States weigh lowering legal drinking age amid abuse concerns
The piece notes a shift in stance on Pennsylvania’s 21 year minimum and recounts a broader trend as several states revisit under-21 laws. Maryland seeks repeal of an 18-20 drinking allowance citing early-age alcoholism and higher accident rates, while Michigan’s Office of Substance Abuse engages in related reforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Jerome F. Connell Jr
Senate
General Assembly
Michigan
Office of Substance Abuse
OSA
Lawmakers urged 21 drinking age with phased 3-year reinstate
A state agency urged the Legislature to restore 21 as the legal drinking age with a three year phase in to avoid disenfranchising 18 to 20 year olds. The agency cited rising traffic fatalities in the 18-20 group and increased alcohol abuse among high schoolers, plus parental attitudes and lenient school rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Michigan
Highway Safety Research Institute
DSA
Thomas Rees
McDonald’s
Pennsylvania
Pension law gaps leave many retirees underinsured
Sylvia Porter notes that the current pension law offers little to workers with brief tenures, widows, old retirees, and divorced spouses. Proposals aim to fix erosion from inflation, but political support is fragile and staffers warn pension problems are complex and slow to resolve.
Reforming 74 pension law proposals outlined
A survey of reform ideas proposes measures to expand private retirement options. Suggestions include allowing workers in inadequate company plans to set up LERAs or IRAs tax free, enabling widows and widowers to receive survivor benefits, restoring bargaining rights for retirees, and extending benefits to former spouses. Also urged are spousal consent, opt out for private plans, and a five year work requirement for pension eligibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leras
Ulyer
LERA
Senate
Elizabeth Holtzman
D-N.y
Pat Schroeder
D. Colo
Gladys Spellman
D-Md
Letter writer defends unions against cartoon critique
Maurice Giertsen Corry protests a Saturday cartoon depicting unions as feckless. He cites lifelong union membership and argues unions raise living standards and secure fair pay, noting maritime and construction work environments and the larger naval crew contrast. He urges understanding of unions' role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice Giertsen Corry
Bureau of Consumer Protection Office in Erie
The Pennsylvania Bureau of Consumer Protection lists six city offices for consumer complaints. In Erie you can contact at 919 Sfite Street Room 203, Erie 16501 by phone at 454-7184. Area code one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Bureau of Consumer Protection
Bureau
Erie
Sfite Street
Corry Evening Journal masthead and pricing note
The Corry Evening Journal lists its publishing details including address at West South Street Corry Pa publisher George Sample manager William Eaton pressroom foreman John McLaughin and notes AP news content. It includes subscription rates 9 00 per year 14 for six months and 12 0 per week with display advertising deadlines and rate information.
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Twecorry Evening Journal
West South Street
Corry
George
Sample
Wiliam Eaton
John McLaughin
Associated Press
Scar
The Ultimate Therapy Dinner at The Players Reveals Hearts
Jim Bishop chronicles a Gramercy Square dinner where Edwin Booth and the Barrymores loom on breakfronts while Horace Redfield, a famed painter, confronts artistic glory, love, and betrayal. Redfield’s wife leaves Horace for Don Peters as Hoffmann urges a brutal shortcut to insight, ending with a chilling reveal.
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Gramercy Square
Edwin Booth
Barrymores
Richard Hoffmann
Horace Redfield
Hoffmann
Sigmund Freud
Park Avenue
Horace
Redfield
Doctor Hoffmann
Red
Fairfield
Connecticut
Don Peters
Louisiana
Don
Sinere Don
Welfare for Big Business Still Buys Tax Dollars
The piece argues that major industries receive tax benefits amounting to welfare, with utilities cited as paying far lower federal taxes than statutory rates. It highlights Rep. Vanik's study showing utilities markedly reduced tax payments, and questions the fairness of the tax system. It also references Patty Hearst coverage and cites government psychiatrist Dr. L J West on courtroom evidence, plus a note on Richard Shakman’s lavish office spending funded by taxpayers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Vanik
Ohio
U.S
Vanik
Richard Shakman
President Carter
Shakman
American University
Patent Office
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BY Journal
Tiger
Sylvia Porter
Congress
Congressional
Supreme Court
Alan Cranston
D-Calif
Jim Bishop
Howard Chandler Christy
James Montgomery Flagg
Madison Avenue
King Festures Syndicate. Inc
Washington
By Jack Anderson
Vanik Cea
American Electric Power
Internal Revenue Service
Patty
Patty Hearst
L.J. West
Symbionese Liberation Army
SLA
FBI
Catherine Hearst
West
Tanya
Hearst
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