Pennsylvanians Face New Income Tax Burden And Public Pay Proposals
Taxpayers across Pennsylvania began paying a 5 percent income tax retroactive to January 1 while wages rose by 10 000 for each state judge. Critics push for a Commonwealth Compensation Commission to grant raises without legislative approval. The piece questions spending oversight and urges careful analysis of needs before budgets pass. In Washington the HEW watchdog report finds HEW's Social and Rehabilitation Service awarding over 18 million in contracts non competitively with inadequate justifications and poor postaward contract oversight.
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Pennsylvania
House of Representatives
Commonwealth Compensation Commission
Commonwealth
Government Waste and Snooping Probed in Federal Agencies
Investigators flag HEW over illegal expense processing and biased contractor selection. A review cites wasteful purchasing in HEW and Education Office abuses. Sen. Ervin highlights vast government dossiers across agencies including 180 million FBI fingerprints and multiple million civil service records. DOT subsidies enable cheap parking for 1,800 permit holders, inflating congestion. National Guard leaders travel at public expense to a private state generals’ meeting, costing about 225000.
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DOT
Department of Transportation
Department
Washington
National Guard
Santa Fe
National Adjutants
General Association
One Man's Junk and Treasures From a Family Archive
A reflective piece about preserving personal keepsakes from cluttered shelves to dusty drawers. The narrator recalls items from relatives and notes literary fragments, old newspapers, and handwritten letters that reveal memories, history, and questions about the past. The voice laments passing time and the habit of saving ghosts of prior lives.
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Rocky
New Debt Ceiling Caps National Debt at 410 Billion
Grass roots in Sullivan Illinois reflect on Congress approval raising the debt limit to about 410 billion dollars to prevent the national debt from breaching the 395 billion ceiling. The piece questions the notion of shared revenue with states and criticizes the handling of national debt by the administration.
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Sullivan, Ill
Congress
Thermore
Washington
Nixon
Boyle's bartenders blues in New York
AP report captures a string of barroom quips from a weary bartender Alfie. Patrons vent about prices, mixed drinks, and memory lapses while riffing on Vietnam, arthritis, and marriage as the bartender tries to pour and placate the crowd.
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New York
Alfie
Pilgrim Fathers
Miami Beach
Freight wreck in Centerville harms mills and woodlands
A Buffalo to Pittsburgh freight derailed at Centerville causing extensive damage to a sawmill and nearby woodlands after a blaze raged for over three hours. Firefighters from Corry and Columbus battled flames as the Lindsey Hollow area faced threat of spreading fire.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Buffalo
Pittsburgh
Centerville
Corry
Columbus
Lindsey Hollow
Tax on sale of foreign real estate by US resident
A United States resident must report capital gains from selling foreign real estate as income. The gain is taxed and may qualify for a foreign tax credit for taxes paid abroad. The Internal Revenue Service should be consulted for handling the sale in income tax purposes.
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United States
Infernal’ Revenue Service
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