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The article offers information on the combined efforts of the companies including Taylor Fibre Co., Continental Diamond Fibre Div. of Budd Co. and National Vulcanized Fiber Corp. to solve the problem of pollution in the river Schuylkill River in Pennsylvania. The firms joined the effort after spending more than one million dollar to control the pollution and the ultimatum from the Pennsylvania state to control it which otherwise lead to closure of their industrial plants situated in the river.

Presents information on "The Evening Bulletin" in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Highlights of the career of the late William L. McLean of "The Evening Bulletin" in newspaper ownership; Potential contributions that new columnists Paul Jones and Ralph W. Page could provide to the bulletin amid the changing principles; Marketing strategy of the newspaper.

The article offers information on Scott Paper Co., a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-based company that favors 50-50 joint venture deal with international companies. The company started its international market operation in 1954 with its partnership with Westminster Paper Co. in Canada. Scott Paper's success led to its entry into Europe, Asia, Australia, and South America. An overview to the company's corporate profit in 1970 is given.

Focuses on the closing of the liberal newspaper "Record" in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Effect of the closure that left hundreds of its employees unemployed; Information on J. David Stern, the owner of the newspaper; Blame of the closure on the communists who allegedly control the Newspaper Guild; Details of the attempt made by the Guild to save the newspaper.

The article focuses on the start of the first home deliveries of the tabloid "Philadelphia Daily News," with a special early morning edition in 1956 in Pennsylvania. It is believed that the tabloid is a threat to the "Philadelphia Inquirer," which is established in 1947 and whose daily circulation reaches to 635,000. It claims that the editorial content of the paper is politically bias because it strongly supports a local Republican faction.

The article discusses the highlights of the convention of the American Bottlers of Carbonated Beverages in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in November 1941. The 6,500 bottlers are determined to continue producing soft drinks despite shortages in sugar and other materials. The most pressing problems for bottlers are the shortage in cork for caps and paperboard for cardboard shipping containers. Caffeine sources and prices and the effects of ingredients on taste are also discussed.

The article reports on the move of liquor distilling company Publicker Industries Inc. in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to reshuffle its sales management team in an attempt to improve its effort to market its own brands. The company decided to hire John L. Leban to lead all its advertising, promotion and sales activities. Moreover, Leban addressed various policy-related problems and intended to reduce prices to restore the favorable reputation among distributors.

This article presents developments in the field of science, as of December 19, 1907. The annual meeting of the American Ornithologists' Union, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on December 10 to 12, 1909, was of greater interest than usual as the twenty-fifth anniversary of the founding of the union. The illustrated papers presented in the meeting showed the highest excellence yet attained in photography of wild birds. One of the most interesting papers of a popular nature was Ernest Thompson Seton's account of the birds, which he observed during a recent trip to Great Slave Lake, in northern Canada. In another development, the book "The Major Symptoms of Hysteria," by Pierre Janet, contains the author lectures on hysteria, which he gave at the Harvard Medical School.

The article provides an overview of the consolidations of newspapers in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in accordance with the trend of journalism throughout the U.S. The number of English-language dailies in the country had declined in the past six months from 2,001 to 1,952. An acquisition was made by Scripps Howard Inc. which involved an amount of more than $6 million. There is already not a single newspaper in the state that is locally owned.

The article reports on the closing of several newspapers in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Scripps-Howard's "Press," Hearst's "Sun-Telegraph," and William Block's "Post-Gazette" shut down because the Mailers' Union went on strike and the Drivers' Union no longer load papers. Seven radio stations in the city decided to add more news broadcasts to offset the closing of the dailies. The newspapers had to dismiss 3,400 nonstriking employees. Meanwhile, the International Typographical Union (ITU) agreed that the papers were victims of irresponsible groups.

The article discusses the competition between Philadelphia, Pennsylvania's newspaper "The Evening Bulletin" and "The Inquirer." It states that the rivalry started when the "Inquirer" was purchased by newspaper publisher John S. Knight in 1969. Events including the reorganization of the newspaper's staff and the 18 million dollars finance to the paper's factory. It presents the Bulletin's appointment of newspaper executives George Packard and Joel Whitaker. It also cites the Bulletin's expose of food contamination in May 1973 that reinforced its superiority over the Inquirer as claimed by Packard.

