Time again to be cautious about amber school bus lights
Pennsylvania safety officials explain a new rule requiring school buses to signal intent to stop with amber lights starting the 1971 72 term. During September to November motorists face no enforcement as an education program runs. Traffic director Trombetta details stopping rules, limited passing exceptions, and distance requirements for amber signal activation between 150 and 300 feet from stop point.
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Pennsylvania Department of Transportation Safety
Transportation
Jacob G. Kassab
Pennsylvania
Julius A. Trombetta
Bureau of Traffic Safety
Trombetta
Grass roots opinion in Hardy on medicine and freedom
In a Sharp County Independent column a writer argues that over the last fifty years progress against disease came from free men under a free system and opposes socialized medicine and government control, framing it as tied to control and bureaucracy.
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Hardy, Ark
Sharp County
Free
Generation gap and a pistol father in a personal memoir
A reflective narrative blends a generation gap between fathers and sons with vivid anecdotes of a boy’s coming of age in Jersey City. It contrasts youthful curiosity about sex with a stern moral voice from Big John, while shifting to a political expose about Will Wilson and a Texas scandal involving Frank Sharp and SEC charges.
Wilson Controversy Tangles Justice Official and Sharpstown Bank ties
An investigative report details how Justice Department official Wilson, head of the Criminal Division, faced scrutiny over ties to Sharpstown Bank. It notes his past banking commission role, subsequent work for Sharp, unsecured loans, property deals, and a guarded stance on potential stock manipulation schemes.
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Washington
Will Wilson
Justice Department
Wilson
Texas Banking Commission
Sharp
Sharpstown State Bank
Sharpstown Bank
Houston
Sharpstown
Bank of Texas
Ted Bristol
Bristol
SEC
Philadelphia influence on budget and school aid debates
A Pennsylvania legislative diary describes House and Senate bargaining over the budget, district subsidies, and tax reforms. It notes box lunches during votes, tells of Rep Ear Vann pressing Cheyney State College funding, and mentions a Governors Shapp interview and Corry State Police Barracks plans. Discussion includes income tax, sales tax, college admissions, and a narcotics driving-licence measure, with party dynamics and cross-aisle cooperation efforts.
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Senate
Ear
Vann
Cheyney State College
Edinboro
Frank Hilton
Corry
Frank
Shapp
Chris
Women’s Liberation Movement
Tax Equalization Board
Philadelphia
Western Pennsylvania
Margarine Sale Sparks Corry Shop Shipments in 1953
In Corry August 25 1953 hours after Governor Fine signed the margarine sale bill local grocers began receiving first shipments. A donkey basketball game will be held at Spartansburg tonight to aid the American Legion and Sparta Firemen. Friendship Circle gathered with Mrs Bertha Warner and Mrs Clifford Lawson as prize winners. Tony Loestein visited Corry claiming fastest mail carrier status and long distance running fame. Corn stalks towering at 14 feet eight inches were shown by Joe Keosmosk on Columbus Avenue and attract attention at the Model Dairy plant on Pennsylvania Avenue.
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John Fine
Pennsylvania
Joe Keosmosk
Columbus Avenue
Pennsylvania Avenue
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John Gilbert
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Devil
Texas
Frank Sharp
Homburg
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New Orleans
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The
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House
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Waggoner Carr
Bigwig Dem
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Tate
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Donalow
Philly
U.C
GOP
Kenneth Lee
Lee
Ken
Forrie
Will Rogers
Spartansburg
American Legion
Sparta Firemen
Bertha Warner
East i Thot
Ja Ean
Clifford Lawson
John Park
Ora Moyer
Tony Loestein
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