Gas tax hike debated for road fixes in tough weather area
The Journal argues for a nine cent total gas tax to fund road maintenance, urging Pittsburgh to press for higher priority on road funding. It notes Corry-style potholes and severe winter conditions justify a bigger share for the region, urging vigilance with legislators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shapp
General Assembly
Pittsburgh
Voice of
Corry
State Highway Commission
Harrisburg
U.S. Officials Deny Advance Chile Coup Knowledge
Washington says no evidence of U.S. advance warning or approval for the Chilean military coup that toppled President Allende. CIA involvement deemed unlikely. Forty Committee reportedly did not authorize any project. Pentagon aid to Chile continued, totaling 12.4 million dollars last year for arms and training. Watergate figures Liddy and Hunt are described as deadly enemies with Hunt becoming a key government witness.
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Washington
CIA
Allende
Forty Committee
Pentagon
White House
Chile
U.S
White House watchbird records public future tapes from Oval Office
The General Services Administration confirms four former presidents had confidential conversations recorded without participants being warned. Some tapes, including those from Kennedy and LBJ, may remain private for centuries for security reasons, yet others could reveal frank assessments of appointees. Archival libraries hold thousands of tapes, with some not released before 2500, sparking debate on historical value versus potential damage to reputations and foreign relations.
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White House
Oval Office
GSA
General Services Administration
FDR
Eisenhower
Kennedy
LBJ
Johnson
Kennedy Library
William Moss
Manager’s woes and a straw boss tale
Hal Boyle sketches a work world where a supposed office manager is portrayed as a straw dummy. The dialogue frames him as a once promising clerk who rose to a titular role but lacks real authority, while his brain appears underused in the modern grind.
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New York
Pete
Corry and Wayne Township plan new 12 room elementary school
Corry's Concord Township school board reverses course to join Wayne Township in building a centrally located 12 room elementary school. Also noted are local sports reports and assorted historical items from September 22, 1933 reflections and anecdotes.
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Concord Township
Wayne Township
Merrill Patterson
Wayne Skinner
Ohio
Indiana
West Virginia
Hamilton
Corry Bleacher Company
Trading excesses and the downfall of Four Seasons stock story
A former executive was jailed for a year after pleading guilty to conspiracy in a stock fraud case linked to Four Seasons Nursing Centers of America. The case, tied to the 1960s market excesses, highlighted lax regulation, inflated earnings, and aggressive brokers as investors faced losses and market restructuring efforts intensified.
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New York
Four Seasons Nursing Centers
America
Securities and Exchange Commission
Justice Department
SEC
Four Seasons
Jack L. Clark
Nursing Home Company
American Stock Exchange
Clark
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Corry Journal
Salvador Allende
State Department
Santiago
Nathaniel Davis
United States
Davis
Henry Kissinger
Kissinger
G. Gordon Liddy
E. Howard Hunt
Liddy
Watergate
Hunt
Paul Harvey
Franklin Roosevelt
Hal Boyle
Townsend Miller
Spartansburg
Miller
Sciota Lumber Co
Titusville
John Burkhart
Rotary Club
Board of Education
Hotel Corry
Harry Truman
House
Sam Rayburn
Harry
Nixon
Washington Post
New York Times
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