Should Taxpayers Fund Campaigns for Office
The Beaver County Times argues that Congress considers using taxpayer money to finance presidential and congressional campaigns. The plan, backed by the Johnson administration, would raid the treasury for about 100 million dollars and set up ceilings of 14 million per presidential candidate and 28 million for Senate expenses. The House would decide funding levels and candidates could start with private contributions before opting in, increasing deficits and reducing tax revenues.
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Congress
Johnson Administration
U.S. Treasury
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
House
Treasury
Shafer milk plan aims to shift control from a state board
Harrisburg analysis says Governor Shafer proposes moving Pennsylvania milk pricing authority from the independent Milk Control Commission to the Secretary of Agriculture with an advisory board. Critics warn this could erode independence and invite executive-led policy shifts, noting decades of legislative inaction on the issue.
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Shafer
Pennsylvania
State Milk Control Commission
State Department of Agriculture
The
Milk Central Commission
What Is The Law
A property owner wonders if he can file a complaint about fumes from a bus that parks outside during a stopover. The piece notes buses are part of daily life and air pollution concerns, urging efforts to address the issue and suggesting notifying the Public Utility Commission in Harrisburg if no relief occurs.
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Transportaton Company
Public Utility Commission
Harrisburg
Time and customs clash in Rome and Vatican mischief
Jim Bishop reflects on Rome's clocks and culture. A boy breaks a water clock in Villa Borghese while St. Peter's faces show two clocks that agree twice daily. He notes Italians favor conversation over endings, shop hours, and gestures. Rome's drivers treat cars as weapons and the Vatican phone becomes a joke. The piece mocks Italian politeness, church attendance, spaghetti culture, and politics with sharp, humorous observation.
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Italy
Villa Borghese
St. Peter's
Mills Presses Tax Reform to Heat Funds for War
Washington report details Ways and Means Chairman Wilbur Mills pushing to keep tax loopholes open to fund Vietnam costs while resisting cuts to Great Society programs. It notes internal White House tension, Oil depletion allowances, and a shift toward social-spending cuts. It also outlines Johnson decisions to intensify air strikes in North Vietnam and bombing plans for South Vietnam.
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Washington
House Ways At Means
Wilbur Mills
D-Ark
Mills
White House
Mittee
Ways and Means
Johnson
North Vietnam
Treasury
Congress
Today in History Oct 16 highlights and anniversaries
On this date in 1793 Queen Marie Antoinette was executed. In 1815 Napoleon landed at St Helene as exile. In 1840 New Zealand became a British colony. In 1859 John Brown raided Harper's Ferry. In 1892 the Locarno Pact was signed. Britain celebrated Jamestown 350 years.
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Marie Antoinette
France
Napoleon Bonaparte
Island of
St. Helena
New Zealand
John Brown
Harper's Perry
Locarno
Britain
Germany
Italy
Belgium
Queen Elizabeth
Jamestown
New World
Yesterday's Memories Of Corry
Gas shortage threatens curtailment of electric power in western Pennsylvania warns Walter C. Santum of Pennsylvania Electric Co. Corry School District to receive 3476.55 in lieu of taxes for Fairhaven Housing project. Two youths, 12 and 14, cited for arson after setting a straw fire on Paul Blakeslee farm. restitution ordered. Columbus Boy Scout Troop 19 to collect papers for a hive fund next Wednesday to buy a troop flag.
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Pennsylvania
Walter C. Santum
Pennsylvania Electric Co
Fairhaven
Corry
John Treacy
Charles B. Lawrence Jr
Public Housing Administration
Paul Blakeslee
Nre
Columbus Boy Scout
Corry Evening Journal Names New General Manager
The Corry Evening Journal announces changes in leadership with the appointment of a new general manager, John Mon, replacing the outgoing manager Tate Fesent Bandar.
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the Corry Evening Journal
Tate Fesent
Bandar
John Mon
Immunization timing and vaccine insights from Dr Coleman
A medical column discusses the wisdom of the body, noting imperfections in human anatomy and the evolution of vulnerabilities. It outlines vaccination schedules for DTP polio influenza measles and smallpox, stresses booster shots and doctor judgment, and invites reader questions to be addressed in future columns.
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Walter Cannon
Harvard University
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Alexander Graham Bell
Vatican
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Deskur
the Excelsior
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Via Veneto
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Ely
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Hon Gai
McNamara
Hanoi
Joint Chiefs
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