Road funding and KGB activity loom in two Washington reports
The piece argues for better Pennsylvania road funding with gas tax and registration fee use for roads and notes a 12 year projection of 51.9 billion for construction. It also reports on KGB operations on Capitol Hill, naming Solomatin, Yakushkin, and Utekhina as agents influencing officials and aides.
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Pennsylvania Transportation Commission
Shapp
Commonwealth
Pennsylvania
Washington
Capital Hill
KGB on Capitol Hill secrets and Onassis crash notes
A 1970 column reveals KGB interest in U S China relations SALT talks MIRV missiles and U S computer tech with covert lobbying on Capitol Hill as third party nationals and agents of influence. Onassis blamed himself for son Alexander and a 500000 reward offered for sabotage proof. pilot says plane had misconnected ailerons. Language discrimination hits Foreign Service Institute instructors awaiting promotions. dean cites supply and demand.
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KGB
U.s.-China
U.S
National Ratings League mulls TV draft and bowls
NY AP reports the National Ratings League plans a TV draft to place young actors in shows and settle contracts. Commissioner Everett Scrimshaw envisions antitrust relief, divisions by audience age, and rival bowls such as the Nice Bowl and Salacious Bowl, with a Rerun Bowl in July to crown a season.
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New York
NRL
Everett Scrimshaw
Scrimshaw
A.C. Nielsen
The Hollywood Prankster and Masters of Jokes
The piece sketches Al Horwits a former Philadelphia baseball writer turned Hollywood influencer. It notes his pranks on Mark Hellinger and Richard Brooks, the Shor double act at Toots Shor’s, and Nunnally Johnson’s oddball casting curiosity. It also touches on wartime nostalgia and a broader economic outlook referenced at the end.
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al Horwits
Philadelphia
Hollywood
Mark Hellinger
Killers
Mrs. Toots Shor
Horwits
Hellinger
Economy Faces Slow Turn as Jobless Rates Hold Back Recovery
An analysis notes high unemployment will damp retail sales and auto demand, drain taxes, and risk social crises. Obstacles curb recovery as firms delay expansion, idle plants persist, and hiring lags while productivity climbs slowly. Watch Farm Belt and global weather for harvest risks. The economy may be emerging but still needs careful handling to avoid setbacks.
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Ford Administration
Congressional Budget Office
U.S
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Capitol Hill
United Nations
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Anatoli Dobrynin
Yakushkin
United States
Russia
Galina Utekhina
Mata Hari
Moscow
Congress
Soviet Union
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Onassis
Aristotle Onassis
Alexander
Don McCusker
Westerville
Ohio
Greece
Christina Onassis
State Department
Foreign Service Institute
Institute
James Frith
By Jay Sharbutt
AP Television
UCLA
National Ratings League
Big Louie
Coening Journal
Sunday West
Sir Corry
George R. Sample
Willian
Eaton
John McLaughlin
Eoremic
Associated Press
Thaioca
Chery
Filiesn
Richard Brooks
Brooks
Jean Simmons
Jim Bishop
Anwar Sadat
Ford
Egypt
Rabbi Korff
San Clemente
Mike Frankovich
Columbia Pictures
Shors
Beverly Hills
Toots
Mr. S
Central Casting
Shor
Villa
Ht & H
Nunnally Johnson
Johnson
Hellywood
Gizella Verbichek Piffie
Actus
Nunnally Who
Cavanaugh’s
Cavanaugh
Charlotte
New-York
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