Pennsylvania slows growth of local governments delays reforms
In 1968 Pennsylvania voters approved constitutional changes to consolidate municipalities but the General Assembly has not passed the needed boundary change laws by the 1970 deadline. Community affairs secretary William H. Wilcox cites Supreme Court rulings that freeze annexation and force referendums, leaving small taxpaying communities with duplicative services and reliance on federal revenue sharing. He calls for action to implement the new language and end fragmentation.
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Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania General Assembly
William H. Wilcox
Wilcox
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Commonwealth Court
Secretary of Community Affairs
A&a
Advisory Commission On Intergovernmental Relations
General Assembly
The Baby Factory of Vail Hospital Mystery
A Blackburn era Corry Pa feature recalls the Vail Hospital on East Main street, once a maternity clinic for unwed mothers. Records likely vanished, adoption papers reveal only partial links, and locals recall a secretive operation shrouded in time with rumors some Vail babies may still live in Corry. The writer invites ideas about the elaborate coverup.
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Vail Hospital
East Main Street
Erie
Corry Hospital
Buffalo
Vail
United States
Corry
Corry Memorial Hospital
Sinatra Interview From Local TV Host Stirs Interest
Frank Sinatra sat for a 60 minute interview with Bill Boggs of WNEW TV in New York. Shot Sept 22 during a Las Vegas engagement, the conversation focused on personal topics avoided by other questions. Boggs emphasized a respectful, nonjournalistic tone, saying Sinatra chose not to discuss marital strife or gossip.
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New York
Frank Sinatra
West
Sinatra
Wnew-Tv
Boggs
Bill Boggs
WNEW
Las Vegas
Nev
Old Blue Eyes
Law and order costs vs crime spikes across several cities
A column cites LEAR confidential files detailing $140 million in expenditures on police programs such as helicopter patrols and street lighting in cities including Atlanta Baltimore Cleveland Dallas Denver Newark and Portland Ore. Crime rates rose in all cases with increases ranging from 4.7 to 57.6 percent amid reports of limited program success and critiques of budget use. The piece also notes Spiro Agnew’s suppressed memoir and related political intrigue involving Richard Nixon and Charles Colson.
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John Mitchell
Richard Nixon
Spiro Agnew
Law and Order
Agnew
Mitchell and Kleindienst
Nixon
Dallas
Denver
Open Secret and the Nuclear Shadow Over Middle East
The writer contends Israel may hold nuclear weapons, an open secret not disclosed by Kissinger. He argues the hydrogen bomb threat shifts power in the Middle East, pressures oil politics, and calls for a U.S.-Soviet peace accord to curb arms race risks and secure American interests.
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Henry Kissinger
Israel
Kissinger
Goliath
David
Rabin
Saudi Arabia
America
Russia
Middle East
United States of America
Cashan Receipts Receipt and Miscellaneous Totals
A fragment appears to record cash receipts and miscellaneous totals noting debts and credits. The text references miscellaneous items and a total for debts, with partial phrases suggesting a reconciliation or accounting entry. No clear dates, names, or organizations are fully legible.
Division Now or Which J His AU She
The fragment presents a garbled prompt about division and gendered pronouns. No coherent event or names are readable to summarize into a proper news item from the source.
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Associated Press
Sy Mall
Washington
Richard Kleindienst
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
LEAA
FBI
Newark
Mercy Sakes
C.T.A
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LEAR
Atlanta
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Cleveland
SEAA
Portland
Ore
St. Louis
Bob Owens
Congress
Colson
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White House
Jim Bishop
Pentagon
Arab World
Kuwait
Iran
Generaltzhak Rabin
Tel Aviv
U.S
U.S.S.R
U.S.A
Gerald Ford
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