Police Lobbying Costs Put Strain on PPOA
In Bucks based Pennsylvania Police Officers Association funds show 27 000 raised in four months with only about 3 000 left after expenses. About 88 percent paid to collectors and administrators, 70 percent to collection agency costs. Critics say the fraternal lobbying group channels funds to lawyers public relations and officials.
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Pennsylvania Police Officers Association
Bucks
Harrisburg
B and R Associates
Association
Order of Police
Toal
PPOA
Almost Anything Goes and a Freshman Clown in Congress
A TV column reviews ABCs Almost Anything Goes a summer series of small town athletic stunt contests taped in Putnam Conn. It jests at the hosts journalists and the antics of contestants. Separate report profiles Rep Larry McDonald a first term Georgia Republican and Birch Society figure accused of using printed speeches to smear liberals while racking up $40,000 in printing costs.
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New York
ABC
Neddies
Charlie Jones
Lynn Shackelford
Murphy Park
Putnam
R.1
Shackelford
Jones
Long Island
Washington
Larry McDonald
B-Ga
The
John Birch Society
National Council
McDonald attacks Porter and tax on campaign ethics
Freshman lobbyist McDonald renews his smear against ex Rep Charles Porter claiming a false Communist label while facing a 1974 contempt appeal tied to a 1970s divorce. Inquiry finds misidentified campaign contributors, improper spending shifts, and an Agriculture Department probe into Puerto Rico food stamp abuses with possible indictments.
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Charles Porter
D-Ore
McDonald
Agriculture Department
Puerto Rico
Letters to The Easter Carey Exening
The Journal invites readers to send communications to the Levers column at a listed address. Letters must be legible and signed with the sender’s name and full address. Submissions longer than typical length may be edited for clarity without altering content.
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de Publishea
Carey
Paymaster for liberty Haym Salomon’s hidden wartime aid
The article chronicles Haym Salomon, a Polish born Jewish money broker in New York and Philadelphia, who financed the American cause. It details his spy work, despatching Hessians, paymaster duties for Lafayette’s French units, and large personal loans to Congress, including purchasing colonial paper at full value, while his heirs never recovered the promised funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Provost
New York
Philadelphia
Continental Congress
Salomon
Marquis de Lafayette
Congress
Haym Salomon
A Lesson Relearned About Youth Supporting Caregivers
The author recounts time in Corry Memorial Hospital and St Vincent in Erie observing young nurses and staff who display dedication and compassion. He contrasts negative youth behavior with the many responsible youths, apologizing for earlier generalizations and praising the good that aids mankind.
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Corry Memorial Hospital
St. Vincent Health Center
Erie
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