Pennsylvania eyes elected attorney general in 1974
Harrisburg column argues for replacing appointive AG with elected one in Pennsylvania. It notes House Bill 123 stalled in committee, hopes for a 1974 two year legislative cycle, cites opposition from Governor Shapp and Attorney General Israel Packer, and compares to national trend after watergate era resignations. It closes with a hopeful “wait til next year.”
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Keystone
House
Senate
Shapp
Sesson
Israel Packer
Aretha Svamip
U.S
J. Shane Creamer
Elliot Richardson
Richardson
We Are Last Of Big Spenders by Jim Bishop
Column argues energy crunch and resource limits will force economic pain and behavior changes. Notes oil reserves, US consumption, Arab cuts, and possible shift to coal and buses. Warns the nation may retreat culturally as energy costs rise and production shifts unfold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Bishop
Oswald Spengler
United Nations
Faisal
Saudi Arabia
U.S
North Atlantic
Nixon
United States
Kuwait
Iran
Soviet Union
America
Canada
North Slope
Venezuela
Israel
Washington Snooping Becomes Major Industry Under Fire
Washington column exposes private credit reports as a national issue. Senates and industry players clash over a bill granting individuals access to their files and consent before banks query private matters. The piece cites cases of trivial and sexual gossip influencing credit. It notes Welfare for Executives critiques and fuel crisis impacts on country clubs and golf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
America
Senate
John Sparkman
D-Ala
Wallace Bennett
Utah
William Brock
R-Tenn
Edward Brooke
Rmass
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Willian Hathaway
Maine
Speaking Freely What Do Voters Really Want?
Pollsters warn GOP majority may fall next year as Watergate fallout looms. Gallup says Republicans face potential historic defeat if a congressional election were held then. Louis Harris survey findings follow.
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Don Oakley
George Gallup
Louis Harris
Samuel Oliverio building to house jewelry store and apartments
The Samuel Oliverio building in Homer City will be finished soon with a jewelry store and pool hall on the first floor and apartments on the second. Additional items note a 1958 fire in Clymer displacing a family, a 1963 attic fire at States Rest Home evacuating 25 elderly residents, a 1968 snowstorm triggering county traffic crashes, and a 1972 political realignment analysis showing shifts away from party loyalty toward issue-based voting.
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Homer
Samuel Oliverio
Clymer
Ralph Lamar
States Rest Home
States
William Simpson
Kent
McIntyre
Bryan McBurney
Blairsville RD
Indiana Hospital
Teamsters clash with Catholic bishops over Chavez boycott
Washington writes of Frank Fitzsimmons challenging the National Conference of Catholic Bishops after their endorsement of Cesar Chavez and the farm workers. The dispute pits the Teamsters against the bishops, Meany, and the AFL-CIO amid threatened national boycotts and fears of a wider economic and ecclesiastical clash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Riesel Washington
Teamsters
Frank Fitzsimmons
National Conference of Catholic Bishops
Cesar Chavez
National Body of Bishops
Bishops’ Committee On
Fitzsimmons
John Cardinal Krol
National Conference
California
Chavez
Cardinal Krol
Teamsters Union
Bishops
Washington
United Farm Workers
Afl-Cio
Bishops’ Conference
Bishops’ Special Farm Labor Committee
United Methodist Church
George Meany
Meany
American Labor Movement
Fitz
George
Readers Protest Comics Downsize Sparking Feedback
A reader criticizes the newspaper for reducing comics to a partial page layout. The letter argues the change strains older readers and the visually impaired, noting sufficient ad space but not enough newsprint for comics.
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Water St
Indiana
R. HL Ray
Elizabeth
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AP News
Carrier Boy
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Cambria
Clearfield
Jefferson
Westmoreland
Pensa
Attothéer
James S. Dwight
Rious
U.S. Golf Association
House Commerce Committee
GOP
Congress
Richard Nixon
University of Michigan
Center For Political Studies
Teamsters Challenge
Church
Berry
NEA
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