Pennsylvania eyes higher credit card interest with consumer protections
The Pennsylvania General Assembly may raise annual interest on credit balances up to 600 dollars from 5 to 18 percent while keeping higher rates above that threshold at 12 percent. The plan, backed by Gov. Shapp, also tightens rules against risky practices like walking the body, requires clearer disclosures, bans deceptive statements, limits door to door sales cancellations, and aligns state law with Truth in Lending Act while targeting confession of judgment. The Pennsylvania Retailers Association argues small merchants will be hurt and notes nearby states already permit 18 percent.
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Pennsylvania General Assembly
Milton J. Shapp
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Retailers Association
Corry columnist recalls mischief and memory in Corry Evening Journal
In a reflective column Bill Eaton laments free lunch myths and recalls stories from Corry and nearby Union City. He recounts covering a hammer murder, confrontations with locals, and a troubling rape case, noting small town quirks and his own family crossroads before ending with a nod to a morning radio scene as a hopeful sign.
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Bill Eaton
Jesus
Moses
Erie Morning News
Jane
United States
Corry
Corry Evening Journal
Union City
Cherry Hill Furniture
Fragmentary OCR shows uneventful ad and postage notes
A garbled OCR fragment references class postage rates, daily carrier counts, and display advertising terms. It mentions a city postmark, a quarterly or yearly rate, and a prior publishing date for an advertisement but provides no coherent event or identifiable names.
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Spetchay
Congressional Record reform push targets long standing shell game
A Journal Backgrounder examines the Congressional Record as outdated and flawed. Reformers accuse lawmakers of inserting nondebate speeches, revising remarks, and padding pages at taxpayer expense, undermining accuracy and public trust in floor debates. They cite examples from Hale Boggs and Ken Hechler and call for verifiably verbatim, delivered remarks and limited revisions.
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Journal
Congressional Record
House
Senate
Capitol Hill
Washington
William A. Steiger
Rep
Wisconsin
Congress
Hale Boggs
Dem
Louisiana
Mer
Ken Hechler
West Virginia
Hechler
Promipont
Bob Packwood
Oregon
Lawyers Debate Advertising at ABA Convocation in Chicago
About 250 lawyers from across the United States gathered in Chicago to discuss advertising, largely opposing it while acknowledging a future shift toward regulated lawyer ads. The meeting followed Supreme Court and FTC actions impacting professional advertising and explored how liberalized ethics rules in February could allow targeted promotions by law firms.
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American Bar Association
Chicago
U.S
George Bernard Shaw
Federal Trade Commission
ABA
House of Delegates
Justice Dept
Supreme Court
FTC
American Medical Association
Lawrence E. Walsh
New York
Davis, Polk & Wardwell
NBC and NETV dispute over new letter N symbol
New York AP report details NBC and NETV clashing over a new corporate symbol. NBC unveiled an abstract N on December 20, triggering NETV chief Bill Korbus to claim NETV uses a similar design since June. Nebraskan Ron Hull weighs possible legal action and outcomes by Friday.
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New York
National Broadcasting Co
Nebraska
NBC
Lippincott & Margulies, Inc
Ron Hull
Public TV Aystem
Mull
HBC
Hull
NETV
Hall
Shedil
Wemina Ilawvert Net Ber
Agha Jena
Nesah
Nety
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Erie County
Vietnam
Fim
Ymaliin
Boggs
Ala
Consumers Union
Peter H. Schuck
Lee K. Benhart
University of Chicago
Bill Korbus
Semmae
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