Pennsylvania Fulltime Legislature Debates Six Month Session Cutoff
Mason Denison analyzes the push for a six month session limit in Pennsylvania. He contrasts pragmatic reformers with the executive branch, notes lawmakers are effectively on year round duty, and discusses the shift to an annual schedule with many non voting duties. He warns budgets run to four billion dollars and crises arise in the latter year.
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Mason Denison
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Keystone
Executive Branch
Legislative Branch
Legislative
Yesteryear
Open the Mafia to all not just Italian-Americans
Art Buchwald argues the Mafia discriminates by ethnicity and calls for opening membership to women and non Italians. He says the Mafia, as a large interstate business, should be subject to Equal Opportunity laws and government action if they refuse non Italian applicants.
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Art Buchwald
Washington
Mafia
United States
Syndicate
the Cosa Nostra
Le Pontage Paid Le Walidays
A brief note records a payment of a legal holiday charge described as Le Walidays. The terse item names the payment action without additional context or dates.
Historical notes span Legion talks to local sewage bids
A 1923 note previews State Commander Healey speaking on Amer icanism in education. 1948 item reports a Penn Run discovery of an 1896 Indiana Gazette. 1958 entry notes Passover dates. 1963 Rural Valley school district awards a $66,550 sewage plant contract to Frank Sheasley. 1968 Indiana Elks install Robert Harkleroad as exalted ruler, son of former ruler Zenas K. Harkleroad.
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American Legion
Wm. R. Healey
Legion
Indiana
W.H. Slippy
Penn Run
Annie Coy
Walter H. Jackson
M.J. Summer
Rural Valley
Shannock Valley Union School District
Frank Sheasley
Johnstown
Indiana Elks Club
Robert Harkleroad
Zenas K. Harkleroad
McCord Links Mitchell Office to DNC Bugging Plan
James McCord claims a February 1972 meeting in Attorney General Mitchell's Justice Department office included John Dean Jeb Magruder and Gordon Liddy discussing bugging of the Democratic National Committee. He says charts were prepared at Liddy's expense then allegedly approved later, with funding routed to avoid paper trails. McCord testifies to the Senate while Mitchell Magruder and Dean deny prior knowledge.
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Jack Anderson
Washington
James McCord
Democratic National Committee
John Mitchell
Justice Department
Mitchell
White House
John Dean
Nixon
Gordon Liddy
Jeb Magruder
McCord
Senate
Liddy
Department of Justice
Cer
Tain
Dean
A/G’s
Attorney General’s
Democratic
Howard Hunt
Magruder
Pentagon
Ogden Reid
D-N.y
Federal Aviation Administration
Texas
Clint Murchison
Tom Webb
Richard Kleindienst
Murchison
Kleindienst
Inside Labor Lets Tell The Whole Story By Victor Riesel
Washington essay by Victor Riesel argues labor, business, and intelligence work together worldwide to counter Communist influence. He cites Castro, Guyana, Chile, and Ethiopia as cases, praising covert aid and warning against Allende. The piece urges Senate inquiry into multinational efforts to reveal the full story.
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Victor Riesel
Washington
Ian Fleming
Fidel Castro
New York Times
Castro
Germany
Italy
France
Free World
International Telephone and Telegraph Corp
Chile
CIA
Salvador Allende Gossens
America
Santiago
U.S
Lenin
Guyana
British Guiana
South America
Black Liberation Army
New York
Ethiopia
Addis Ababa
Ed Kerry
Haile Selassie
British Trades Union Congress
Afl-Cio
MI-5
MI-6
Friedrich Ebert Foundation
Africa
Latin America
Bonn
Secret Service
ITT
Bill Broe
Senate Foreign Relations
Salvador Allende
Speaking Freely Terrorist Policy A Real Loser
The column by Don Oakley critiques macho thinking on terrorism and argues that strict nonconsequential rules do not fit every hijacking or kidnapping. It notes Sirhan Sirhan's case raised debate on trading hostage safety for outcomes and emphasizes prioritizing live protection over strict punishments.
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Don Oakley
White House
Carl T. Rowan
U.S
Rowan
Khartoum
Sirhan B
Sirhan
A Guest of Honor and the Terrorist Dilemma Explained
The piece weighs the ethics of negotiating with terrorists after a Khartoum crisis and cites Israel and the United States as standing firm against ransom. It contrasts hardline policy with appeasement, labeling risks of capitulation and noting the broader impact on future lives and security.
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Rowan
Khartoum
Israel
Tel Aviv
United States
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Legal Walidays
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