Cromley Urges Caution Over Consumer Protection Agency
Ray Cromley argues against a powerful broad watchdog agency citing the Consumer Product Safety Commission as a cautionary example. He says investigations reveal inefficiency, vague rules, and prosecutions that ignore practical safety, with many cases dismissed and staff bogged by overlong court prep. He attributes the issues to bureaucratic overreach and misplaced staff expertise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hy Ray Cromley
Washington
Consumer Protection Agency
Pover Trian
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Chamber of Horrors
Commission
Jim Bishop on Alcohol The Great Illusionist
Jim Bishop profiles alcohol as both friend and foe, listing famed drinkers from Isadora Duncan to John Barrymore and Dylan Thomas. He recalls personal losses, notes alcohol as a depressant that fuels vanity and risk, and quotes Thomas and Yeats on drinking and courage.
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Barrymore
Hart Crane
Cuba
Jack London
America
London
California
Q. Henry
Jack
Dylan Thomas
John Brinnin
Toots Shar’s
Dylan
Local newspaper subscription rates and delivery options
The notice outlines carrier boy weekly, motor route, and mail subscription rates including prepaid plans. Indiana counties Armstrong Cambria Clearfield Jefferson Westmoreland show monthly and yearly prices. outside Jadizan and Hye counties have higher rates. Also lists board officers and editorial staff.
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CAT
Associated
Armstrong
Cambria
Clearfield
Jefferson
Westmoreland
Jadizan
Hye
New East-West Outlet Opens Boosting Rural Valley Route
August 5 1926 note that a new outlet to main line highways to the East was opened between Rural Valley and Home and local residents quickly use and value the route. 1966 city event previews a Jaffa Temple parade at Indiana business district and University Field House with marching drills drums bugle tunes Middle Eastern music and a calliope. 1971 McCreary Tire plant replaces a 30-ton steam engine with a three-foot square 360 horsepower motor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Business District
Calliope
Jaffa
Mystic Shrine
Altoona
McCreary
Democrats Favored Ford as VP in 1970s Campaign Spin
Washington column outlines how Democrats aided Ford's rise to the vice presidency and later faced decisions on Nixon's pardon. It cites FBI interviews and statements from Humphrey McGovern Muskie Jackson Hart Eastland Woodcock, plus Rodino and McCrory diary quotes about handling prosecution. It also covers a Carpet Cheats note urging FTC guidelines after a Senate study on deceptive carpet marketing practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spiro Agnew
Nixon
John Connally
Congress
Connally
Niston
William Rogers
Melvin Bird
Nelson Rockefeller
William Scranton
Ronald Reagan
Gerald Ford
Carl Albert
Jerry
Ane Shue
Ford
FBI
Hubert Humphrey
D.minn
George
McGovern
D.S.D
Edmund Muskie
D.me
Henry Jackson
D.-Wash
Phil Hart
D.-Mich
James Eastland
D.-Miss
Humphrey
Muskie
Maine
Jackson
Hart
Eastland
Leonard Woodcock
Jimmy Carter
FBL
Robert McCrory
ReMi
House
Peter Rodino
D.N.J
McCrory
Jane
McClory
Don Edwards
D.calif
Rodine
Feader
McLory
Albert
Edwards
Rodino
Federal Trade
Calvin Collier
Senate
Percy
FTC
Miz Sprinkle GOP delegate seeks uncommitted vote in pivotal role
In Richmond Virginia Miz Eliza Sprinkle nearly 80 year old long time Republican recalls voting since 1900 and becoming an uncommitted delegate whose stance could shape the party's presidential nomination. She vows to study all candidates and wait for evidence before deciding at the convention.
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Tom Tiede
Richmond
Washington County Republican Committee
Miz Eliza Sprinkle
Republican Party
Virginia
Miz Sprinkle
Warren Harding
Lincoln
GOP
Harding
Hoover
Nixon
Roosevelt
Fdr
Jerry Ford
Ronald Reagan
New York
Eliza Sprinkle
The Best Job in the U S Government Vice President
ART BUCHWALD humorously argues the vice presidency offers lavish pay perks and freedom. He outlines salary, expense account, housing, security, travel, access to White House events, and the perk of time flexibility, while noting political maneuvering and potential for postoffice fiction careers.
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Art Buchwald
Washington
United States
Massachusetts Avenue
Presidnet
Potomac
Kennedy Center
White House
Washington Redskins
It’s A Fact A Jefferson Memorial dedication and a Jupiter fact
The Jefferson Memorial in Washington DC was dedicated on April 13 1943 the 200th anniversary of Thomas Jeffersons birth. A year on Jupiter lasts nearly 12 Earth years with a day under 10 hours due to rapid rotation. The median US fulltime income is projected to rise from 9545 in 1870 to about 15000 by 1995 per a Conference Board study. Producing one ton of steel uses 25000 gallons of water five tons of air and 700 horsepower hours of electricity.
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Washington, D.C
Thomas Jefferson
Jupiter
Conference Board
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Cromley
Jim Bishop
Doubleday
William Wister
Germantown
Pennsylvania
Wister
Polyclinic Hospital
Jackie Gleason
Lewis
John Barrymore
Indiana
Water St
Indiana Printing & Publishing Company
Andiata, Pa
Eman
Eva
Menager Kerning
Vo Asoilate
Jack Anderson
Les Whitten
Richard Nixon
Charles Percy
Tiede
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
KAUO
Pbmea
U.S
Palm Springs
Oval
Moscow
Richard Schweiker
Berry's
NEA
Ben Bing
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