Governor Shapp Urged to Act on State Road Rebuild Plan
In a Pennsylvania Highway Information Association event, Gov. Milton Shapp praised recent PennDOT lettings totaling 462.4 million while warning that existing roads deteriorate. Erie residents say three-year battles over Route 277 and Route 6 tar and chip prove talk cannot replace permanent resurfacing and reconstruction. The Journal calls for immediate, lasting road rebuilding rather than promises.
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Milton Shapp
Pennsylvania Highway Information Association
PH14
Pennsylvania
Penndot
Erie County
Journal
Sparta
Route 6
Milton
Nixon’s taxpaying scandals and costly estate upgrades
President Nixon’s aides pursued billing taxpayers for numerous personal and nonsecurity improvements at the San Clemente and Key Biscayne estates. Documents show charges for items like logo stamped golf tees and a private restroom soap, with cases of fireplace work and a gazebo restoration defended as security or tasteful upkeep. House investigators corroborate improper charges and pushback by the Secret Service.
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Washington
Nixon
San Clemente
Calif
Key Biscayne
Fla
White House
Secret Service
Pat Nixon
Constance Stuart
San Clemente Gazebo
Sunday Movie Rule In Municipal Elections Law
The Legislature allows municipal elections on whether motion pictures may be shown after 2 p.m. on Sundays with a statutory ban before that time. If a majority of voters in a municipality favor Sunday exhibitions, they become lawful after 2 p.m. following the vote. The offer includes petition thresholds equal to 20 percent of the highest vote for any candidate in the last election.
Under the Influence of Driving and Distractions
A humorous meditation on how various influences shape driving, from a non driver spouse’s advice to distractions like deer and weather. The narrator notes impulses to speed to an accident, and to slow when afraid, highlighting different drivers behind the wheel.
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Tony
The trouble with Republicans and the Adams coat saga
Nixon warned that Republicans turn cannibal when in trouble as the Adams coat and rug scandal unfolded in 1958. The piece recalls Ike's White House, Adams’ ouster, and broader GOP genteel corruption amid disclosures from the Legislative Oversight Committee. It links past presidents to gifts, resignations, and political fallout across eras.
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Richard M. Nixon
Sherman Adams
White House
Bernard Goldfine
Ike
House
John Williams
Miss
Sherm the Lopper
Boston
Legislative Oversight Committee
Federal Trade Commission
Securities and Exchange Commission
Adams
Bernie
Goldfine
Corry chooses Earl T. Cherry as mayor in off year vote
In Corry on November 3 1953 voters elected Republican Earl T Cherry to lead the city for four years over ex mayor J Fred Kinley. The result reflected dissatisfaction with Kinley policies and followed a heated mayoralty race. Local reports note the Allen Adams property nearby and a planned Carter Hill gas well by Pennsylvania Gas Co. Residents are urged to wear poppies for War Dead remembrance with disabled veterans making the poppies for distribution by American Legion Auxiliary.
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Corry
Earl T. Cherry
Cherry
J. Fred Kinley
Kinley
America
American Legion
Aux-iary
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Jack Brooks
D-Tex
House Government Operations Subcommittee
Herbert Kalmbach
Warren B. Sturtevant
Kalmbach
Marilyn Parent
Sturtevant
Ken Iacovone
Stuart
General Service Administration
John F. Galuardi
San Clemente Complex
Galuardi
GSA
Bebe Rebozo
Rebozo
Mr. Adams
Oval
Dwight D Eisenhower
Denver
LBJ
Air Force One
Texas
Verdon Oneal
Dallas
Kennedy
U.S
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Gettysburg
William F. Knowland
Senate
California
Richard Nixon
Richard M. Simpson
G.O.P
Sherm
Haldeman
Ehrlichman
New Hampshire
Truman
Harry Vaughan
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Harding
Allen Adams
Pennsylvania Gas Co
Carter Hill
PGC
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