City Hall Sidelights on reports and park reservations
City Solicitor Marjorie A Young plans a caucus recommendation for a supplemental engineering report on the metropolitan sewer system to verify the 1958 Consoler Townsend estimate. Parks table reservations for Gaston Park on July 4 proceed on a first come basis amid expected heavy demand.
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Marjorie A. Young
Young
Robert W. Rainey
Consoer, Townsend
Union Sewer and Disposal Authority
Parks Dept
Gaston Park
Betty Fortuna
Exemption list item and utility pole move target city actions
The city exempted a subject in 1960. Council directed Councilman Howard L Reynolds to ask Pennsylvania Power Co to relocate a utility pole near Big J Market to ease a parking problem. The council accepted a 200 dollar check from Ludwig Inc for the lease payment on the city paint shop and Woolcock received permission to provide city maps to the county for 75 dollars. They voted exoneration on a house at 914 South Mill Street and refunded 20.74 in 1961 taxes to Mr and Mrs William Melitrot. A state rebate check of eight cents for the fire report was accepted. Reynolds quipped the state spent more to write it. A note mentions a Seguaro cactus near Phoenix grows 30 to 40 feet high when full grown at 150 to 200 years. at 15 to 20 years the cactus is about one foot tall.
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Somerset County
United States
U. S
Howard L. Reynolds
Pennsylvania Power Co
Big J Super
S. Mill St. Joseph Joseph
S. Mill St
William Melitrot
Reynolds
Schweinsberg
Phoenix
Ariz
State To Acquire Two Juvenile Homes
Harrisburg reports a bill sent to Gov Law rence would let Allegheny County transfer two juvenile facilities to state control. It clears the Senate and targets Thorn Hill School in Warrendale as a state youth development center and the inactive Gumbert School for Girls in Emsworth.
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Harrisburg
UPI
David L. Lawrence
Allegheny County
Senate
Thorn Hill
Warrendale
Gumbert School
Emsworth
House
Commonwealth
Thorn Ifill
Stock Exchange Chief Urges Congress Safeguards for Investors
Keith Funston, president of the New York Stock Exchange, told a House subcommittee that Congress should not derail SEC investigations but pass new investor protections. He pressed for extending the 1934 Act to all brokers, universal disclosure for public companies, and nondiscriminatory credit provisions for those carrying or extending securities.
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Washington
UPI
Jthe
New York Stock Exchange
Congress
Securities & Exchange Commission
Keith Funston
House
Boy Fractures Arm At Washington Playground
Thomas Shaffer aged 12 from 1715 Highland Avenue was injured after a fall from a merry go round at Washington Playground. He was admitted to New Castle Hospital with a fracture to the right arm and is reported in good condition.
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Thomas Shaffer
Highland Ave
Washington Playground
New Castle Hospital
Safety Council Predicts 450 Holiday Deaths
The National Safety Council projects 450 highway fatalities over the four day Fourth of July weekend with about 20,000 disabling injuries. NSC executive vice president George C. Stewart notes 74 million cars will travel about 10 billion miles, and fatalities may be 25 percent higher than a typical holiday period. The forecast surpasses 1957 toll but falls short of 1950 deaths for a similar holiday span.
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Chicago
UPI
National Safety Council
NSC
George C. Stewart
Stewart
Biology leads with over five thousand journals
New York reports that more than 5,200 biology journals are published and over 4,800 chemistry publications circulate, highlighting the breadth of scientific literature in these fields.
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New York
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City Hall
Middle Atlantic
New Castle Taxpayers League
Robert Solomon
Herman F. Steinbrinkle
Y. Solomon
Ephriam Solomon
Clen Moore Blvd
Montana State Health Dept
Biddle
Allied Asphalt Co
Pittsburgh
Cascade Park
Brindle Printing Co
Marjorie Young
N. Liberty St
Lees
Kroger
Haber’s
S. Miki Si
Cove
THE
Sherwin-Williams CO
E. Washington St
Manufacturers Light & Heat CO
East Street
Ludwig Inc
Woolcock
Stock Exchange
Safety Council
Men’s
Straws
U.S.A
Longies
California
Qorlon
Jamaica
Plains
Silk Blend
Fishers
Dacron
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