Black market tickets surge amid airline cutbacks
Government documents reveal a massive market for stolen and counterfeit airline tickets. FBI, grand jury, police in multiple states and two congressmen push to shut it down as 7000 stolen tickets enter the New York area. arrests set for late January 1974. CAB seeks congressional authority to crack down.
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Federal
Grand Jury
Federal Grand Jury
New York
Civil Aeronautics Board
Congress
Robert Timm
CAB
John Dingell
Dmich
Unicameral Talk Faces Stiff Odds in Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania legislature has 253 members with the House at 203 and the Senate 50, making unicameral reform unlikely. Past proposals stalled due to lawmakers' self-interest and the need for two constitutional approvals before a ballot.
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Pennsylveria
House
Senate
Benjamin Franklin
Consumer psychology shapes 1974 economic outlook amid oil fears
The piece argues that beyond oil diplomacy, human behavior will drive the 1974 economy. It notes uncertain consumer spending, potential unemployment around 5.9 percent, and reactions to heating costs and inflation. Economists view the public’s confidence as the key stimulant or drag on recovery.
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New York
Uncle Sam
How To Contact Your Legislators in Washington and Harrisburg
List of contact details for U S Senate members Richard Schweiker Hugh Scott. U S House representative Joseph Vigorita. Pennsylvania Governor Millan Shapp. Pennsylvania State Senate R Budd Dwyer and House member Forest Hopkins. Includes Capitol and office addresses in Washington D C and Harrisburg Pa.
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United States Senate
Richard S Schweiker
R. Pa
Senate
Washington, B.C
Hugh Scott
R-Pa
United States
Joseph P. Vigorita
Cannon House
Washington, D.C
Pennsylvania
Millan Shapp
Harrisburg
R. Budd Dwyer
Honorable Forest Hopkins
Florida Current power workshop draws world scientists
A February Colonnades Hotel gathering in Riviera Beach will convene oceanographers engineers and environmentalists led by John MacArthur to assess harnessing the Florida Current for electricity. If feasible a pilot installation could receive federal funding and NOAA involvement.
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Colonnades Hotel
Riviera Beach
Fla
Florida
John MacArthur
Harris Stewart
NOAA
Desprit Desmond Pursues Becky Next Door in Crude Notes
Time changes all as a taunting neighbor, Desprit Desmond described as obsessed suitor, taunts Becky Schlumph with crude invitations and threats of social exclusions. The notes reveal persistent harassment and inappropriate advances from the neighbor toward Becky after she moved in next door.
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New York
Jack Desmond
Desprit
Desmond
Becky Schlumph
Jim
Becky
Tom
Law on Tape Recordings and Admissibility in Courts
Pennsylvania Crimes Code bans wiretapping and divulging unlawfully intercepted communications with fines up to 5000 dollars and two years in prison. Illegally obtained tapes are inadmissible in court except in cases of violation prosecutions. Exceptions include cockpit flight recorders in civil cases and federally authorized wiretaps admissible in federal criminal cases.
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Pennsylvania
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