Karth, Joseph E. (Joseph Edward), 1922-2005
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Joseph E. Karth, a U.S. representative (Democratic-Farmer-Labor) from the Minnesota fourth district, was born in 1922 in New Brighton, Minnesota. He was educated in Ramsey County elementary schools and North St. Paul High School, and studied engineering at the University of Nebraska. Karth served in the Minnesota House of Representatives from 1950 until 1958, when he was first elected to Congress. In Congress, Karth's committee assignments included Merchant Marine and Fisheries and, Ways and Means Committees. He chaired the Subcommittee on Space Science and Applications of the committee on Science and Astronautics. He announced his retirement before the 1976 elections.
From the guide to the Joseph E. Karth Congressional Papers., 1959-1977., (Minnesota Historical Society)
Karth was Acting Chairman of the Subcommittee on NASA Oversight.
From the description of Request for copy of the Kelley Report prior to commencement of hearings on the Ranger Project : letter to James E. Webb, NASA Administrator, 1964 Apr 20. (Jet Propulsion Laboratory Library and Archives). WorldCat record id: 733100519
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- Advertising, political
- Political campaigns
- Democratic
- Electioneering
- Elections
- Elections
- Energy policy
- Energy policy
- Environmental policy
- Environmental policy
- Ramsey County (Minn.)
- Ranger 6 lunar probe
- Ranger project :
- Taxation
- Taxation
- Television advertising
- United States. Congress. House
- United States. Congress. House Committee on Science and Astronautics
- United States. Congress. House. House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries
- United States. Congress. House Ways and Means Committee
- Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975
- Wilderness areas
- Wilderness areas
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- Legislators
- Politicians
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- Ramsey County (Minn.) (as recorded)
- United States (as recorded)
- Minnesota (as recorded)
