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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1974
Page
2
The piece denounces a 25 percent first class, 18 percent air mail, and 33 1/3 percent postal card rise as a taxpayer burden. It cites May 1971 and March 1972 actions, calls for Congress to revoke or reframe the Postal Service, and warns that rising rates threaten publishers, printers, and free speech.
The column presents a reader poll with Wallace 25.14 percent Kennedy 16.40 Jackson 13.30 Reagan 10.97 Rockefeller 0.54 Muskie 6.07 Ford 4.56 Baker 4.46 Percy 4.27 Mondale 3.10 Nixon 2.23 McGovern 0.97. Readers also vent opinions on Nixon Wallace and Kennedy with names from Evansville Houghton Miami Beach and Milwaukee. The latter article reports New York rate rises and bank practices.
The piece notes banks charging flexible primes and lenders demanding equity shares, with borrowing costs above 15 to 20 percent. It cites mortgage refinancings, points on loans, and lenders requiring deposit relationships, while investors pull back on new stock issues and buyers face higher true borrowing costs.
A father’s will grants his wife a life interest in the house with a remainder to the son. If the mother dies first, the son inherits. If the son dies before the mother, the mother continues life enjoyment and the son’s heirs receive the property upon her death.
An analysis decries many state jobs as semi public posts with little required duty. It notes salaries up to 24,000 dollars and terms lasting as long as ten years for positions like Public Utility Commission and Turnpike Commission. The piece questions the scope of part time governance and calls for accountability in Harrisburg.
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