Editorial and political fallout over Pennsylvania legislature
The Journal surveys Pennsylvania newspaper sentiment toward the General Assembly, noting discontent over cost shifts and failed refunds from a 3.5 percent income tax. Reports from Vandergrift News Citizen, Upper Darby News, Shamokin News Item, Kutztown Patriot, and Philadelphia Daily News reflect a growing anti-legislature mood and calls for a more businesslike state government. In Washington, ex Lockheed official Henry Durham accuses the company of hiding flaws in the C5A transport plane, with lawmakers Proxmire and Moorehead investigating potential $250 million taxpayer backing. Durham quit in May after warnings dating to 1969 and 1970, naming a Lockheed board chairman who recently urged loan guarantees.
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Shamokin
Assembly
Kutztown Patriot
House
Senate
Pennsylvania
Washington
Lockheed
Durham
Marietta, Ga
Lockheed Board
Daniel Haughton
Dan Haughton
Reform demands spark coverups in Lockheed C5A woes
Durham alleges widespread overpayments and repeated ordering of same parts for the C5A. He cites a 500 percent overpay claim, missing tools, and pressure to suppress reports. The piece notes VW safety disputes and a Hawki case where a VW Squareback driver was injured and awarded $63,000. It also covers Ted Kennedy considering study trips on refugee aid waste and Vietnam’s potential displacement of South Vietnamese elites.
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Durham
Haughton
Les Whiteen
Lockheed
Vietnam
Ted Kennedy
D.mass
Senate
America
Saigon
South Vietnam
Hanoi
Lord helps those who help themselves misread as UNCLE
A Crawford Nebraska Tribune column ridicules misheard proverb spelling. The author reframes the saying The Lord helps those who help themselves to mockingly note the word Lord is spelled Uncle reflecting local humor and opinion.
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Crawford
Nebr
Tribune
Lord
Corry Item: Theft Probe Rewards and Nominating News
Lawrence Berliner offered a reward for return of two Lionel trains and a fur coat stolen from unoccupied dwellings on East Pleasant Street. An EUB Ladies Aid nominating committee for new officers was appointed at As. CM. Fish home. Western Asphalt Paving began blacktop work at Corry Memorial Hospital. July 19, 1931 Sunday. No paper.
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East Pleasant Street
Lawrence Berliner
EUB Ladies’ Aid
CM. Fish
West Irving
Western Asphalt Paving Company
New
Corry Memorial Hospital
Peggy Ryan Lights Up Honolulu in a Good Old Days Decor
The Irish pixy Peggy Ryan, now a grandmother, reflects on her show business career from vaudeville to Hollywood and her life in Honolulu with Eddie Sherman. The piece recalls her collaborations with Donald O’Connor, early films like Top of the Town, and later work teaching dance to blind and deaf children. She notes the era’s changes and affection for the present as "the good old days."
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Peggy Ryan
Donald O'Connor
Peggy
Dancing Ryans
Eleanor Powell
Hollywood
George Murphy
Shirley Temple
Jane Withers
Gloria Jean
John Ford
New York
Donald O’connor
Jimmy Cross
Spike
Ray MacDonald
Cork
Kerry
Honolulu
Eddie Sherman
Shawn Edward Arthur Kim Ki Allis Sherman
Pegny Ryan
Iceman memories and the icebox era recollections
A nostalgic reminiscence of the icebox era recounts summer runs by ice wagons, kids chasing ice for a taste, and harsh labor by icemen. The narrator recalls odors, rough work, and jokes about a stage play parody, contrasting past ice delivery with modern electric cooling.
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Journal
General Assembly
Pennsylvania Newspaper Publishers Association
State Press
Vandergrift News Citizen
Capitol
Upper Darby News
Henry Durham
William Proxmire
D.wis
William Moorehead
D-Pa
Proxmire
Lockheed Quality Control
Air Force
Storry
Detroit
Byron Bloch
Vws
Bloch
Hawki
Grass Roots Opinion
Corry
Charles Keppel
Louis Nye
Allene Doolittle
Jim Bishop
Hawaii
Sierra Drive
Sherman
Ithaca Police
Pacific Ocean
Cornell University
Eugene O’niell
California
Cindy
Dave
O'Connor
Ryan
Abbott and Costello
The
Icebox
By Bill Eaton
Irs
Eugene O'Niel
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