The article offers information on the combined effort of Philadelphia's city government under Mayor Joseph S. Clark, and the local business in developing the community's resources. It highlights the political scenario of the city before Clark was the Mayor and focuses on the organization of Greater Philadelphia Movement (GPM).

The article presents information on the decision of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania to favor the use of paper containers as bottles by a milk company in a case it filed against a health board of a city served by the firm. Just when the company has started to replace its bottling machinery with a new system for packaging milk in processed hard-paper containers, the board ordered that all milk delivered to its area for resale to be in transparent containers.

This article presents information on the buyout of two daily newspapers of Pittsburgh, namely: Pittsburgh Dispatch and Pittsburgh Leader. It is informed that these old, well established dailies were purchased for the purpose of extinction by the five remaining dailies, on the avowed ground that there were too many newspapers in Pittsburgh for the successful conduct of all. In other words, there was not enough circulation and advertising to go around, and so these two papers were purchased for considerably more than one million dollars, and immediately suspended.

The article discusses how U.S. companies conduct Christmas parties and Christmas giving. It highlights the two-day Christmas party of Boeing Airplane Co., which was attended by 85,000 employees, relatives, and children and held at the athletic pavilion of University of Washington. It states that a natural gas company in Houston, Texas gives tailor-made suit to its employees while a law firm in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania gives electric alarm clock.

The article discusses the cover art featured in the issue which is a two-color drawing by Henry Pitz in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Eastern Arts Association of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from April 2 to 6, 1960. The drawing illustrates the house of William Rittenhouse, America's first paper maker. The author presents a brief biography of Rittenhouse and discusses his pioneering paper production method.

Presents world news briefs as of November 1941. Number of persons killed in the first year of the operation of the Pennsylvania Turnpike; Reason of allied prisoners of war in Germany for sending parcels of food to relatives in occupied countries; Appointment of Louis B. Neumiller as president of the Caterpillar Tractor Co.

Presents updates on several states in the U.S. as of 1940. Information on the wage tax law in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Notice issued by the government of Idaho to MGM Co. regarding income tax; Reason of stockholder-employees of the cooperative Hancock Hosiery Mill for petitioning Hosiery Worker' unions.

Focuses on issues about politics and war. Involvement of Calais, Maine in Europe's war; Rejection of the application of Pennsylvania State Senator William J. Eroe for an unemployment compensation.

Presents updates on current events in the U.S. in 1938. Legislative bill that was not passed in the 75th U.S. Congress; Reason of the United Automobile Workers for dismissing its welfare director Paul Treadway; Demonstration launched by employees of a dairy firm at the office of the U.S. National Labor Relations Board in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Reports on the suspension of the publication 'The Villanovan,' official student newspaper of Villanova University, Pennsylvania because of the usage of the word penis in an article published in December 1972. Statement made by Edward McCarthy, president of Villanova University on the issue; Coverage of a news story on Gay Activists Alliance member Matthew Grande in the article.

The newspapers of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in particular and of the country in general persistently misrepresented, the great steel strike of 1919 to the public as a Bolshevik outbreak of foreign workers, without basis in real grievances, opposed by all U.S. labor, denounced by all the clergy, attended by violent riots, a deadly menace to industry, peace, and established rights, a thing to be stamped out by any measures and at all cost. With failure of the press in the truth, there was a consequent failure of the public in right sense of justice and sympathy, there was also a collateral failure of the State in law and order.

The article presents news on various issues related to politics in the U.S. and abroad. One of them focuses on Governor Edward Martin Duff's successful drive for the Senatorial nomination in Pennsylvania. It means that Senator Francis J. Myers, a consistent liberal and the Democrats' whip in the upper chamber, is going to have a hard time of it in November. The conclusion to be drawn from these contests is that the overwhelming majority of the Republicans in two widely separated parts of the country feel that their party cannot hope to win with the vapid policies and tactics laid down for them by their national chairman. What Secretary Dean Acheson brought home from London is impressive and visible: a definite agreement to coordinate and push ahead the military and economic preparations for war, in return for an implied if not explicit promise of continued financial help from the U.S. Undoubtedly the Western ranks have closed at least on paper and as far as the governments are concerned. Peace was on the agenda as a word, perhaps as a hope, but no indication appeared in any communique that it played a role in the discussions or decisions of the Western leaders.

