Small-town bar liability and women business gap analyzed
The article debates a Bucks County civil suit against a bartender for serving liquor to a drunk and the broader question of liquor regulation and enforcement. It then cites 1972 Census data showing women owned 3.1 percent of U.S. businesses, generating 38.1 billion in receipts out of 1.9 trillion, highlighting barriers from lack of confidence and discriminatory credit practices that limit women entrepreneurs.
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Bucks County
Census Bureau
Commerce Department
Small Business Administration
SBA
Service Corps of
SCORE
Washington, D.C
Congressman Helstoski and mobster meet over murder hints
A 1960s era report alleges two secret November meetings between Congressman Henry Helstoski and mob figure Frank Perott. Tape records allegedly show discussions of hiring an investigator to dig into Chilean witness Aguirre and a possible murder plot. Helstoski disputes the murder claim, while his secretary corroborates that Perott introduced the murder topic.
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Washington
Congresman
Helstoski
Kathy Dunn
Perott
Chile
Aguirre
Peroff
Television critic laments morning game shows and TV culture
A veteran columnist critiques network TV for pandering daytime viewers with sensational game shows, soap operas, and violent thrillers. He highlights biased interviewing, limited women’s roles, and ads, praising public services and SCORE for business help while lamenting weak standards, FCC laxity, and shallow entertainment.
Those Were the Days in Wattsburg and Beyond
Nostalgic reminiscence recalls two blacksmith shops in Wattsburg and a third owned by Charles C. Eaton in Lowville. Aurelius D. Smith, last resident of Elgin who died recently, worked there and linked past and present. The piece recalls skinny dipping days, local bands, a fire that wiped Wattsburg’s business district, gas line workers, and Wattsburg’s early electric lights powered by a water mill.
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Mark Twain
French Creek
Wattsburo
Wattsburg Fairgrounds
Arthur Barber
Union City
Mr. Satterlee
Corry
Wattsburg
Charles C. Eaton
Lowville
Aurelius D. Smith
Elgin
Smith
Tocal
Coleman
Edd Brumagin
Leon McKay
King
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Sylvia Porter
Albert DeFalco
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Jay Gourley
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Women's Division
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