Come The Troops To Capitol Hill In Spring Tour
Pennsylvania Story by Mason Denison notes the annual spring school tours to Harrisburg. Thousands of students visit the State Museum, Governor's Office, Main Capitol Building, and possibly the Legislature. Capitol Guides and teachers shepherd youths as they tour, with a Liberty Belt replica a highlight on the plaza.
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Mason Denison
Harrisburg
Capital Hill
Pennsylvania
House of Representatives
State Senate
Capitol Guide Corps
Moppet Brigade
State Museum
State Transportation
Commonwealth
Shapp
Flight Funnies and Fat Jackie Gleason on Planes
A humorous reminiscence about flying fears and airline antics. Jim Bishop recalls brother John’s first flight and recalls pilots jokes, a central Airlines incident with peanut butter sandwiches, and a Jackie Gleason panic on a plane followed by a long trek home by train.
First Christmas Savings Club location and early founder
The fragment mentions the first Christmas Savings Club location in Pa. and notes the first was founded there. It also briefly references color symbolism in religion and honey flavor variation by nectar source, plus Nobel Peace Prize recipients Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson.
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U.S
Theodore Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
Dean Fired Over Unethical Conduct at Welch and Morgan
Washington Merry-Go-Round reports John Wesley Dean III was fired from Welch and Morgan for unethical conduct after secretly pursuing a TV license for Continental Summit while listing duties for the firm. Civil Service records note the discharge on February 4, 1966, and later disputes about the charge. Dean later held White House posts and assisted Nixon on executive privilege and Watergate investigations.
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Jack Anderson
Washington
White House
John Wesley Dean III
Nixon
Civil Service Commission
United States
Dean
Welch and Morgan
Vincent B. Welch
Welch
Congress
Watergate
G. Gordon Liddy
FBI
E. Howard Hunt
Hunt
L. Patrick Gray
FBT
Civil Service Files
House Judiciary Committee
William McCulloch
Ohio
National Commission On Reform of Criminal Laws
Continental Summit Television Corp
Federal Communications Commission
Key Biscayne
Fla
Ron Ziegler
Ziegler
Speaking Freely Rain Theft A New Peril
Maurice Strong, head of the UN Environmental Program, warns that weather modification could trigger international conflict as one country might steal another's rainfall via silver iodide seeding. He calls for immediate international rules to regulate experiments in modifying weather and climate.
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Don Oakley
Maurice 5. Strong
United Nations
Strong
Old bridges and crime reshape Rocky River talk
The Rocky River Bridge debate pits historic monument status against safety as crumbling supports force lane cuts while the city weighs preserving the monument against replacing it. Akron police lament a decline in criminal craft, noting pickpockets and safecrackers have turned to brute force over finesse.
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Rocky River
Ohio
Cleveland
Ohio Historical Society
National Parks Service
National Council On Ristoric
London
London Bridge
Arizona
Rocky River Bridge
Akron
John Traub
Harvard economist on hot line averts Teamsters strike
Victor Riesel reports Professor John Dunlop acts as a secret hotline to labor chiefs, dampening a potential nationwide Teamsters strike as the national master freight pact nears expiration. The piece links Dunlop to Frank Fitzsimmons and calls attention to wage guidelines, regional tensions, and forthcoming bargaining in May.
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Victor Riesel
Washington
Harvard
Dunlop
Jimmy Hoffa
Teamsters
National Teamsters
Frank
Fitz) Fitzsimmons
Jimmy
Fitz
Hoffa
Hawaii
Elba
Detroit
Dave Johnson
The
Justice
Labor Dept
Brother Johnson
Federal Penitentiary
Federal
Fitzsimmons
White House
Labor- Management
Cost of Living Council
John Dunlop
Trucking Employers, Inc
TEL
George Meany
Whipp
Meany
Chicago
Nixon
Klieg
Skyline Inn
Shoreham
Peter Bommarito
Rubber Workers
Ivy League
Fire hall construction to start in Clymer
Borough Council decided last night to have the new fire hall built by borough employees with no bids. The plan, dated April 6 1948, reflects local governance action for municipal infrastructure.
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Clymer
Clearfield
Curwensville
Philipsburg
Vonda van Dyke
Indiana Jr. High School
Men In Action Program
Indiana
Beaver Dam in Jeopardy Sparks Reader Concern
A letter laments beaver dam destruction in Indiana city limits. The writer notes children enjoy the dam and beavers while trapping reduces wildlife, urging action to protect Americas natural heritage near the city. The piece frames the issue as a loss of a last vestige of old America.
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Beaver Dam
Amer
Ica
Indiana
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Senate
Kent Shelhamer
Jim Bishop
John
Royall
Eastern Airlines
Johnny
Anna
O.K
Central Airlines
Central
Bill Bailey
Don Bedwell
Kennedy
Dallas
New Orleans
Indiana Printing & Publishing Company
Indiana, Pa
Frank B. Hood
Associated Press
Aibacigted
Noton
Aly Cea
la Ree
Davy Crockett
Jackie Gleason
Jack Haley
Jack Oakie
Warner Bros
New York
Gleason
Jackie
Oklahoma
Mae Busch
Rod LaRocque
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