Year-round school plan faces House action in Pennsylvania
State Senate passed legislation enabling districts to run year-round programs with full daily reimbursement. Senator R Budd Dwyer notes districts would not be required to adopt year-round schooling, but could use existing buildings more efficiently to ease crowded conditions and avoid heavy tax hikes. Clarion State College cited as a resource center for the concept. The bill awaits House action and could reshape public education.
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Secretary of Education
Schoo
Pennsylvania
Corry
R. Budd Dwyer
Senate Education Committee
Dwyer
Senate
House
Clarion State College
Record Industry Rips Off Performers in $5.98 Albums
A two year old payola expose resurfaces criticizing how new hit artists earn little from $5.98 albums while distributors, labels, managers, and studios take the majority. Some stars keep fair pay, but most net under 15 cents per record after agent and lawyer cuts. Special promos and art raise costs. many records never recoup costs.
Energy independence warned by Simon and Shultz
The Federal Energy Office director William E. Simon warns against delaying summer travel as gasoline supplies improve with Arab oil tanker arrivals. He accuses Treasury Secretary Shultz of deceiving the public about price leveling, and argues for energy self sufficiency through coal, shale, and greater domestic production.
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Federal Energy Office
William E. Simon
Mr. Simon
Simon
Bucyrus-Erie Company
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
U.S
Can a 65 year old teacher heading to retirement face unfair taxes
A reader asks if an occupational assessment tax of 30 dollars on a retired teacher and a housewife is legal. Two county courts upheld the tax, basing legality on the taxed occupation’s value regardless of income. The piece notes uncertainty about Pennsylvania Supreme Court review and discusses property rights for married couples.
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Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Supreme Court
Pennsylvania
Family annual meeting mirrors corporate worries in 1970s tax rise
A columnist compares a middle class family discussing rising costs and debt to corporate executives fearing ecological, labor, and tax pressures. Household bills climb with water, heating, and sewer charges up while incomes lag. profits are secondary to survival as they consider trimming expenses or raising revenues.
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Daughter
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