Calls to tighten lobbying rules in Pennsylvania press
Opinion piece argues lobbying harms public trust and urges Senate Bill 38 Lobbying Regulation Act Amendments of 1875 to require lobbyist registration reporting of funds and open records The article cites Common Cause and advocates public pressure to curb hidden expenditures secret meetings and undisclosed interests to prevent state government misdeeds
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seaking To
Haase Leverarsah
Mote Buster
Common Cause
Pennsylvania
Caoae
Beware of big promises on retirement savings ads
New York AP reports warnings about retirement plans promising huge returns like 1 4 million and 291 641. Rates guaranteed for seven years can mislead as long term averages sit below today’s high. FDIC officials, SEC advisers, and investment experts caution that future rates may drop and caveats vary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Treasury
Roger Hood
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
FDIC
John Wright
Pensions and Trusts
Securities and Exchange Commission
SEC
Hood
Agnew’s 1973 plea bargain shaped by Richardson
Suppressed papers reveal Attorney General Elliott Richardson orchestrated a secret 1973 plea bargain to spare Vice President Spiro Agnew from prison. Negotiations with Baltimore prosecutors and Judge Walter Hoffman ended with Agnew resigning on October 10 and entering a nolo contendere plea. The piece notes Nixon era Watergate context and broader government chatter about Mint penny pilferage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Spiro Agnew
Elliot Richardson
Richardson
Baltimore
U.S
George Beall
William Ruckelshaus
Henry Petersen
Nixon
Agnew
Senate
Nolo Contendere
Hoffman
Unspeakable List discussed in Nixon era politics
A fragmentary column cites a so called Unspeakable List used to identify government figures for potential shelter in a nuclear attack. It mentions Leslie Bray, Barney Collier, and figures like Nixon and Agnew, with discussion of a Pentagon plan, shelter interiors, and political votes on bills and road funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Alex Armendaris
White House
Armendaris
Office
Minority Business Enterprise
U.S. Mint
Capitol Hill
Mary Brooks
Pentagon
Leslie W. Bray Jr
Barney Collier
Congress
Supreme Court
Richard Nixon
Spiro Agnew
O'Neill
Assemblyman Hopkins Recaps Bills and Budget Moves
The bill package would raise truck and motorcycle fees to generate 120 million dollars annually. Measures co sponsored seek tax exemptions, hospital coverage for alcoholism, and state store promotions of Pennsylvania wines. Edinboro State College would become a university, and pharmacists could dispense cheaper generic drugs. House Bill 258 snowmobile road use was slated for signing, but the Governor’s trip delayed events. Other moves include emergency fund transfers, a municipal retirement law change, and a large Hanneman Medical College grant. Restaurants would post throat obstruction removal directions. The welfare and public-hospital hearings bills, Sunshine Bill veto override, and a public workers clause were debated as the year closes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin Miller
DiCarlo
Pennsylvania
Edinboro State College
Philadelphia
Hanneman Medical College
Gannon
College of Optometry
Academy of Natural Sciences
Williamson
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Corry Journal
Hesse
United States Senate
Richard S. Schweiker
R-Pa
Washington, D.C
Hugh Scot
John Cunnist
Milton Shapp
Harrisburg
R. Budd Dwyer
United States
Joseph P. Vigorito
Cannon House
Harrie
By Jack Anderson
Vice Press
Beall
Alexandria, Va
Walter Hoffman
Justice Department
Mare Hoffman
Ines Nations
Wald
Maryland
Brooks
Jim Bishop
Thomas O'Neill
Boston
John McCormack
House
James Rhodes
Tom
Rhodes
Gerald Ford
Virginia
North Carolina
Carl Albert
Hubert Humphrey
Erie County
Soldiers and Sailors Home
Ucufge
George Pulakos
Tam
Assemblyman Forest Hopkins
Earl Warren
Warren
Ron Nelson
Nelson Rockefeller
O.p
Bray
Board of Trustees
Edinboro
Ruth ‘Mimm
Welfare Department
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