Senate Hearing Seeks Praise for Responsive Corporations
A confidential memo from Senate Consumer Subcommittee chair Frank Moss outlines hearings to spotlight firms like Sears Motorola Giant Food Whirlpool and Quaker Oats for voluntary consumer protections. The memo also criticizes Ford GM and others for overstating safety costs and calls for action on class action bills and poison prevention packaging.
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Washington
Senate Consumer Subcommittee
Sears
Motorola
Giant Food
Whirlpool
Quaker Oats
Sinatra Retirement Reflections From The Dark Side Of The Footlights
In a candid reminiscence Frank Sinatra contemplates retirement, fame, and aging. He recalls battles with credibility and endurance, the pull of family loyalty, and the impulse to quit only to return stronger, while sharing memories with John Jurgelis about wartime service and shared times in Europe.
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Frank Sinatra
Jim Mahoney
Sinatra
Frank
Small town camp host to displaced Lithuanians and a manuscript plea
John and a fellow GI visit a Lithuanian displacement camp set in an old school complex in Germany. Lithuanians greet them warmly, sharing food and dance while a guest presents a handwritten manuscript on Lithuania’s occupations. The author contemplates publishing the document to counter Cold War misperceptions about the Soviets.
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Germany
John
Lithuania
Lait
United States
John Fall
Legal challenge eyed on Pennsylvania income tax budget
The article argues that two residents plan to sue the commonwealth over enacting the income tax before a balanced budget was approved. It critiques Harrisburg maneuvering and warns taxpayers that the budget may expand to match revenue, questioning if the tax is truly needed. It notes shifts from five to 3.5 percent and doubts whether any budget yet exists to justify the tax.
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Corry Board of Education
Corry
Harrisburg
Shapp
Grass roots opinion on federal income tax forms
SELBY S D JAVA HERALD notes the complexity of Part VII of the new tax form with lines 48 to 51. The writer, facing a future net loss and possible gains on lines 47 and 48, questions the guidance and jokes about earning a master’s degree after a BS.
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Selby
S.D
Java Herald
Change of mind stalls Corry City Council appointment
In Corry April 1951 Charles Hubertz declined the vacant City Council post after indicating willingness to serve. A Chamber of Commerce directors meeting is set for tomorrow at Hotel Corry noon with newly elected president Robert Ot to appoint committees for the year.
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Charles Hubertz
Hubertz
Corry
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Virginia
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