Media gainers lone as presidency loses public trust
A Time Magazine poll shows Nixon's presidency with a 49 percent loss in confidence while the press gains 5 percent amid Watergate reactions. Other institutions including business, IRS, CIA, FBI, Justice Department, courts, and Congress suffer double digit drops, signaling broad public despair with only the media viewed positively.
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Corry Potato Festival draws large crowd in warm, clear finale
In Corry on September 19 1953 a warm night drew a big crowd for the Fourth Ward Potato Festival with rain threatening. A gas firm reported a new well on Carter Hill bringing total wells to 10. Corry Area High beat Youngsville 33 0 at Loveland Field with Sorenson Coates and Fleming scoring.
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Youngsville Eagles
Loveland Field
Dick Sorenson
Jim Coates
Chuck Fleming
Beavers
Lonna
F. A. Loveland
Allegheny College
Erie Conference
M.E. Church
Meadville
Nepotism in Congress Still Suppresses Payroll Loyalties
A 1960s law ended most practitioner relatives on the federal payroll, but a few remain under a grand father clause. Names include Melvin Price, Chet Holifield, Ken Gray, Al Ullman, Otto Passman, Sparky Matsunaga, Edward Patten, and Milton Young. Salaries range from 8,500 to 20,000 annually.
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Ken Gray
Beau Brummell
Thomas Gray
West Frankfort
Otto Passman
Dla
Otis
Passmaan
Treasury
Bring Us Together President Nixon Letter From the Hinterland
A long open letter to President Nixon urges renewed leadership and unity. The writer cites national fear, calls for positive action, and pleads for a close advisers team, warning against retreat to private life. It frames the 1960s divides and stresses accountability and resolve.
Marriage changes him from courtier to husband in time
A New York AP syndicated piece humorously traces how courtship turns into marriage as a husband mutters less romantic words, offers less romantic gestures, and voices sharper opinions. It notes the shift from romance to routine, from shared passions to practical life, with a closing tip highlighting the iron rule that courtship makes a courtier while marriage makes the husband.
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New York
Tax or not tax in debate on saving and jobs
President's domestic adviser and George Shultz see tax and bond ideas as tools to curb inflation and encourage saving. Burns, Fed chair, proposed refunds as bonds to steer spending later. Gabriel Hauge of Manufacturers Hanover urged government as employer of last resort to reduce unemployment, risking inflation.
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Arthur Burns
Melvin Laird
George Shultz
Treasury
Burns
Federal Reserve Board
Hanover Trust Co
Gabriel Hauge
Hauge
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