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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1975
Page
2
The piece argues Pennsylvnia’s 4.5 percent gross receipts tax on utilities is collected by firms and paid to the state, making the state the beneficiary of higher utility bills. It urges tax reform as fuel and utility costs rise.
The state liquor board raises prices via base costs markups plus hitchhiking and gross receipts taxes. Consumers pay the pass-through and these taxes, with no portion returned to utilities. Harrisburg pursues tax revenue, showing little sensitivity to consumer hardship on bills.
Opinion piece from Greensburg Tribune warns that physicians may leave the state if malpractice insurance is not renewed. It notes forthcoming medical school graduates unable to practice and calls on the Department of Insurance and insurers to provide adequate coverage, urging Harrisburg leadership to resolve the issue with medical associations.
The Lancaster New Era argues Act 195 granting collective bargaining rights to state employees and Pennsylvania institutions has fractured educational leadership. It notes weakened administrator authority, strengthened union power, rising hostilities, and numerous lost classroom days from strikes, urging legislative review of the act’s impact on education quality.
A backgrounder reports college presidents face a flood of demands from faculty students boards and governments. Tenure is gone and leaders can be dismissed at any time amid funding cuts and political pressure while schools struggle to fill top posts as demand for fundraisers and PR men rises.
Jack Anderson and Les Whitten note that since 1945 the United States donated 128.5 billion in gifts to 131 nations, with 22.5 billion going to South Vietnam, while Soviet and Chinese aid to North Vietnam totals 9.3 billion. Since 1973 US spending is 6.6 billion to keep the war going, dwarfed by US support for Saigon. The piece cites CIA caveats on comparing aid figures.
Paul Harvey notes NASA tech filters into daily life from cataract instruments to fire crews and home power. A local post prom fundraiser urges parents to donate $3 per student, listing donors and cochairs Mr. and Mrs. Robert Coleman and Mr. and Mrs. Ross Bailey.
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