Polio cases rise in Pennsylvania with 421 this year
State Health Department reports 421 polio cases in 1951 by this date, 502 for the same period in 1950. Fifty of 67 counties have reported, led by Fayette with 48, Allegheny 47, and Dauphin 42. New Erie cases bring total there to four, including a seven year old and a 26 year old. condition not serious.
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State Health Department
Fayette County
Allegheny
Dauphin
Lake View Municipal Hospital
Erie
North Girard
Manhunt on for missing bookie
New York Sept 12 Associated Press Harry Gross graft trial star witness sought nationwide after escaping police custody. District Attorney Miles F McDonald said letters threatening his wife and children preceded his disappearance as 18 policemen former officers face graft for covering up the gambler’s 20 million dollar syndicate. Judge Samuel S Leibowitz presiding. Gross slipped from two patrolmen at his Long Island home while free on 25000 bail awaiting his role as chief prosecution witness.
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New York
Harry Gross
Miles F. McDonald
Gross
McDonald
Samuel S. Leibowitz
Long Island
Teachers Fight for Back Pay Flounders in House
Rep Norman Wood says unlikely that the legislature will approve 1.5 million for nine distressed districts to cover back salaries and future pay. He notes House cuts after Senate restorations and a five month tax deadlock, predicting failure for the teachers committee formed at Cass township meeting.
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House Appropriations Committee
Northumberland County
Norman Wood
Lancaster
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Cass Township
Wood
House
Senate
Threatening letters cited in court case against Harry
Last night the suspect vanished, believed to have fled by automobile. In court McDonald read a letter to the wife warning that if Harry testifies the children will not grow up. Another letter threatened continued fear if Gross testifies, signaling intimidation by unknown assailants.
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McDonald
Harry
Gross
Mine Union Files Huge Damage Suit in Kentucky
Lexington Ky Sept 12 speculates if John L Lewis and United Mine Workers use a new tactic to pressure employers without Taft Hartley aid A $2 000 000 damage suit was filed in U S district court yesterday naming Kentucky coal companies county officials a county judge of Leslie and Clay counties and more than 140 others as defendants The action alleges a reign of terror against the union and seeks damages for alleged wrongdoing
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John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers Union
Taft-Hartley
U. S. District Court
Kentucky
Leslie and
Clay
Kentuck
Spittsburner Seeks Raft Cruise Role Amid Plans
Samuel Hicks Friedman a 25 year old Pittsburgh attorney's son offers to join the raft Lethargia on its New Orleans cruise. He mentions his lifeguard experience at Highland Park and his readiness if the raft overturns. Friedman's plan includes contacting Mary Ellen McCrady, 24, to replace Don Brown who will return to the University of Michigan in about 10 days.
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Spittsburgher
Pittsburgh
Samuel
Hicks Friedman
Pitts
Burgh
New Orleans
Priedman
Highland Park
Don Brown
University of Michigan
Friedman
Mary Ellen McCrady
Washington, D. C
Browns
Doctor killed by train in Sharon incident
An eastbound Pennsylvania Railroad engine struck and killed Dr. Clyde V. Y. Hal, 41, in Sharon, Pennsylvania, on September 13. The tragedy occurred as the physician attempted to cross the tracks, with authorities investigating the accident and notifying the family.
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Sharon
Clyde VY. Hal
Wheatland Doctor on Way to Help During Emergency
Dr Hall, former police physician at Youngstown, was en route to a sick call yesterday when the incident occurred nearby Wheatland.
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Wheatland
Hall
Youngstown
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