Legislature battles welfare overhaul amid payment fears
The Pennsylvania Legislature debates funding for the welfare system as fears rise it could delay or deny checks next Friday. Critics cite fraud and abuse scandals, including arrests in Philadelphia and nearby areas, while defenders warn that genuine recipients still depend on aid.
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State Department of Welfare
Welfare Department
House
Senate
Harrisburg
Philadelphia
House Appropriations
Martin P. Mullen
Pennsylvania
FBI Files Reveal Gmen Prurience and Bedroom Snooping
The FBI files showcase agents as prudes obsessed with sex, hunting in celebrities and public figures for intimate details. Descriptions include Hollywood stars, a Las Vegas hotel owner’s wife, a black writer, a prominent athlete, and black leaders, with memos noting alleged affairs and scandals.
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Las Vegas
Welfare funding battle shifts to passage amid cuts and fraud guardrails
The legislature faces a defunded welfare vote framed as needed aid for 14,000 blind, 34,000 disabled, 9,500 elderly in nursing homes, 51,000 elderly on Old Age Assistance, and hungry children. Speakers urge pruning fraud controls, streamlining operations, and tax relief while pushing education on reductions and shifting focus to essential services.
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Welfare Department
Liberty test shows decline in honesty since 1924
In Terre Haute Indiana the Speculator notes Liberty magazine compared a 1924 survey to a 1971 replication. The 1924 test asked 100 random residents to return a dollar enclosed with a false account error, and 27 did. The 1971 test saw only 13 of 100 return the money, signaling lower honesty in the newer sample.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Spectator
Liberty Magazine
Liberty
Lincoln and the wooden horse courtroom scene of 1857
In 1857 Sangamon County Court, Abraham Lincoln sits in heat with grand jurors while a shrewd judge toys with lawyers. A planned horse trade reveals power and pride as Mrs Lincoln and a swindled judge observe the spectacle on Springfield streets.
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Abraham Lincoln
Sangamon County
Lincoln
Downstate
Mrs. Lincoln
Corry Ground to welcome 500-car drive-in theatre
Plans were announced for Blatt Brothers Company to break ground at Ranger's Corners next week on a modern 500-car drive-in theatre. At Mrs. Leroy Marlet's Concord street home last evening a St Elizabeth's Church Guild card party drew two tables lucky enough to play. Union News Company says it sold its newsstand at the passenger station to Perry Nichols and will implement improvements. The Junior High sixth annual exhibit and a Splendid program of pupil work will be staged Thursday and Friday evenings this week at the subhigh building.
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John Lukas
North East
Linda Braswell
Corry
Frank Sanders
Navy
Rhonda Mahoney
Chambersburg
R Walter Still
Columbus
Ranger's Corners
Blatt Brothers Company
Leroy Marlet
Concord Street
St. Elizabeth's Church
Union News Company
Perry Nichols
Nichols
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