Pennsylvania Marijuana Policy Under Review by Governor Council
Officials of the Governor's Council on Drug and Alcohol Abuse will study marijuana and its penalties under state law. The text notes that in 1972 possession of the smallest amount was a felony, now marijuana is a misdemeanor, with other drugs classified by danger. It argues prohibition failures and urges independent studies before hearings in spring.
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Pennsylvania
Agin
Governor’s Council On Drug and Alcohol Abuse
Milton Berkes
Governor’s Council
House Drafts Rules for Open Session and Public Access
The House set new rules for the 1975-76 session to open committees to the public and increase leadership oversight. It requires monthly spending disclosures by leaders, probes possible entertainment funds at Lombardo’s, and applies to 26 accounts totaling 512.7 million with six others untouched. Common Cause backed changes but some proposals failed to pass while the plan aims to curb calendar clutter and allow votes after thorough three week committee study.
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Lombardoe’s
House
Common Cause
General House
Rules
Tape Cassettes Pitch From Faux Cap Office
In Faux Cap Madagascar a bald firm man interviews Nixon for a sales job. The clumsy dialogue covers politics, debugging, and visa plans as Nixon learns his territory spans 200 miles between Faux Cap and Tulear and he will receive a Honda and tape cassettes to sell.
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Faux Cap
Madagascar
Jan Smuts
Baldy
Nixon
Buckley
Dixon
Tulear
Honda
Powell censured by EEOC peers for bizarre chairmanship
Secret minutes reveal John Powell, chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, censured 3-0 for leaving meetings to break a quorum and intimidating staff. Report notes Powell’s attempts to settle a case behind counsel, fire a top attorney, and domineer meetings. A second Feb 19 session again sees him walk out as others weigh another censure. The White House could remove him. impeachment options exist though unlikely. The memo from General Counsel Carey criticizes Powell’s behavior as demoralizing and obstructive to agency operations.
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Washington
Pepperpot
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
John Powell
Ford
Commission
William Carey
Powell
Beacon Hill TV drama set in Boston with British backing
CBS tapes Beacon Hill in New York and Boston to mirror Upstairs Downstairs with American class contrasts. Executive producer Beryl Vertue says the show reworks the premise in an American setting, centering on the Lassiter family and Boston society during 1920 Prohibition era with an Irish-descended lord, a four daughter family, servants, and a gray eminence politician as lead.
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Beacon Hill
CBS
Jean Marsh
Eileen Atkins
Beryl Vertue
America
Boston
Miss Vertue
Robert Stigwood
Miss Vernue
Mount Vernon
Seaside
Public TV
Bellamy
Britain
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