Alaska village funds tied to 1974 election
A 1.6 million federal recreation grant to Alaska villages during the 1974 campaign appears connected to political results. Reports say funds financed halls, TV sets, and crafts as villages that favored Democrats in 1970 shifted toward Hammond in 1974, though officials deny politics influenced the program.
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Washington
William Egan
Jay Hammond
Hammond
Egan
Keith Miller
The
Alcoholism Institute
Steven
Alaska
City Paving Debated as Driveway-Style Patches Prove Costly
A letter argues the so called driveway paving leaves potholes on Worth Street and similar arteries. It questions long term savings, cites frequent patching and rising taxpayer costs. The writer warns against assuming thinner paving truly reduces overall expense. They urge study comparing methods over a decade and reference the adage an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
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Worth Street
West Smith Street
Route 6
Hendrik Willem van Loon
Lincolns
Schweitzers
Churchills
Pasteurs
Salks
Namaths
Washingtons
Caesars
Inflation and wages rise echo through a 1970s column
A column reviews wage laws in Pennsylvania with rising minimums to 2.30 by 1977 and notes coverage gaps. It contrasts current costs with 1938 prices, lamenting inflation’s steady climb, and reflects on pensions, taxes, and the aging, urging realism over nostalgia while quoting economic lore and historical prices.
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Pennsylvania
The Awkward Age of Senior Living
The piece reflects on living in the awkward age between youth and senior citizen status. It weighs the tradeoffs: losing babysitting duties and formal titles, the paradox of wisdom, easier social acceptance, and aches, impatience with youth, and limits on activities, ending with a balanced view that both good and bad persist.
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