Piggyback Purchasing Saving Local Governments Money
Pennsylvania's Cooperative Purchasing Program allows local governments and school boards to buy from state vendor contracts at the same prices the state pays. Since 1971, hundreds of communities saved on items from rock salt to office furniture, by securing bids through the Department of General Services.
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Harrisburg
State Department of General Services
Ronald G. Leach
Department of General Services
Lench
Cooperative Purchasing Office
Dr Browns Upstairs A Chicago tale of silent mercy
The piece profiles Dr E P D Egann and the man known as Doctor Brown who aided needy children on New York's Lower East Side. A narcotic addict with one brown eye and one blue, Egann sacked by fear and anonymous accusations, while a self styled healer named Dr Brown up stairs treats the poor, dies after years of service, and is buried with a wooden cross reading Dr Brown Upstairs.
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Jim Bishop
E. P. D. Egann
Chicago
Egann
E. P. D. Igann
Medical Society
Dr. Egann
Elizabeth Street
New York
Lower East Side
Cherry Hill
Chinatown
Brown
Dr. Brown
Tiede Column GOP Decline
Republican moderates warn the party has slid from Lincoln and progressivism toward figures like Coolidge Hoover Landon Dewey Goldwater and Nixon. The piece laments a detached image, shifting elderly voters to Democrats, and urges a return to human focus and outreach to aging and rural voters to rebuild coalition strength.
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Kansas City
Teddy Roosevelt
Lincoln
T.R
Progressivism
Calvin Coolidge
Herbert Hoover
Alf Landon
Tom Dewey
Barry Goldwater
Richard Nixon
Indiana Evening Gazette subscription rates and publication notes
The Indiana Evening Gazette lists carrier and motor route subscription prices, daily and weekly rates, and duration options. It notes publication as a daily paper with Sunday and legal holiday exceptions and mentions regional rates for Indiana and surrounding counties.
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Indiana Evening Gazette
Indiana Printing & Publishing Company
Water St
Indiana
Associated Press
AP News
Arm Clearfield
Jefferson
Mel
Gulde
Dally
Iceland’s Althing and independence timeline highlighted
The article traces Iceland’s Althing from its 930 origin to 1941 when it voted to sever from Denmark. It notes long historical shifts including union with Norway in 1262 and Danish rule from 1380, leading to independence recognition in 1918. It also cites Conference Board projections on rising upper-class numbers and US income distribution.
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Iceland
Althing
Bath
Norway
Denmark
Plot to Kill Kissinger Foiled in Costa Rica
Washington Merry Go Round reports a Cuban Action plot led by Orlando Bosch aimed at Secretary of State Henry Kissinger was halted four days before the visit to Costa Rica. FBI and Secret Service alerted Costa Rican authorities. Bosch arrested on a false passport charge and later released. The tale ties to Kissinger’s Cuba outreach and anti Castro activity. corroborated by Carlos Rivero Collado and Senate testimony.
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Jack
Costa Rica
Kissinger
Bosch
FBI
Secret Service
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Cuban Action
Miami
Carlos Rivero Collado
Rivero
Havana
U.S
Jack Anderson
Rivera
Venezuela
Curacao
Florida
Dade County
Thomas Lynch
Senate
Henry Kissinger
Secretary of State
Latin America
End of discrimination on forced retirement discussed
The speaker argues forced retirement is a form of discrimination and calls on the GOP to defend the right of capable individuals to hold jobs. He doubts Republicans will act but hopes the party will fight for those who shape its fate, or risk losing Republicanism itself.
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Party of
Washington
Appalachia
Jerry Ford
Bedford Stuyvesant
Ronald Reagan
Kristol
GOP
Pecoraro
Ing
Baptism Service on Two Lock Creek Impresses
On Sabbath afternoon a baptismal service was held at Two Lock Creek beneath the bridge toward Meco. Rev. M. Tavish of the C and MA conducted the rites, baptizing several persons after singing and scripture. The event reflected a serene, community gathering in a rural setting.
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Lock Creek
Meco
Oyer
M. Tavish
Barclet
Indiana Chamber of Commerce
Pennsylvania
Dee Miller
Frank Barkley
J.W. Everett
State Commissioner's Association
Pittsburgh
B 1 Bomber funding tied to election after delay
The Senate approved an amendment delaying mass production of the controversial B-1 bomber until after the next president takes office. House votes favored proceeding in November, while costs have ballooned from $32 million per unit to about $88 million, with total program costs rising to $23 billion and potentially $100 billion.
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U.S. Senate
House
Rockwell International
Barron's Financial Weekly
Naion
B-1 program criticised amid design faults and cost fears
Critics urge dropping the B-1 bomber as prototypes show major design faults including faulty secondary power, excessive buffeting and wing issues, cracked engine blades, and detached access doors. Even if canceled, $100 million in penalties would be paid to Rockwell. Meanwhile a study links permanent teeth in first grade boys to better reading prediction, suggesting teeth influence brain readiness for learning.
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Barron's
Rockwell International
Congress
American Dental Association News
John Silvestro
State University College
Fredonia
Dunkirk
N.Y
Silvestro
Anthony R. Leone
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