Flag Waving Covers Plan To Buy Valley Forge Hospital
In our view the push by Pennsylvania leaders and veterans groups to have the state acquire the former Valley Forge General Hospital for a nursing home is a misleading campaign. Critics warn the takeover could cost the state from 6.5 million to perhaps 50 million or more in the long run, with some estimates nearing 100 million, while proponents argue a modest expense for veteran care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
House
Milton J. Shapp
Military Affairs Department
Valley Forge General Hospital
Senate
Thomas M. Nolan
Shapp
Sen. Nolan
D-Wilkins Twp
Shepp
Washington
One more sea voyage II a world of shipboard life and longing
A reflective account aboard the Carnivale traces grand liners from Berengaria to Empress of Britain, detailing sea travel’s glow and weariness. The narrator recalls ports, companions, and a final farewell as the ship nears Miami and customs. Names include Kelly Letro Vincent Letro Vittorio Fabietti David Barrett and locations like Miami St Thomas St Croix.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kelly
Miami
Vincent Letro
Olean
The Rise of Dairy Co-ops and Federal Price Controls
The article explains how dairy cooperatives act as bargaining agents for farmers, shaping milk prices under federal regulation. It notes the Capper Volstead Act and Clayton Act exemptions since 1922, the growth of co-ops, and their control of a majority share of regulated fluid milk, with implications for prices and market power.
Dairy co ops' milk premiums raise costs and curb supply
Co op dominance in about nine percent of federal order markets adds premiums above minimum prices, raising costs by about 65 cents per 100 pounds and, per Peter Hutt, at least 175 million dollars year to date. Co ops pressure processors, restrict milk flows, and run standby pools to redirect supply, shaping regional distribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of ‘Agriculture
U.S
Peter Hutt
Washington
Brooke Shearer
Justice Department
Minnesota-Wisconsin
Bill and more bills raise fines and drive changes in road rules
Assemblyman Forest Hopkins backs amendments raising revocation for three serious convictions in five years and allows a six mile per hour cushion over the 55 mph limit for radar arrests. The bill shifts to include U turns, any-lane driving on superhighways, pedestrian right of way, and ends the ban on passing on the right while keeping studded snow tires. It staggers registration due dates and raises basic speeding fines from 10 to 35 dollars, with reckless driving penalties jumping to 200 dollars and second offenses up to 1,000. A separate bill seeks higher executive department fees amid a state budget in the 4.7 billion range, with Medicaid nursing home funding and other reductions. The document notes mixed reactions and questions about amnesty provisions and radar use by police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Social Security frauds abroad and in Mexico rise
Massive mispayments occur through abroad recipients and foreign job records. A Mexican entrepreneur advertised on radio to fix Social Security papers for a fee. The SSA pays over 43 million monthly to about 300 thousand beneficiaries in 100 countries with noted overpayments in Greece Mexico and the Philippines. In Mexico about 4 million monthly to 40 388 beneficiaries, 1.8 million in overpayments over seven years. Some beneficiaries lack children or births misrepresented on documents, including a baptismal certificate showing a 1955 birthdate for a son born in 1935 and died in 1938, with 1145 in overpayments. The report highlights overpayments by vendors and child support in several cases. The renegotiation board and Pentagon profits feature in broader federal budget and military contract discussions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Social Security Administration
Also Mentioned on This Page
T-Corry Journal
Ford Administration
Jim Bishop
North River
Berengaria
Mauretania
Rex
Bremen
Rotterdam
Sumatra
Hong Kong
Liverpool
United States
Independence
Constituion
Angelina Lauro
Giulio Caesare
Pipe
Bahamas
Sunward
Skyward
Caribbean
Britain
Vancouver
Hawaii
Sydney
Australia
John
Vince Letro
Vittorio Fabietti
David Barrett
Fabietti
Virginia Letro
Romancing
St. Thomas
St. Croix
Vincent Letra
Sylvia Porter
Pool
Corry
North Bach Omer
Assemblyman Forest Hopkins
Scotland
San Juan
St.Cross and
United States Senate
Richard S. Schweiker
Hugh Scott
Washington, D.C
R. Budd Dwyer
United: States Representative Assembly
Joseph P. Vigorito
Forest Hopkins
Cannon House
Harris
Te Justice Department
Associated Milk Producers, Inc
AMP
AMPI
Secretary of Agriculture
Earl Butz
USDA
Butz
National Council of Fortier Cooperatives
Buzz
Robert T. Masson
Anti-Trust
South
Srop
Ernie Chea
Ieee
Rate Incre
House Gill
Blue Shield
Philadelphia
By Jack Anderson
Benjamin Herrera Florez
Greece
Mexico
Philippines
Mini
Sa Sh
Pentagon
Ford
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!