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Newspaper
The Canton Repository
Location
Canton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1949
Page
4
Frank Pucci patrols Halle Bros store nightly checking alarms and cleaning. He finds loose change to stash for the Red Cross and keeps a phone line handy. A former construction worker who fought in Africa, he keeps intruders at bay with readiness and a trusted gun.
Grand Rapids patrolman Roland Schipper bought an abandoned ice cream wagon and sold it to headquarters to benefit taxpayers. When the owner reclaimed the wagon, Schipper found an extra 50 cents in the cash box from paddle pop sales he had made to fellow officers.
Toronto reports the Canadian Rocket Society plans a two way moon voyage by a 200 foot long moon ship in 1960 with side excursions possible. Projected cost about 5 million dollars with hundreds of millions more in preliminary research, aims for international cooperation or a Canada only effort. The design features tele scopic tripod legs for moon landing and takeoff. The article also notes a note on predators hunting the cottontail rabbit.
The Internal Revenue Bureau announces it will tax prize winnings from essay contests and radio giveaways, ruling that any service or endorsement qualifies as income. This reverses a 1939 DC Court of Appeals gift ruling and targets winners including Bar Association essays and radio prizes.
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