Governor Shapp Eyes Clash With PUC Over Rate Hikes
The article notes Governor Milton Shapp vowing to challenge the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission as Penelec and Pennsylvania Gas seek surcharge increases to cover new utility taxes. It highlights Bloom's leadership, Shapp’s criticism, and press disclosure demands on rate requests, with a separate Navy Reserve assignment story about Edward Nixon and Gerald Ford’s brother.
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Political skirmishes and subtle graft in Washington circles
The piece details friction among GOP and Democratic figures over personal loyalties and influence. It notes anonymous letters about Armistead, lawmakers using cheap office supplies for the American Security Council, and contractor-like file cards. It also mentions Ernie Fitzgerald’s ouster and missing documents in his Civil Service Commission appeal.
Nixon Defends Campaign Drive Amid Vietnam War Critique
Nixon plans more travel and activism as critics urge retreat from Indochina. The piece argues morale sagging among roughly 300,000 American troops in Vietnam and Cambodia, with mass antiwar sentiment and polls pushing toward declaring victory and coming home. It notes morale issues, marijuana use, and recruitment incentives masking a protracted, unwinnable war.
Welfare blamed for decline of moonshine art in Kentucky
Grass roots opinion from Detroit Lakes Minnesota Tribune notes an Associated Press report from Lexington Kentucky claiming welfare programs have reduced moonshine production. A moonshine producer says the county once had 15 skilled men and now only three remain, blaming welfare as a factor and suggesting government support to preserve the art.
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Daydreams Spring Humor in Impossible Tasks
A playful AP piece lists bold impossible daydreams for spring including training a pig to win a race, unearthing truffles, arresting a citizen, teaching creditors, evaporating Lake Erie, running an opium den, escaping prison, and other farcical schemes.
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Marjoria Daw
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School of Hard Knocks
Corry News Highlights From 1957 Local Developments
Corry records in 1957 show FCC plans to open new TV stations in Erie Meadville and nearby cities boosting reception. Columbus area road work planned on Route 684 includes rebuilding two and a quarter miles. First aid training tests for the Washington Trail Council set for March 30 at 7 30 pm in the State Armory. A mayoral order prompts police raids on bootlegging in East Main Street pool rooms with limited results. Barnes Block fire on First Avenue caused chimney damage but no interior flames.
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Divorce grounds in separated couples under Pennsylvania law
The fact of separation alone does not support a divorce. Desertion may qualify if one party has wilfully left the home for over two years. recent proposals to allow divorce after a fixed separation period without proving wilfulness have not passed into law. The text also notes redemption rules for sheriff sales and tax sales, indicating that rights to reclaim property depend on the governing statute and that no redemption exists after tax sales under the Real Estate Tax Sale law, with limited redemption windows in specified cases.
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