Judges Angered by Precedent-Setting Escrow Case Settlement
A landmark class action on mortgage escrow interest may yield $625,000 in legal fees for plaintiffs’ eight attorneys, to be reviewed by Common Pleas and federal judges. Defendants are 28 banks and lenders. The case probes contingency fees and hours claimed, with top lawyer seeking $336,360 and others seeking smaller sums. Judges’ own salaries of $40,000 and $42,000 a year loom in the debate.
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Common Pleas
Pillow talk and politics in Corry era
In a Corry Evening Journal column Paul Harvey riffs on pillow fights in campaign sparring. Hubert Humphrey dominates applause and barbs from both parties, while Ford and Reagan prompts spark criticism. The piece reflects a wary public, hints at postconvention voting dynamics, and notes turnout patterns amid a changing electorate.
Government Price Controls Milk Debate in 1930s Recalled
The article recalls how Congress in the 1930s directed the Agriculture Department to set a two class milk pricing system. Marketing orders set minimum prices paid to farmers for grade A bottling milk, higher than milk used for cheese or butter. Farmers’ pay depended on local dairy plants' product mix, with higher returns when more milk went to bottling. A separate section describes a secret session where a congressional panel considers military protection for U S mining firms planning to explore ocean floor nodules for nickel and other minerals, aiming to reduce dependence on foreign cartels and potential oil-like embargos.
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Congress
Agriculture Department
USDA
Washington
U.S
How milk prices are rigged and kept high by policy
An analysis of dairy price supports shows the USDA buying cheese butter and nonfat milk to prop up manufacturing milk prices when market rates fall below the support. The system creates a floor, raises farm prices, boosts processed dairy stock, supports school lunches, and raises consumer costs, with imports quotas and state price floors further elevating prices. Critics note lobbying and a vetoed bill that would have raised parity, arguing reform is needed to curb overcharges to consumers while protecting farmers.
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USDA
New Zealand
Australia
Canada
U.S
Concrest
House
Ad Sena
Ford
Ocean floor mining clash fuels U.S. policy clash
Murphy warns the Group of 77 expanding to 107 nations will control ocean bottom mining under UN auspices, blocking U.S. access. He cites a secret study and a March 15 informal agreement while lawmakers push a bill to back mining consortia with military protection. Potential international boycotts and protests loom as firms like Lockheed Tenneco and Union Miniere loom large.
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U.S
U.N
Jamaica
International Bauxite Producers Organization
Murphy
House
Senate
United States
CIA
Pacific
Iceland
Sovereign immunity under fire in Pennsylvania
A stream of cases shows Pennsylvania’s sovereign immunity defense wavering as youths’ deaths and injuries spark suits against the state. Courts hint immunity may fade. legislators study impacts while a 4 3 Commonwealth Court ruling backs parents in a murder case.
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Paul French
Edmund Keen
Bjellos
Keens
State Justice Department
Commonwealth
Pennsylvania
State Supreme Court
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission
Herbert Fineman
Joint
State Government Commission
Genevieve Bilal
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Antitrust Division
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OPEC
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D-N.y
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Philadelphia Inquirer
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