Kassab praised for breaking mold at Transportation
A Pottstown Mercury editorial hails Jacob C. Kassab as secretary of transportation for challenging stale policy. He overturned a barrier preventing Hill School road signs along Route 422, signaling a new, pragmatic approach in state governance. The piece urges more cabinet courage to question outdated practices.
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Nixon pushes for productivity exemption from freeze order
President Nixon seeks to exempt productivity gains from the wage price and rent freeze while banks may raise profits. Meany opposes his economic moves, arguing the labor movement criticizes the handling of the economy. Pentagon comptrollers report Vietnam savings evaporated as eight pay raises and higher civilian and retired pay boost the annual military bill.
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How it started in Vietnam a memory of how the war grew
The piece traces Vietnam’s rise from French rule to division after 1954, detailing Saigon and Hanoi leadership, SEATO ties, and U.S. involvement from 1955 through 1966. It notes Diem’s regime, Buddhist protests, Kennedy and Johnson escalations, and Nixon’s drawdown while warning of the draft’s looming reach.
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Corry memories recount 1951 club events and 1931 traffic change
In Corry on August 20 1951 a ham dinner at the Corry Country Club featured tureen dishes and was organized by Mrs Theodore Hubley Mrs W A Leaby and others. A family gathering at the Miller home included games and fishing. Corry High School preseason practice opened with 65 boys under coach Lou Hanna and aides Nick Boaden and Vic Cragg. Seven years earlier on August 20 1931 E W Feldt won the Presidents Cup at the Corry Country Club. The stop signs at First Avenue and West Pleasant Street were moved to align with a through street ordinance, halting traffic on First Avenue.
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Corry Country Club
Theodore Hubley
W.A. Leaby
First Avenue
West Pleasant Street
Pleasant
New Price Freeze Aims To Halt Inflation Rise
New York report analyzes the abrupt U.S. economic shift, its temporary wage price freeze, and the challenge of a resurgent inflation with declining production. It calls for a new program to replace the dollar as the keystone of world finance and to curb inflationary psychology.
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