The article focuses on the development of the Eastwick area in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The project calls for the emergence of Eastwick as a new city within a city, valued at 350 million U.S. dollars. Reynolds Metals Co. and Berger Bros. have been chosen as sponsors for the project. The area has few sidewalks and much of the land is below grade. It started as a settlement of Swedish farmers and had become a neighborhood of families by 1950.

The article reports on Pennsylvania politics and government amid high level of unemployment and resentment against governor of the state. It is reported that a rising tide of resentment against the state government is threatening to unseat several republican legislators. It is informed that in the upcoming state election, a Democratic win will led to a Democratic majority in the U.S. House.

The article features businessman John Fox and his companies that are drilling gas well in the state of Pennsylvania. More than a gas man, the author claims Fox owns a multitude of contracts, financial maneuverings and huge paper profits that have made him a mystery man of high finance. Fox graduated in Harvard in 1929. In the early 1940s, he started real estate, buying low and selling high. Fox has started buying U.S. Leather stock and discovered that the company held oil and gas rights on 500,000 acres in Pennsylvania.

This article reports on the eighteenth annual meeting of the American Historical Association, held in December 1903 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The general arrangement of the program followed the plan observed for several years. The new feature was a special session devoted to international law, in this instance given up principally to papers concerning the Isthmus of Panama and the interoceanic-canal project. The manifold activities of the Association wax greater and more numerous year by year. With a membership of over 1900, the Association is enabled to carry on a wider range of scholarly work than is attempted by any other scientific body in the country.

The article focuses on the 33rd annual meeting of the American Historical Association at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The programme reflected, as was natural, the influence of the war and dealt rather more than is usual among historians with current events. In a conference the timely question of imperialism was discussed in a number of excellent papers, Oriental Imperialism, Greek Imperialism, roman imperialism and its decay. The increasing importance to the U.S. of her relations with the Far East found expression in papers on the Occidental attitude towards China by and on Japanese party politics and emigration.

The article presents information on the newspaper "The Gazette and Daily," under the ownership of J.W. Gitt in York County, Pennsylvania. To many of its 35,000 or so readers in the county, it was simply the morning news paper. What was never really understood about The Gazette and Daily was its simple basic philosophy, which was, of course, Gitt's philosophy. Back around 1950, when she became assistant editor, she learned at least something of this philosophy in a brief conversation with the publisher about my new duties as daily editorial writer, among other things.

The article focuses on the lawsuit filed by the town of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania against seven out-of-town firms. The town has asked the court to deduct tax from the wages of Philadelphians employed by the firms and to ask the companies to pay the city the amount of tax since the passing of the income tax law five years ago. The companies sued include Baldwin Locomotive Works, Wilson Distilling Co., and Scott Paper Co.

This article presents information about meetings related to computing. The Joint Fall Conference of the Univac Users Association and the Univac Scientific Exchange will be held at Shamrock Hilton Hotel, Houston, Texas during September 9-13, 1968. The 34th International Federation for Documentation Conference and International Congress on Scientific Information will be held in Moscow, Russia during September 9-18. The 1968 International Information and Automation Assembly will be held in Versailles, France during September 23-25. The 16th Joint Engineering Management Conference will be held at Marriott Motor Hotel, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during September 30-October 1. The Hazard and Race Phenomena in Switching Circuits Symposium will be held in Bucharest, Romania during October 6-10. The 1968 Systems Science and Cybernetics Conference will be held in San Francisco, California during 14-16. The Ninth Annual Symposium on Switching and Automata Theory will be held in Schenectady, New York during October 15-17. The ACM Annual symposium on the Application of Computers to the Problems of Urban Society will be held at New York Hilton Hotel, New York on October 18.