Hopkins Plan Boosts Work Relief to Clean Up PA
Opinion endorses Rep. Farrie Hopkins plan to use able bodied reliefers on public projects. It cites WPA as a model where work was mandatory for aid and argues such laboring slots would both dignify relief recipients and accelerate Pennsylvania’s environmental cleanup. Nixon Johnson Eisenhower anecdote highlights presidential courtesy amid past antagonisms.
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Nixon’s Deference to LBJ Across Administrations
The article portrays Nixon’s cordial, protective stance toward Lyndon B. Johnson, including arranging White House transport for Johnson and briefings at the ranch. It notes Johnson’s later cooperation during the Republican shift and Nixon’s resolve to honor Johnson as an elder statesman, with Kissinger and others involved in discreet support.
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Faster for What by Paul Harvey SST debate and funding
The Senate Appropriations Committee will hear pro and con on the SST with March 30 as a looming deadline. U.S. developers face $854 million spent with no aircraft off the ground, plus $235 million more in Fiscal 1972. Nixon seeks extra funds while Byrd opposes a stillborn program as rivals fly. Transportation issues loom, environmental concerns rise, and a two-engine compromise may emerge.
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Lucy series returns to reruns as spring arrives
New York AP reports television's spring arrival with Lucille Ball's Here's Lucy going into reruns after a season opener featuring the Burtons and Liz's diamond. The show costs have risen to about $100,000 per episode, while this season features just 22 new episodes, reflecting the shift toward year round reruns and earlier spring in the schedule.
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NBC
Michael Dann
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Dann
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Allen Ludden
Corry Chamber elects four new directors in balloting
Four new directors were elected to the Corry Chamber of Commerce as ballots counted in the Municipal Building confirmed the results. Newly chosen directors are Stewart Long William Leaby F Bettes and Martin Keppel.
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William Leaby
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Grass roots debt debate in Illinois in Tribune article
Grass roots opinion from Havana Illinois discusses the economic clash among wage earners and the impact on inflation control. It reports Governor Milton Shapp facing a 350 million cut due to a nonmatched budget, with education and welfare likely affected. It notes Philadelphia and Pittsburgh schools losing funds while the legislature imposes a price tag resolution.
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Shapp
Charles H. Dagger
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Commonwealth
LeRoy Irvis
Assembly
Lawmakers Debate License Fees and Youth Voting
A 1948 action notes cuts in spending for others to drive vehicles and retain license fee reductions. A cosponsored bill would let 18-year-olds vote, and House Bill 5 aims to return license plate issuance to counties. A photo on driver licenses failed. The motor license fund requires new money for highways under the constitution.
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Ralph McGraw
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H. Dale Pearson
Eugene Battersby
Art Logan
Shapp
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Hardy Williams
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