Costs and corruption fuel the Pennsylvania taxpayer burden
The piece criticizes soaring costs in space exploration and defense while highlighting welfare payments in Pennsylvania. It cites $150 daily food costs for astronauts, a $4 billion SST bill, a $12,000 pension for former Governor Shafer, and welfare abuses, arguing inflation climbs as programs expand and taxes shift. It questions where the trend ends and warns of rising living costs.
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United States
Earth
Pennsylvania
Commonwealth
Waynesburg
Southeast Asia
Raymond Shafer
Miami
Smoking Dangers Highlighted by Letters and Hoovers Trash
A reader laments smoking bans failing to reduce cigarette sales while noting varied attitudes toward tobacco among Americans. The piece cites hamsters with cancer after prolonged smoking and urges personal responsibility, then parodies FBI Director Hoover by detailing his trash for lighthearted gossip about his habits and daily routines.
Indignities in Divorce and Private Investigators Rules in Pennsylvania
The text defines indignities as a continuous course of conduct showing settled hatred and estrangement, making the spouse's life intolerable. It notes that mere incompatibility is insufficient. acts like infidelity accusations or vulgar language can support such a divorce. It also explains the Private Detective Act of 1953 requiring licenses for investigations, age and experience requirements, and that licensed detectives and their staff are private individuals, not public officials, with grounds for license removal for questionable practices.
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Pennsylvania
Nixon Promises and Deficit Spending Through His Career
A concise profile of Richard Nixon tracing his public utterances from Congress to the White House, arguing his philosophy favors individual effort over big government yet notes a shift to larger deficits after election. The piece analyzes why presidents often increase red ink despite earlier calls for balanced budgets.
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Congress
Nixon
Corry Scouts prepare first aid demo at State Armory
Corry Scouts of Troop 80 planned a first aid demonstration and grading in Corry on March 30. Four teams will represent the troop at the session drawing scouts from the region.
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State Armory
Treasury printers churn vast currency output in Washington
Grass roots opinion from GRAYVILLE ILL MERCURY INDEPENDENT notes that despite heavy consumer spending, Americans cannot exhaust the government's stock. It claims Treasury printers in Washington daily mix 40,000 pounds of paper with two and a half tons of ink to produce 50 million dollars in currency.
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Grayville, Ill
Mercury Independent
Treasury
Washington Daily
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Clyde Tolson
America
Agnew
By Jack Anderson
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Paul Harvey
Richard Nixon
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Mr. Nixon
Corry
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George T. Downey
East Pleasant Street
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Thas
John Dubrosky
Seb Bracken
Baglers
Dubrosky
Singleton
Bracken
Boyd and Baccus
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Perry Nichols
Mall
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Louis Churchville
Churchville
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Seattle
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Chief of Naval Operations
Lamb
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