PennDOT faces funding strain amid road maintenance neglect
The opinion contends PennDOT relies on federal funds with a mandatory 10 percent state share, draining maintenance funds. With funds diverted to cover costs, road repairs suffer and the department risks an incomplete summer program. Gov Shapp reportedly purchased an airplane using PennDOT money, highlighting priority disputes between upkeep and other expenses.
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Highways Department
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
Random New York Mailbag Notes and Old Facts
A snap column surveys scattered bits from the mailbag and public trivia. It cites studies on sleep among executives, illness days and health, earthquake absence in North Dakota, doctors’ finances at death, young drivers’ crash risk, an Asmat widow’s mud ritual, and a Disraeli quip on living.
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New York
Life Extension Institute
North Dakota
New Guinea
Health data bank flags insurance risks in Boston
Secret MIB system stores medical records of about 11 million individuals and handles 80 000 daily inquiries. About 780 life insurance firms in the US and Canada access the data to deny or raise premiums for those deemed poor risks, with Greenwich headquarters and a terse executive director, Joseph Wilberding, cited amid antitrust probes and SALT talks context.
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Washington
Boston
The
Medical Information Bureau
MIB
Greenwich
Conn
Joseph C. Wilberding
Joseph Spear
Wilberding
Korea was a bust too by Paul Harvey
Paul Harvey argues that the Korea and Vietnam wars show military dictatorships in allied states. He notes South Korea under Park Chung-hee and South Vietnam under Thieu as rigid regimes defended by claims of stability. He urges withdrawal and an end to perpetual American military involvement abroad.
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Chung Hee Park
South Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
Corry May 9 1952 births and fire safety notes
In Corry on May 9 1952 a daughter was born at Corry Memorial Hospital to Mr and Mrs Sam Baressi. A Helping Hand Club dinner at the OOF Hall preceded a 2 PM business session. Fire Safety rep Daniel Pastorius praised Corrys low 2.7 fire hazards per building after inspecting 145 sites.
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Corry Memorial Hospital
Sam Baressi
Snyder Circle
Baressi
Dorothy Aymong
Helping Hand Club
Harvey Loveland
Ronald Carter
Corry
Daniel Pastorious
The
Fire Safety Association
Price Commission seen as mild cost to profits, not a strike
In business circles the Price Commission is viewed as a tap on the hand rather than a heavy blow as it weighs price controls against a growing economy. Despite threats of rollbacks, margins remain below peaks of past years, and analysts warn only restrained actions will avoid chilling risk taking while sustaining expansion.
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The
Price Commission
Chrysler
First National City Bank
First City
Standard & Poor's
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