Fact finding junkets attack exposes government tricks
In Our Opinion argues that federal fact finding missions in Vietnam are vanity showcases led by amateurs like Gov. Shafer. The piece cites short trips, reliance on experts, and potential political gain, arguing for more competent, transparent inquiry and criticizing the White House on the Penn Central loan issue.
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Vietnam
Pennsylvania
Raymond Shafer
South Vietnam
State Department
Southeast Asia
Gov. Shafer
Mr. Nixon
Penn Central loan fate questioned by defense panel
Closed door testimony revealed Defense Department pressed a $200 million Penn Central guarantee as part of a $750 million plan to save faltering rail lines. Senators Magnuson and Cotton and Representatives Staggers and Springer signaled support, yet others remained skeptical or refused to sponsor the bill. Beggs urged swift action while Chairman Mahon pressed caution.
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White House
Nixon
John Mitchell
Secretary of the Treasury
David Kennedy
Beggs
Penn Central
Warren Magnuson
Vacation A Long Time Ago From Uncle Marty Farm
A reflective memory of a family trip to Uncle Marty's farm in New Jersey. The narrator recalls the journey by trolley and train, the winter and summer houses, Aunt Kate and Uncle Marty, the dogs Leed and Reilly, and farm life with bees, horses, and animals. The piece bookends with a political aside about a recent legislative session and pay raise debates, noting retroactive concerns and wine related legislation.
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Uncle Marty
Piscataway Township
New Jersey
John
Adele
Clinton Avenue
Plainfield
Marty
Leed
Reilly
Harrisburg pays debate and bills in corry session
In Harrisburg the budget shows a four million expense, with a five hundred thousand rise previously allocated and now lapsed. At a lively hearing Edinboro College seeks nursing degree approval, while Dr. Dorothy Novello chairs the Nursing Board. Legislators vote on bills from penal code changes affecting minors at movies to real estate training and a state lottery, with broad support and some defeats.
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Harrisburg
McNerney
Dean McKinley
Bill Allen
Israel
Warren
State Nursing Board
Edinboro College
Edinboro
Dorothy Novello
Villa Maria
Maurice Kolpein
Erie County
Wendell Good
Charles Heimberger
First National Bank of Pennsylvania
David Hayes
al Wicks
Corry Briefs on Road Safety and Draft Quota
Bland assurances from Exie and Pennsylvania Railroad officials seek Council for definite word on extra protection at Center Street and Evenue crossings. Corry draft board to examine 258 of Erie draft calls to fill Pennsylvania quota of 1,001. A large crowd attended Friday night’s dance at TOOF Hall, hosted by Columbus Grange with Rambling Grangers providing music and David Curtia as caller.
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Exie and
Pennsylvania Railroad
Center Street
Evenue
Corry
Erie
Pennsylvania
Toof Hall
Columbus Grange
Rambling Grangers
David Curtia
Federal Bureau of Prisons Chief Visits City for Penitentiary Site
Sanford Bates, director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, with staff, arrived in the city this morning to inspect proposed sites for a new federal penitentiary in the area. The state fish hatchery board authorized extensive construction upgrades, including improvements at the main hatchery and annex, at its monthly meeting held yesterday and today.
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Sanford Bates
Federal Bureau of Prisons
Board of Fish Commissioners
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CIA
FBI
Washington
Bobby Baker
Secret House
Defense Department
House Appropriations Committee
Department of Transportation
House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee
Aes
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Ite
Magnuson
Cotton
Staggers and Springer
Commerce
Appropriations
George Mahon
D-Tex
Texas
Kate
New York
Bessie Cullen
Indy
Jenny
House
Senate
Department of Public Instruction
Preston Davis
Union City
Penn-Shore Vineyards
Bill Scott
Liquor Control Board
Sao Thay Cee
Wverns
Neyer
Assemblyman Forest Hopkins
Hertin
Herb Fineman
Corry Evening Journal
South Street
George A. Sample
William Eaton
John McLaughlin
Nis
Mbailap
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