Salary increase for Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission warned
The editorial condemns a proposed 46 percent pay rise for the Turnpike Commission, including a jump from 17000 to 25000 for the chair and 5000 to 22500 for other members. It labels the posts as pork and urges the Senate to reject the recommendation amid fiscal scrutiny in Harrisburg.
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Farm Wives Push for Help as Agricultural Woes Grow
Paul Harvey notes farm families face wage and drought strain while wives organized as WIFE groups demand action. The piece details drought losses, government embargo impacts, rising farming costs, and consumer price pressures, urging outreach to policymakers. It highlights gains for beef, cars, and housing yet persistent losses for cattle and beet growers and ponders influence of Washington on farm aid.
Coffee’s rising price upends American daily life and policy draw
The piece notes coffee costs less than a penny of the dollar for a typical family while meats and dairy absorb more. It explains coffee’s outsized role in U.S. life and foreign trade, even as overall consumption declines since the 1960s and coffee prices soared after 1975. The article highlights coffee as a major world commodity, second only to oil in trade revenue.
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Labor Department
Coffee and economic impact across producing nations described
An analysis notes coffee's vast economic role for producer countries with Colombia dominant on land use and foreign earnings. It cites U.S. and global demand shifts, price spikes, and changing consumption trends, then shifts to Park and bribery probes implicating U.S. congressmen, listing Park's relocation and papers.
Park bribery probe sweeps Congress critics and claims
Park's influence probe targets top lawmakers from House speakers to governors. Justice Dept. scrutiny widens to John McFall John Brademas Richard Hanna Otto Passman Edwin Edwards amid denials of bribe payments and favors. Hearings planned but witnesses scarce and conviction odds low. Park cooperated before leaving for England as lawyers decline comment.
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Park
Meddling Parents and Household Law Collide in Courts
A six year marriage ends after Edna sues her in laws for damages claiming interference by parents. The court says parental rights are tender in family law and upholds parental privilege before a child’s marriage. The piece also notes broader public suggestions and privacy concerns raised in Washington about medical records data and a Blue Collar Caucus profile.
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