Word: pa
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...PHILLIPS Abington, Pa...
...people of Pottstown, Pa. were really not much surprised by the obvious lack of success of the Rev. Matthew Meigs and his school upon the hill. He was an eccentric man and something of a recluse who liked to brood in his study for days without ever venturing forth. He had begun his school back in 1851 with only 25 boys, and when he retired 25 years later, he still had only 25. Pottstown was doubtful that The Hill would ever do much better...
...Bethlehem, Pa., Oklahoma over Oklahoma A. & M., 24-23, in the 46-college meet for the N.C.A.A. wrestling championship...
While it scoured the globe for new ore supplies, Bethlehem was not overlooking any in its own backyard. Last week the company announced that it will begin developing a body of magnetite ore near Morgantown, Pa., only 80 miles from Sparrows Point. The ore, lower grade than Venezuela's, was discovered last year by airborne prospectors using a Magnetometer (an adaptation of the magnetic detection devices which trapped Nazi submarines during World War II). Ore will start coming out of the Morgantown mines in 1953, and Pennsylvanians hope it will bring a revival of the state's once...
Marriage Revealed. Ezzard Charles, 29, world heavyweight boxing champion; and his longtime friend, Gladys ("Gee Gee") Gartrell, 22, onetime elevator operator; on Dec. 30, 1949; in New Kensington, Pa. Also revealed: the birth (on Feb. 13) of their first child, a daughter. Name: Deborah. Weight...