Hedgerow Theater Fight Fades Then Forges New Path
The Hedgerow Theater of Rose Valley, once a leading repertory house for 33 years until a 1956 closure, reemerges as a non profit. Despite boards changing and funds sought from foundations, a new five member board guides a revived mission to bring classic drama and children’s productions back to life.
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Rose Valley
Jasper Deeter
Dorothy Kite Haworth
Hedgerovian
The
Daily Times
Barbara Pearson Lange
Benevento
Hedgerow
Sean O’casey
Beckett
Congress considers Sitting Tax on babysitters draws protests
A proposed tax on babysitters for Social Security deductions triggers protests from children parents babysitting agencies and others. Critics say bookkeeping costs and administrative headaches outweigh benefits. The debate centers on welfare state concerns and potential tax revenue leakage versus wasted funds.
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Congress
Stop Loss Order Is Inaccurate Says The Daily Investor
William A. Doyle explains that stop loss is a misnomer and stop orders should be used. A stop order becomes a market order when the target price is reached, not guaranteeing against loss, and placing a siding stop requires explicit broker arrangements and continuous monitoring.
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William A. Doyle
Open house planned by Oliver kin at 215 W 24th St
Mrs Edward J Oliver and Mrs Alfred Kinney will host open house on Saturday from 2 until 4 pm for Agnesis. Mr and Mrs T Sumner Oliver and children Tom and Ann of Sacramento spend two weeks with Oliver’s mother. Nancy Elizabeth Ives marked a fourth birthday with a family dinner at 25 Parkway Ave. Pennsylvania Military College prep class diploma ceremony held at Chester institution with invocations and diplomas presented by officials. King Bussard of Morton begins Independence Day plans including a baseball game and field sports. Crozer Theological Seminary president Milton Evans to spend summer home in Susquehanna County.
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T. Sumner Oliver
Tom
Ann
Sacramento
Cal
Parkway Ave
Paul Lane Ives
Pennsylvania Military College
Chester Military Institution
Lest P. Wyman
Karl KB. Agan
Frank K. Byatt
King
Bussard Uatry
Bussard Club
Morton
Milton G. Evans
Crozer Theological Seminary
Susquehanna County
Barry Goldwater's hard line against Soviet expansionism
Senator Barry Goldwater denounces liberals who blame Eisenhower for the Paris Summit failure. He cites Yalta through Geneva as proof communism seeks world domination. He accuses the Russians of aggression, satellite states, and open threats, urging talks only after Berlin, Berlin bases, and spies are withdrawn.
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Eisenhower
Yalta
Potsdam
Teheran
Panmunjom
Geneva
Paris
Free World
Russia
Southeast Asia
Berlin
Germany
East Germany
Middle East
South America
Khrushchev
United States
Planned Obsolescence Becomes Obsolete Says Porter
Sylvia Porter argues that planned obsolescence is fading as auto and appliance firms consider longer model lifespans. She cites consumer revolt, Lippincott’s stance on no yearly changes, Harvard Business Review findings, and a pending George Romney Kelvinator initiative. The trend signals fewer pushbuttons, better parts, and lower prices through genuine innovations.
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J. Gordon Lippincott
Lippincott & Maguires
Volkswagen
McGraw-Hill
Lippincott
Businessmn
Harvard Business Review
Harvard Business School
John B. Stewart
United States
New York
American Motors
George Romney
Kelvinator
America
U.S
Kefauver panel shifts to fixed fights exposé
The Kefauver committee gears to expose fixed prize fights with witnesses Jake LaMotta and brothers, boxing figures, and an underworld suspect. Plans reveal LaMotta’s 1947 bout with Billy Fox and other championship match rigging, while John Bonomi leads the probes into boxing monopolies and mob ties. The drive targets major figures like Tony Salerno and Frank Palermo as it weighs federal legislation.
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Washington
Estes Kefauver
Jake LaMotta
Joseph LaMotta
Sammy” Richman
Lou” Burston
LaMotta
Hilly Fox
New York
Kefauver
Tony Jankro
Madison Square Garden
N.Y
Billy Fox
John Bonomi
Bonomi
New York County
Frank Carbo
Gabriel Genovese
Anthony
Tony Fats
Salerno
Patterson - Johansson
Frank
Blinky
Palermo
Kefauter
Prothers
Kefaguer
IBO
Philip Mart
Mich
Edmund Brown
Californian
Ike
Syngman Rhee
State Department
Eisenhower
Hawaii
Seoul
Rhee
Huh
U.S
United Nations
Herter
Lower Bus Fare Proposal To End Chester Strike
Mrs Jennie V Tyer and local residents urge a 15 cent minimum bus fare within Chester city limits to restore ridership and help the bus company by attracting former riders who stopped using the service after the 23 cent fare increase.
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Chester
Jennie V. Tyer
and Friends
7Th St
Benjamin Franklin and Polly Baker book review
WV G Rogers reviews Max Hail's history of Polly Baker the 1747 General Advertiser speech hoax and its echo through centuries. The study traces Voltaire Diderot Jefferson and others and weighs how fashion shaped thought and gullibility in literary deception.
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Benjamin Franklin
Polly Baker
Max Hail
Institute of Early American History
University of North Carolina Press
General Advertiser
London
Polly
Nieman
Harvard
Voltaire
Diderot
Jefferson
Silas Deane
Zenger
Carey
Thomas
Parton
van Doren
Fay
Quiz Bits on Lands, Diamonds, and Vases Reveals Curious Facts
Questions cover national versus public land domains, origins of diamonds, why applejack is named, presidents who rose to office on death, and the Portland Vase housed in the British Museum. Facts cite 1000 B C Chinese diamond lore, Saint John feast timing, and Rome related origins.
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U.S
John Tyler
Millard Fillmore
Andrew Johnson
Chester Arthur
Rome
British Museum
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Paul Scott
Falitar
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Hiall
Associated Press
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Alexander the Great
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