Welfare-a Growth Industry in Erie County Public Aid
State Auditor General Robert P. Casey reports in Erie County that welfare costs and fraud rise with case loads nearly doubling from 1970 to 1971. The audit shows more ineligible and overpaid cases, with reductions and discontinuances saving the Commonwealth, plus restitution and underpayments, highlighting a worsening public assistance picture.
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Erie County
Robert P. Casey
Commonwealth
Casey
Odd Facts From a Mailbag Riddle and Ruminations
New York readers learn quirky notes from a columnist who values mail. Facts span biology octopuses baby alligators and sanitation garbage in NYC. Other pieces cover Antarctic theory fossils sparking origins of courting log fires and why dogs bark. Histories include Edward Damaresqu longevity pension year 1821 and Lord Chesterfield on quiet conscience.
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New York
New York City
Australia
Antarctica
South America
Africa
India
National Geographic Society
Odd
Edward Damaresqu
Tasmania
East India Company
Lord Chesterfield
Kosher Nostra Seeks Sanctuary in Israel Says Anderson
Washington columnist Jack Anderson reports that a notable number of Jewish racketeers have migrated to Israel, including Meyer Lansky and others such as Harry Stromberg, Joe Stacher, and figures linked to narcotics, gambling, and extortion. The piece notes funds laundered via Swiss banks and ongoing Justice Department probes, while contrasting officials who defend and those who seek to restrict the Law of Return for alleged criminal elements.
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Washington
Israel
Land
Justice Department
Geneva
Zurich
Law and divorce in Pennsylvania and other notes
Explains wife support rights after unjustified separation and outlines grounds for a wife to obtain a divorce from bed and board in Pennsylvania. Also discusses Return controversy, government background briefings, Rep. Anderson’s presidential game placement, and a French perfume trend among Washington society.
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Pennsylvania
Brooks plans major caper film with Beatty Hawn in Hamburg
Richard Brooks writes a complex heist story where Warren Beatty and Goldie Hawn target felons’ vaults in a six week bank set built in Kunstalle Hamburg. Filming used German crews, with Columbia Pictures funding 2.5 million and locations across Europe.
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Richard Brooks
Jean Simmons
Richard
Las Vegas
Warren Beatty
Goldie Hawn
Europe
Brooks
Hamburg
Kunstalle
Lamb Chop
Julie Christie
Atlantic Hotel
Corry nostalgia and city notes from a 1951 issue
A collage of local items from Corry including a penny postal card price shift to two cents on January 1, 1952, engagement announcement for Autumn Marie McCaslin to Thomas Lamendola, a 48 25 high school basketball win over North East, a well attended Christmas dance at Hotel Corry, and city hall changes with Mayor elect Ben Starr set to take office.
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Corry
Frank McCaslin
West Pleasant Street
Autumn Marie
Thomas Joseph Lamendola
Nunzio Lamendola
R.D
Corry High
M.M. Sorority
Ben F. Starr
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Ari
Tomar
Pilate
By Jack Anderson
Meyer Lansky
Harry Stromberg
Nig Rosen
Philadelphia
Senate
Joe
Doc
Stacher
Soi
U.S
Les Whitten
Switzerland
Morris Schmertzier
Max Courney
Gamblers
al Mones, Hyman
Segal and
Frank Ritter, Alias
Red Reed
Claude Lipsky
France
Law of Return
Kaifeng
Kalamazoo
Interior Ministry
America
Interior Department
Hollis Dole
Mineral Resources
Office of Communications
William Anderson
Tennessee
Vietnam
Anderson
Spiro Agnew
Liz
Pat Nixon
Tricia
Duriel
Humphrey
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
Jim Bishop
Vincent Coll
Dutch Schultz
Mike Frankovich
London
Columbia Pictures
al Horwits
Scott Brady
U.S. Army
Miss Hawn
Secret Service
F.B.I
Customs
Los Angeles Police Department
Art Museum
United States
Lillehammer
Brooks & Co
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