Sunset law proposal targets abolishing idle state agencies
In December state Senator Michael A. O Pake proposed a sunset law to abolish agencies that cannot justify their existence to the General Assembly. Rep Harold Brown cosponsored a similar measure requiring independent review or extinction. They argue it could curb the growing state payroll and spur real Housecleaning, though critics say the Assembly has yet to act.
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Rep
Harold Brown
Sen
O’ Pake
Brown
Coffee price spiral blamed on scoundrels and forces
Dr. Arturo Gomez of the Coffee Federation of Colombia cites smugglers, speculation, hoarding, rising global demand, and taxes as factors driving the coffee price surge since 1975. He notes Colombia's exports, Brazil's stock, and world consumption trends, while urging stabilization deals as prices may ease with harvests in 1978.
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Arturo Gomez
Coffee Federation of
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Inter American Press ‘Assn
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Gomez
New York
Colobia
Coffee Federation
Park influence shadowed Washington as debts mount
Washington reveals Tongsun Park, once a well connected Korean financier, facing $4.5 million in back taxes, bank liens, and seized properties while fleeing to London. Pacific Development records show shredded files and misused funds. Private papers detail lavish travel, unpaid hotel bills, and clashes with lenders as U.S. investigations loom.
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Tongsan Park
Cherubic Park
Internal Revenue Service
Park
London
U.S
Pacific Development, Inc
Lew Perdue
Ken Cummins
Big John and Maggie Dinner Night Turns To Dental Loss
In a wartime era vignette from King Features Syndicate, Big John and Maggie dine at the Banjo Bar and Grille. A disastrous mirror accident shatters her teeth, prompting the bartender to vow a costly dental dig. John laments women and mirrors the next morning.
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Big John
Harvard
Maggie
Banjo
All That Glitters debuts in 40 cities today
Norman Lear launches All That Glitters, a pair of daily syndicated series about reversed sex roles where women dominate love and business. The format imagines God as a woman who created Eve after realizing Eve was lonely, then Adam, and places the story in modern America with 11 regulars.
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Maggie
Los Angeles
Norman Lear
God
Eve
Adam
America
Wilmington
Deadly Curve in New York State Spurs Public Call for Road Safety
Readers recount a fatal crash on Route 426 near the Pennsylvania line in Cut ting NY, where a pickup struck a tree, killing the driver and seriously injuring his wife. The letter urges warning signs and safer curve design after a history of crashes at that site. The writer also notes prior deadly accidents at the same curve and references a TV opening program amid unrelated content.
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Cutting
Pennsylvania
Helen Patchen
Patchen
New York
George Cookl
North Center Street
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