Critique of PennDOT funding and road budget in Pennsylvania
A reader groups PennDOT funding with excessive deductions totaling 343 708 000 and a Shapp blue line cut of 46 106 000, arguing highway dollars are drained by aviation, driver education and other costs. The letter taunts taxpayers in Corry and others receiving little highway benefit.
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State of
Pennsylvania
Department of Transportation
Penndot
Shapp
GSA
Corry
Saving surge hints at buying comeback and mood risks
June figures show disposable income up 63.3 billion in Q2 and savings at 10.6 percent of income, the highest in 29 years, provoking debate among economists about consumer willingness to buy houses and cars amid insecurity, unemployment, and inflation. A separate dispatch reports Marcos’ response to bribery claims, detailing payments to Primitivo Mijares and alleged CIA connections.
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New York
U.S
Washington
Corry report on Marcos bribery allegations and $50,000 transfer
The account traces a $50,000 bank payment linked to Mijares amid his Capitol Hill testimony on Marcos corruption. Marcos claims the remittance was authorized long before the visit to China and paused by the calendar, while Mijares calls the claims blackmail and forgery.
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Mijares
Alcancel
China
U.S
Capitol Hill
Philippine National Bank
San Francisco
Trinidad Alconcel
Alconcel
Lloyds Bank of California
Marcos
Bribery Abroad Becomes Routine in Global Business
A Paul Harvey essay condemns widespread overseas bribery by American firms. It cites Gulf Oil paying $4 million to unnamed politicians, Northrop Aviation at $30 million, and practices across Africa Asia and Latin America. It argues corruption undercuts fair markets and inflates costs for foreign projects.
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Gulf Oil
Northrop Aviation
Shapp Turnpike Picks Stir Controversy Chief Mentor
William Ecenbarger argues that Governor Shapp's choice of Peter Camiel to lead the Turnpike Commission cements a politicized body. The piece criticizes the panel's lack of highway expertise, padded by decades in politics, while noting salaries, perks, and proposed raises amid staffing contrasts and a past speeding verdict reversal.
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Shapp
Pennsylvania
Peter Camiel
Philadelphia
Turnpike Commission
Camiel
Commission
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Jack Anderson
Les Whitten
Malacanang
Guillermo Gimon de Vega
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Mexico
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Mideast
Thailand
Japan
Nigeria
Shapp’s Turnpike
Pablum
By William Ecenbarger
Philadelphia Inquirer
William A. Meehan
Egidio Cerilli
Allentown
Ray Ballinger
Jacob Kassab
Cerilli
Westmoreland County
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