Continentals, banks, and witnesses deny or dodge, with Klas saying he stands “in a box.” Footnote recalls a 1956 brown bag bribe tied to oil interests.
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Washington
Senate Commerce Committee
el Paso Natural Gas Company
Utah
John Klas
el Paso
Supreme Court
Pacific Northwest Pipeline Company
Magnuson
Moore
Klas
Senate
Continental
Continental Bank
Salt Lake City
Alta Club
Sen
Francis Case
R-S.d
John Neff
Superior Oil
Elmer Patman
Is Phase II Equal for the Working Man in Wage Controls
An opinion piece critiques Phase II wage and price controls as unfair to middle income workers like a two job dental lab technician. It accuses Pennsylvania legislators of perks and raises while wage controls bite, argues for equal treatment, and warns that phase II may favor some exceptions over others.
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General Assembly
State of
Pennsylvania
Wage Control Board
Roofs Lease Bea's Restaurant Quarters in Corry
In Corry on November 13 1951 Mr and Mrs George Roof announced the lease of Bea's Restaurant quarters and equipment in the Imperial Hotel building at West Main and First Avenue from W W Waterhouse. They plan to open for reservation parties by December and later serve regular meals to the public.
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George Roof
Bea’s
Imperial Hotel
West Main Street
First Avenue
W.W. Waterhouse
The Toronto Telegram's Final Wake and Bureaucratic Echoes
A reflective montage on the Toronto Telegram's demise and its place in Canadian memory. The piece links the paper's long run to cultural milestones while noting shifts in editoral stance. It then shifts to New York reporting on U S Bureaucracy and a Bank of America study warning that billions are wasted on failed products and document costs.
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Toly
Bank of America
Fighting City Hall and the Paper World
The report criticizes bureaucratic expansion driven by independent inventors. It notes 70 percent of patents go to corporations, 25 percent to independents, five percent to government and universities. It links rising taxes and defense publicity to a paper heavy economy and suggests reform.
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Defense
The
Tax Foundation
Defense Department
Armed Service
Telegram’s decline and a failed Toronto press revival
The piece recalls the Telegram’s altered format and waning allegiance of readers, linking it to market forces and wage disputes. It notes strikes by print unions, the paper’s closure, and mournful reflections from former staff. A final caution urges readers to boost Corry I’s good for you.
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Lve
Bennettt
Telleboutt
Dan Berman
Larry Higgins
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Higgins
K.J. Sullivan
Corry
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Panama
Lottsville
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Canada
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Carrie Nation
Babe Ruth
Hitler
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United States Senate
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Hugh Scott
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Harrisburg
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