Prop 13 tax cuts threaten senior federal aid programs
AARP warns Proposition 13 endangers federal matching funds, risking 18.3 billion for California. It details potential cuts to school lunch, urban transit, CETA, SSDI supplements, and senior services like Meals on Wheels, crisis intervention, and senior centers. The piece urges elders to reject the tax cut.
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Jarvis
Federal General Accounting Office
California
Janet Levy
California Department of Aging
New York State
Nassau County
Howard Jarvis
Instant books ride Jonestown fad with no real value
The piece critiques the surge of instant books on the Guyana massacre as revenue churning rather than journalism. It compares two major titles from San Francisco Chronicle and Washington Post teams, noting their sensationalism, photo-heavy rehashes, and the rushed nature aimed at capitalizing on public interest rather than informing. The author links this trend to earlier instant journalism around Profumo, Vietnam, Watergate, and Son of Sam, arguing the motive is profit over insight.
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Guyana
Jonestown
Ronald Reagan
Peoples Temple
San Francisco Chronicle
Forward
Washington Post
New York Times
H.R
Bob’’ Haldeman
Times
Cetenichie
U.S
Vietnam
Entebbe
New York
Sam Killings
PECO replies to criticism on nuclear plant timelines
PECO responds to a letter alleging extended construction and high rates. It clarifies Salem 1, Salem 2, and Limerick timelines, arguing lead times and demand forecasts justify current planning. The company defends rate requests and stresses balancing overcapacity risks with shortages, citing historical growth, brownouts, and future demand uncertainties.
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the Times
PECO
Limerick
Salem
PUC
Philadelphia
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Drake's World Circumnavigation: Drake Sets Sail in 1577
This day in history notes key events including Sir Francis Drake beginning his circumnavigation in 1577 as the first Englishman to orbit the globe, Madrid's fall to Napoleon in 1808, a Civil War clash at Marye's Heights in 1862, and the 1937 capture of Nanking with reported looting by Japanese forces.
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Associated Press
Sir Francis Drake
Madrid
Marye’s Heights
Fredericksburg
Nanking
China
Bantam learns to pull wagon in Chester area tale
A quirky historical note recalls a boy with a bantam chicken trained to haul a small wagon using a head yoke, drawing up to six paving bricks. The item also mentions Chester landlords once at 25 dollar rents, various local figures, and scattered past events from 7 to 10 years prior in Media and Delaware County.
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Market Street
Chester
George Abbott Jr
James Hargan
George Beatty
Hiram the Walldes
Scntt Lodge
City Hall
Angus McAuley
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American Association of Retired Persons
Edmund G. Brown Jr
AARP
Delaware County
Chester Times
Central States Publishing, Inc
Rufus F. Walker Jr
Clifford Rainey
Donald T. Beideman
Halus Ewing
Donald F. Graff
Tran
Daily Times
Public Utility Commission
OPEC
United States
Delaware Valley
John Laird
Samuel A. Price of
Presidio
Price
Mindanao
Philippines
George Godfrey
Mammoth
Fremont
Ohio
Sigman
Tom Tyler
Frankie Darro
William Penn Theater
Marion Davies
Washington
Joan Crawford
Apollo
Dancing Daughters
Samuel D. Riddle
Man O’ War
Walter M. Jeffords
Edgmont
Riddle
Charlotte Riddle Lee
New York City
Delaware County Oe Oo. of Supervisors
Howard F. Reed Jr
Ettorney
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