Turnpike toll hikes and national road policies debated
The piece discusses Pennsylvania Turnpike toll increases amid a larger debate on toll road financing and federal reimbursements. It notes Rep. Schwengel's plan to fund highway improvements and penalize states keeping tolls, with projected penalties for Pennsylvania. It also covers Nixon's Peking visit opposition among Chinese radicals and hardliners, plus an eight-man medical team preparing a seven-week international tour despite crackdown on junkets.
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Schwengel
Rep
Militant oppositions and a salesman's downfall in Britain trip
The piece mocks militant Chinese critics of a visit and details a tarnished figure known as Sally the Salesman who quit amid a string of cons and debts. It notes a health care study junket for the poor by medical advisors traveling to Britain and other nations, cost estimates ranging from thirty to fifty thousand dollars, promoted by John Twiname. Insiders argue funds would better aid transportation for underprivileged patients unable to reach care.
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Jonn Veneman
Britain
Denmark
Israel
Norway
Poland
Sweden
Yugoslavia
John Twiname
Divorce does not end heirs status for children
A divorce does not affect a child’s right to inherit from both parents. Children living with one parent remain heirs of the other unless a will says otherwise. If a parent remarries and the new spouse adopts, the child becomes an heir of the adopting spouse and not of the former parent, though the former parent can still will property to the child.
Carpet swindle tale of Solly the Salesman
A hard luck buyer portrait shows Solly the Salesman pushing faulty carpet schemes. He signs a fake contract, loads a truck with cheap carpet, challenges complaints, and cuts rug pieces to pressure settlements. He taunts victims while claiming to represent the company.
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Solly
Snow fall in Corry but fell as a trace
Snowstorm in Corry district October 29 1951 left a trace in the city as temperatures hovered around 33 degrees at night. A daughter Pandalee was born yesterday in Fitchburg Mass to Sgt and Mrs Jan L Howard former area residents. A rummage sale by Presbyterian Women's Association yielded 5200 with Mrs Lawrence McCray as chairwoman.
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Corry
Pandalee
Fitchburg, Mass
Jan L. Howard
Howard
Jane Jones
Beaverdam
Presbyterian Women's Association
Those were the days remember
A nostalgic reminiscence contrasts memory to modern life, recalling a bygone era. It notes boyish wit, chattering barber shops, handy jacks of all trades, curfews, hand painted neckties, class picnic reputations, college tuition, large families with few sleds, neighbors watching from porches, and a general theme of gratitude amid simple pleasures.
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New York
Ates
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