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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1950
Page
6
The basing point bill moves toward a Senate vote amid opposition warnings it could hit mall operators in major industries. The compromise would allow basing point methods if conducted in good faith and without anti trust price fixing, following Supreme Court rulings.
Harrisburg reports seventy five Pennsylvania high school girls will enter the 16th Laurel Festival in Wellsboro on June 16. The winner will receive a four year state scholarship. The State Department of Commerce notes parole costs are far lower than prison upkeep costs.
The piece discusses Symington’s defense planning challenges across states and cities. It notes licensing, equipment standards, and mutual aid limits hindering cross jurisdiction fire and medical responses. It mentions estimates of city destruction from a modern atomic bomb and aims to outline a plan for the President by end of June.
Scranton's 1950 population is 125,080, down 15,324 from the previous count. The figure, announced by Richard Walsh, census supervisor for Scranton, is subject to minor revisions and was presented to Mayor James T. Hanlon.
Harrisburg report shows one in three applicants for operators licenses fail the exam. For the first quarter of 1950 state police tested 59 835 with 20 262 not ready to drive. Commissioner Wilhelm says applicants must be better prepared and familiar with the Vehicle Code Digest.
Swing Lobby will be held in the Rainbow Terrace at Cascade Park tonight from 8 30 to 11 30 o clock. Supervisor Mrs Frank Gribben announced. Additional sessions are planned for Monday and Wednesday of next week at the same Terrace and hours.
Dr W A Womer speaks on dangers facing pioneers and modern households. He contrasts wild risks from history with common everyday accidents that injure family members at home.
During Farm and Home Week on June 27 28 and 29 two floors of the new Plant Industries building at Pennsylvania State College will host special exhibits from the School of Agriculture departments.
Aldous Huxley born July 26 1894 in England and later a US resident. He edited The Letters of D H Lawrence and wrote novels poems essays including The Burning Wheel The Defeat of Youth This Brave New World and The Art of Seeing Time Must Have a Stop The Perennial Philosophy. Velma Banky Hungarian born beauty rose in Berlin Munich Paris later to the US in 1923 becoming a star in Dark Angel with Ronald Colman and films with Rudolph Valentino and Rod La Rocque.
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