Welfare protests urge higher benefits in Harrisburg
In Harrisburg welfare rights activists pressed for increased aid as inflation strains families. Governor Shapp backs a seven percent rise, but demonstrators demand up to twenty seven percent. The piece contrasts deserving recipients with others who abuse aid and urges budget tightening for welfarists.
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Nightlife host Mac Calhoun turns radio oddity into local legend
New York AP profile of Mac Calhoun 26 Charlotte born host of WRFKFM Richmond Va a small nonprofit station operated by Union Theological Seminary. He hosts Nightlife a 15 minute weeknight show featuring jokes dental hygiene oddities and musical bits plus a symposium on ideas and a wrestling segment.
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Hollywood Writers and Mail Snooping in Senate Spotlight
A critique of Hollywood power over writers reveals how bosses demand rewrites and control careers. The piece cites Bill, Faulkner, Parker and Wilder, notes a culture of intimidation, and recounts Army mail snooping cases as Senate probes face limited follow‑through. It links these intrusions to broader government oversight and President Ford’s late Saigon aid decisions spurred by war‑fund debates.
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Epitaphs and Hollywood Echoes by Jim Bishop Producer
A sprawling reminiscence traces screenwriters amid The Garden of Allah boozy enclave and Metro Arabic era. It recalls Fitzgerald, Parker, Marion, Hecht, and Trumbo with vivid anecdotes of salons, misfortune, and the price of fame. The piece ties writerly fate to Hollywood booms, busts, and the dream factory’s rough reality.
Unemployed investors and market fears cited by Sindlinger
John Cunnitt’s figures show 427000 unemployed stockholders in May and a 42 percent rise among clerks and salesmen to 6.18 million, while professionals including doctors and lawyers decline 9.2 percent to 9.59 million. Sindlinger argues a younger, inexperienced “sucker” investor group is expanding as confidence in the economy lags, warning of a slow, painful recovery and a looming market correction unless behavior changes.
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