Welfare burden grows in Pennsylvania editorial
In our opinion a new tax deduction lowers welfare costs while the welfare system expands. The State Department of Welfare reports savings from loan repayments to recipients before first checks arrive, but the overall pattern suggests welfare remains a booming sector. A local wag jokes that taxpayers should claim a welfare recipient as a dependent on their federal return, but it’s only a joke.
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Pennsylvania
State Department of Welfare
Ghosts From Nixon Past Stir Old Controversies
Washington reports two long-standing figures Howard Hughes and Jimmy Hoffa reappearing in relation to Nixon. New evidence alleges Hughes loaned 205000 to Don Nixon secured by a Whittier California lot while Hoffa’s parole was allegedly influenced by Nixon through allies. Additional notes touch on Hughes’s campaign meddling and other political intrigue.
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Nixon
Don
Whittier Boulevard
Whittier
Calif
Richard Nixon
Howard Hughes
U.S
Bebe Rebozo
Richard Danner
Jimmy Hoffa
Teamsters
Hoffa
John F. Kennedy
The Snowball Syndrome by Bill Eaton
Bill Eaton reflects on how small changes in a home can trigger larger remodeling cascades. He jokes about buying a door knocker leading to a new front door and wardrobes, then argues editors and the press resemble a Snowball Syndrome driven by evolving demands and expenses.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Editor Anecdotes From the Press and Odd Facts From AP
A rail of sharp editor quips and party gossip runs through a New York AP column. It notes editors’ vanity and missteps alongside curious facts about spiders, traffic patterns, Olympians meal plans, and Washington’s telephone counts.
Fireproof Sequoia Bark and Leap Year Mates in History
A garbled column fragment surveys Sequoia bark tannins insulating wood from insects, notes that many sequoias mature around 300 years, and jokes about Leap Year mate choice laws in Scotland France Genoa and Florence. It quotes Joseph Joubert on choosing a wife as a friend, and cites editor anecdotes about plagiarism, deadlines, and readers.
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National Geographic Society
France
Genoa
Florence
Joseph Joubert
Poetry Society Meeting in Corry Recounts Historic Works
In Corry, 20 years ago, January 25, 1952, the Poetry Society met at Miss Ina Austin’s Maple Avenue home to discuss poems by Ernest Dawson and Thomas Bailey Aldrich. Mrs. O W Bracken hosted a dessert bridge at 315 North Center Street, two contract tables played, with prizes to Mrs. Holden, Mrs. Loveland, and a special prize to Mrs. Frank Ames. Walt Shannon starred in kegling with a 675 series and game scores of 224 207 244.
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Ernest Dawson
Thomas Bailey Aldrich
The
Poetry Society
Ina Austin
Maple Avenue
O.W. Bracken
North Center Street
C.H. Holden
F.M. Loveland
Frank Ames
Walt Shannon
Kegling
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