Our Opinion on Government Apathy Toward the Mafia
Ralph Salerno warns the Mafia wields growing power with profits in Pennsylvania reaching 2.2 billion and candidates offered money to drop out in Gary Indiana. He argues the silent consent of authorities and public apathy threaten democracy and urges residents to press congress and officials.
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Ralph Salerno
New York City
Crime Confederation
Pennsylvania
Commonwealth
Ohio
Gary
Ind
Salerno
White House
Victor Reisel
FBI
Justice Department
Office of
United States
William Sennett
Erie
Small Hole in Federal Golf Loan Policy
Grass Roots Opinion from Bedford Indiana notes a $265,000 loan to a Mississippi golf course drew attention to federal loan insurance for golf ventures. The Nixon Administration moved to end such insuring, a policy started under Kennedy, prompting call for ongoing oversight of federal operations.
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Bedford
Ind
Times-Mail
Mississippi
Agriculture Department
Corry News Highlights: Bequest, Railcuts, and Local Affairs
The Corry Public Library received a bequest of 3144 dollars from the estate of the late Miss Sarah Powell. Five PAC passenger trains serving Corry will be discontinued beginning midnight Sunday, following a Pennsylvania Railroad move to cut steam locomotive mileage by one third. Cassius L. Alexander became the Corry mayor during a city board meeting, while Hilltop Club gathered at Mrs. Shank's home. In 1929 Corry quarantined 454 communicable disease cases, with measles accounting for 229. The session noted legislative delays in Harrisburg, cigarette tax stance, and concerns over taxes on unearned income and utilities.
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Corry Public
Corry
Pennsylvania Railroad
Harrisburg
Senate
Pennsylvania
Appreciation Day at Corry honors local leaders and tax debate
The Corry Chamber of Commerce and Corry Journal hosted an Appreciation Award event Tuesday night. Speakers praised relief work requirements, local projects like Scott's Crossing, and the community’s response to taxes while noting future participation and plans for next year.
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Corry Chamber of Commerce
The
Corry Journal
Vigorito
Congress
Joe
Bill Eaton
Stewart A
Doc” Long
Hopkins
Scott's Crossing
Chamber of Commerce
Corry
Morgan Beverly
Morgan
Ott Harry Smiley
Union City
Alcatraz Sit In and Political Critique by Paul Harvey
Paul Harvey describes the Alcatraz occupation by 200 Native Americans and a wider critique of U S government policy toward Indians. He contrasts government aid with poverty and argues for self help, then attacks Attorney General John Mitchell for selective prosecutions and political bias amid election irregularities.
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Alcatraz
Laguna Pueblo
Justice Department Under Fire in Civic Scandal Ties
A sweeping probe links Mitchell and several Democrats to illegal campaign contributions from Spiegel Inc. and broader political bias concerns. The piece details deputies and aides tied to campaigns, including Kleindienst and Wilson, and notes resistance by Sen. Yarborough to replacing his relatives’ U S attorneys, amid cries of partisan influence in enforcement.
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Ruckelshaus
Mitchell
Justice Department
D-Md
Spiegel, Inc
Vance Hartke
Indiana
Arnold Olsen
Montana
James Morrison
Louisiana
Nixon
Wall Street
Sen
Yarborough
Senate
Judiciary
James Eastland
Rep. Mahon
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Grass Roots Opinion
Clarence Lindstrom
Hilltop Club
David Shank
B.C
Cassius L. Alexander
Garvie
Wendell Good
David Hayes
George Sample
Venture Inn
Phil Zalzneck
Paul Harvey
Island
San Francisco Bay
Washington
Farl Livermore
Blackfoot
California
Public Health Department
Walter Hickel
Hickel
Conpioner
Indian Affairs
Louis Rooks Bruce Jr
John Mitchell
Mr. Law and Order
Justice
William D. Ruckelshaus
Birch Bayh
D-In
Partisan Justice
Justice Department For Prosecution
Dan Brewster
Jack Ander
Republican National Committee
National Committee
Richard Kleindienst
Barry Goldwater
Kleindienst
Arizona
Will Wilson
Texas
Jerris Leonard
Gaylord Nelson
D-Wis
Kevin Philips
Richard Velde
Harold Velde
Rootin’ Rootin
Morgenthau
Robert Morgenthau
U.S
Richard Hardee
Ralph Yarborough
Eldon Mahon
George Mahon
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