Congress Rushes to Adjourning as Logjams Mount
DREW PEARSON reports Congress faces one of the worst legislative logjams in history as session nears adjournment. The Senate stalls on civil rights and appropriations while debates linger over the Kerr Natural Gap and Basing Point bills, with election pressures mounting and the Fair Deal program at risk.
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Wildlife road kill across Indiana County 1948 report
Indiana County highway wildlife losses show 2700 rabbits 146 woodchucks 86 squirrels 821 skunks 27 raccoons 12 deer 948 opossums 7 weasels 2 porcupines 22 Brouse 8 ringneck. The tally suggests 80 percent of 1948 wildlife killed on roads were counted, with broader statewide extrapolations and notes on habitat, population impact, and deer herd reduction plans.
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Indiana
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Children Lead The Way To Peace, Not Adults
A fragmented reflection suggests adults have failed to find world peace and that children may hold the key. The quote emphasizes the idea that a little child shall lead them, urging humility and reevaluation of how peace is pursued. The passage echoes moral or inspirational tone from a historical newspaper page.
Board scandal details in Salisbury money loan case
Committee investigators say Hattie Maragon lent $5,000 last spring to fund a new house and that the money was returned through Mrs. B Johnson of Salisbury Maryland. The narrative traces transfers involving the lender and the borrower as part of the inquiry.
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Eviderica Maragon
Maragon's Trial Opens In Capital
John Maragon former White House associate of Harry Vaughan faces trial in Washington on charges of lying to Senate investigators. A Grand Jury accused him of four perjury counts tied to his income and work with government related entities. Trial proceedings include judge and jury selection as prosecutors forecast about one week.
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Farm Flock Owners Keep Top Position
Harrisburg April 17 Pennsylvania farm flock owners retained the nations top income from poultry with 1849 figures. The State Agriculture Department reported total cash income from eggs chickens broilers and turkeys at 190 million dollars and a gross income of 207.4 million dollars. Secretary Miles Horst noted a five percent drop from the record.
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Pennsylvania Farm Income Beats Iowa in Chickens and Turkeys
Keystone State farmers reported $49.349 million from selling chickens, outpacing Iowa by about $10 million. Pennsylvania broiler income reached $10.296 million, still $6.252 million higher, while turkey earnings of $10.543 million trailed Iowa by roughly $8 million. Dairy prices concern Horst, with milk at nine cents per quart versus 10.4 cents a year ago.
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Agriculture Department
Dairy Farmers Face Feed Costs and Herd Selloff Rumors
A March milk production report shows 612 million pounds for the month, a new high, while farmers report rising feed prices and dwindling hay supplies. A federal state survey notes that by April 1 many dairy farmers statewide fear selling their herds due to shortages and costs.
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I Have Not Seen A Flying Saucer
Horace P. Morgan a World War II air veteran from Cuthbert Ga writes to Air Force Secretary Thomas Finletter welcoming him to the air fraternity and calling saucer reports mass hysteria and hoaxes He recalls B 17 gunner injuries over Wiener Neustadt in 1944 to illustrate oddities without witnessing any flying saucer.
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Washington
Horace P. Morgan
Thoman K. Finletter
Air Force
Finletter
Air
Weiner-Neustadt
First Ice Factory in New Orleans Opens in 1868
Read Tha Gazette Classified notes that the city’s first commercial ice factory was built in New Orleans in 1868 marking a milestone in local industry and cold storage.
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Tha
Remedy for rheumatism and neuritis in Uniontown pa
An absolute proven remedy promised to halt torturing pains with a single trip. Disabled persons may send a friend to 88 BE Feyette Street near Uniontown Senior High School. Office hours daily 10 to 8, Sunday 10. Permanently located.
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