Shapp appoints Wohlgemuth as Secretary of Welfare
Governor Shapp names Helene Wohlgemuth to lead welfare reform citing her long advocacy for community involvement and humane delivery of services. The piece notes her White House Conference on Children work and warns that success hinges on local engagement and coordinating with advisory boards rather than bureaucracy.
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Pennsylvania
Shapp
Wohlgemuth
Commonwealth
Bradford
McKean County
Carl Sandburg
Kennedy Defeat Shocks White House and Senate Power
The article reports Kennedy losing the Senate Democratic Whip role, denting Nixon’s strategy and stirring speculation of Kennedy’s White House ambitions. It notes Mansfield’s leadership shift, hush-hush transcripts, and intimates fearing assassination plots, while also touching on Gillian Inouye’s potential challenge and seniority disputes in Interior affairs.
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Ted Kennedy
Senate
Nixon
Kennedy
Montana
Mike Mansfield
White House
Bryce Harlow
House
Wayne Aspinall
Aspinall
Nixon Plans Union Center for Voluntary Action at Home Front
President Nixon proposes merging Peace Corps VISTA and related programs into a single Center for Voluntary Action to mobilize youth for domestic reforms. The plan aims to clean up blight pollution illiteracy and malnutrition while easing postwar transitions for veterans. The idea follows surveys showing campus violence fading and student hunger for peaceful reform.
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Nixon
Congress
Peace Corps
VISTA
America
Grass roots opinion on relief rolls in Jefferson Parish Times
In Metairie Louisiana the Jefferson Parish Times quotes a writer urging removal of able bodied unemployed from relief. The piece attacks what it calls deadbeats moochers and says able bodied persons should be compelled to work rather than idle pursuits.
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Metairie
Jefferson Parish
Corry Van Miller elected first Vice president in Harrisburg
Corry Van Miller of Corry was elected first vice president of the Pennsylvania Potato Growers at a special session in Harrisburg yesterday. The Aero Supply Mfg Co Inc won five government contracts totaling 322 212 for bolts valves and aircraft parts. Erie County commissioners allocated 5 000 to local agencies including Corry Memorial Association and Mead Park Association. Franklin J Lillie a local photographer active in Republican circles gained a state appointment as message clerk in Harrisburg. Community Chest reports 20 day period from January 2 to 22 showing 1 046 17 expended for the needy and destitute.
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Corry
Pennsylvania Potato Growers
Harrisburg
Aero Supply Mfg. Co., Inc
Associated Press
Erie County
Corry Memorial Association
Mead Park Association
Franklin, J. Lillie
General Assembly
Americans a unique group in economic outlook study
A publicized analysis compares American attitudes with European views, noting Americans are more optimistic and forward looking. It highlights how current inflationary pressures shape wage demands and policy debates, with a historical Corry Evening Journal report from 1940.
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New York
George Katona
Burkhard Strumpel
Ernest Zohn
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