Should the state secede from PennDOT in budget chaos
The writer asks if Pennsylvania should sever ties with the Department of Transportation amid year after year budget folly in Harrisburg. Corry area readers report dangerous local road conditions while lawmakers clash and press access is restricted, urging a resolution to PennDOT perfidy.
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General Assembly
Penndot
Pennsylvania
Grandsons Visit From Los Angeles Share Busy Family Visit
The narrator recalls a five year gap since seeing David and Michael aged about five. The boys toured the local fire station, explored countryside with deer, faced a big storm flooding the basement, and played baseball at Concord School where Michael broke a window and handled it responsibly. The visit offered a glimpse of family dynamics and past memories.
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Los Angeles
David
Michael
Concord
Denver's troubles and the Denoffs to Starland show
AP reports John Denver met Bill and Tatty Denoff at their Washington DC home in 1970 while both worked at a Georgetown club. The Denoffs later formed Starland Vocal Band and created Afternoon Delight, while also taping The Starland Vocal Band Show in the Washington area. He and Tatty Denoff met a decade earlier during auditions for Fat City.
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Georgetown
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Denotfs
Starland Vocal Band
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San Francisco
Jon Carroll
Frederickburg
CBS
Starland
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Springfield
Mass
Washington
Fat City
Georgetown University
Chil
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Deceptive packaging and price tricks in familiar brands
An article by Sylvia Porter examines why products change packaging. Designers Richard Gerstman and Herbert Meyers explain motivations from shelf appeal to cost cutting. It covers overpackaging, deceptive cues, and the impact on consumer perception and pricing.
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Richard Gerstman
Herbert Meyers
How to Write for the Movies by Jim Bishop
A quirky guide notes that simple hints can launch a film writer toward wealth with ideas for classic and spoof genres. It sketches generic plots for WAR MOVIE SUPERNATURAL WESTERN MYSTERY ANCIENT ROME and B MOVIE styles, offering tongue in cheek directions, character foils, and stock scenes.
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Eisenhower
MacArthur
White House
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Precious
James Stewart
Caas
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Mona
Andrus aims to break up vast irrigation farms for smallholders
Washington report details Cecil Andrus pushing land reform to revive Roosevelt era 160-acre family plots. It describes Bureau of Reclamation resistance, court orders, and small farmers led by groups like National Land for People. Senators Abourezk Haskell Nelson back reform amid protestors and industry giants. Also notes asbestos danger and lack of safety action by Consumer Product Safety Commission.
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