State Legislators a sorry lot on taxation reform
A Pittsburgh columnist urged voting out the entire state legislature over tax bills, but editors warned against wholesale replacement. They support removing clearly ineffective lawmakers while preserving good ones. In Washington, the Ford Foundation funded travel and study grants for numerous politicians, prompting questions about foundation gifts influencing policy and party lines.
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Washington Observer-Reporter
Penn State
Harrisburg
Ford Foundation Good To Solons 2
The column questions Ford Foundation grants to politicians and cites travel by lawmakers and officials to Japan, raising calls for a full investigation into foundation ties with politics. It notes figures like Mills, Patman, Muskie, Mailliard, and Rumsfeld, plus cabinet plans and concerns over Okinawa.
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James Burke
D-Mass
Ford Foundation
Mills
Ford
Wright Patman
Women Drivers Better Than Men in Many Ways
AP column notes women safer drivers and better pedestrians with men involved in seven of ten fatal pedestrian accidents. It cites amnesia incidence, birth proofs, Census paper-work cuts, and doctor gender differences in suicide rates. Also mentions TV as a major educational factor for children.
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New York
Census Bureau
Stephen Spender
Telephone gear arriving for Corry office upgrade
Corry residents will see improved service as new equipment arrives for the local Pennsylvania Telephone Corp. office and will be installed in the coming months. Campaign leader Roger Brown reports the second fund drive has raised 102,528 dollars in cash to date. Secret sisters drawn at the N.B. Club meeting hosted by President Mrs. Paul Crowell on Wright street.
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Corry
D.E. Carnahan
Pennsylvania Telephone Corp
Corry Memorial Hospital
Roger Brown
N.B. Club
Paul Crowell
Wright Street
Marijuana-Monster Or Nuisance in 1930s Drug Debate
A Corry area attorney argues marijuana is non addicting and not a crime catalyst while federal and state laws harshly punish possession. The piece cites Merck Manual and Playboy author Joel Fort to dispute addiction claims, calls for milder penalties and education, and notes wide state disparities.
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Narcotics Bureau
U.S. Treasury Department
Iwell
Corry Area
Kels
Merck Manual
Merck
Playboy Magazine
Joel Fort
Fort
America
U.S
India
New York City
South Dakota
North Dakota
Georgia
George Washington
George
Love Affair With Rome includes a widowed professor in Rome
The program opens with a romantic arc in a library as a famous ballerina, played by Anna Maria Alberghetti, enters the professor's life. Forsythe handles the role with maturity and sympathy while three young daughters provide charming interactions. Joyce Menves portrays the oldest child urging romance, and Kay Medford appears as Aunt Harriet in a sour, homesick turn.
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Eternal City
Kay Medford
Harriet
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