Lawmaker pushes end to state paying defense for officials
Pennsylvania Republican Rep Stephen Freind seeks to bar state funding of legal costs for officials charged in criminal cases. He argues taxpayers should not fund defense when officials misuse power, noting past $52,000 payments ordered by the attorney general and criticizing governor Shapp for continuing the practice. Freind differentiates between discretionary in-office actions and criminal charges, insisting on accountability and arguing most workers already gain union legal protections.
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State Executive Board
General Assembly
Stephen Freind
Delaware County
Freind
Robert P. Kane
Shapp
Pennsylvania
Sylvia Porter's False Claim on Food Costs and Share of Budget
Sylvia Porter analyzes Census Bureau and Bureau of Labor Statistics figures showing food's share of the family budget fell from 19.7 percent in 1950 to about 20 percent by the early 1970s, despite rising prices. The piece notes health care also claims a growing share and contextualizes inflation's impact on after tax spending.
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Census Bureau
Bureau of Labor Statistics
BS. At
Shifting Spending Also Sees Health Care Share Drop
Census Bureau figures show personal care and health costs fell from 9.6 percent to 8.4 percent between 1960s and 1972 73 while clothing declined from 11.5 to 7.8 percent. Shelter and utilities rose to 21.3 percent, transportation surged to 21 percent, and total family spending rose from about 5 054 to 8 282 dollars as the era’s budget priorities shifted.
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Census Bureau
Humor barrier for daytime soaps explored by Ann Marcus
AP reports in Los Angeles that humor in daytime soaps may be hard to sustain amid grim topics. Ann Marcus, head writer of Days of Our Lives, reflects on past work from The Hathaways to Love Is a Mary Splendored Thing, and notes a possible future soap with substantial humor. The piece mentions Marcus’s career path, views on Hartman, and potential new project.
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Los Angeles
Ann Marcus
Norman Lear
Mary Hartman
NBC
Mrs. Marcus
the Hathaways
Soap Operatior
CBS
Search For Tomorrow
Lear
Griffers
Ars. MM
Hartman
Little Falls
N.Y
Ellis Marcus
Kickbacks and price tricks shake nursing homes and ice cream
A sweeping report cites widespread kickbacks by pharmacists to nursing home operators as a precondition for business. Cash, free drugs, paid salaries, stock, and even pricey perks shaped payments. The probe also targets proposed ice cream reform, with officials debating cheaper ingredients that could lower prices yet raise taxpayer costs.
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Exarles
Siip
Hutt
Food and Drug
Tuen
Cculture
Carol Foreman
Howie Kurtz
Reporter’s Portrait of Chinatown Gangs and Society
A fragmentary 1940s style account recalls Chinatown life, noting juvenile orderliness in youth gangs and the rise of tongs such as Hip Sings and On Leongs. It describes immigrant hardship, starvation wages, and social hierarchies, framing Chinese Americans as lacking civil rights and facing economic oppression.
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New York
Elizabeth Street
Juvenile Bureau
Chinatown
Five Boroughs
America
Chinatown Gangs Rise in 1980s New York Violence and Fear
A fragmented account describes Chinatown youths forming criminal gangs like Ghost Shadows and White Eagles, mixing protection rackets with street violence. It notes immigration shifts, police tension, and Chinese organizations wary of youth crime while authorities struggle to pinpoint causes and solutions.
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Chinatown
Willie Brothers
New York
Peter Chin
Mori David Wong
Woadiionary
Aullen
Ching Lees
Chinese Consolidated ‘Benevolent Association
Mel
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Inal
Corry
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Confbat
Nursing Home
By Jack Anderson
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Internal Revenue Service
Frank Church
Peter Hutt
International Association of Ice-Cream Manufacturers
White House
Carter
Herman Talmadge
Dgu
J Bishop
Can Poody
Fan Tan
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