Pennsylvania Sales Tax Retrospect Through Decades Of Debate
A historical overview traces Pennsylvania sales tax from 1% in 1953 to 6% today, detailing partisan clashes. The piece notes Democratic opposition and Republican proposals across decades, including leadership changes, tax shifts, and the current 6% rate. It emphasizes political maneuvering and impact on Pennsylvanians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason Denison
Harrisburg
Shapp
Pennsylvania
Capitol Hill
Keystone State
George M
Leader
David Lea Lawrence
Scranton
Insistent Memoir of a Harsh Jersey City Teacher
Jim Bishop recalls Sister Marie Eustelle, a strict St. Patrick’s School eighth grade instructor in Jersey City. The nun, tall in black with a white beardlike skin, wielded a pointer as a threat and demanded perfect learning in algebra etymology and language figures. Her punishments and rigid religion lessons shaped memories, with Bishop confessing fear, resentment, and a longing for freedom beyond her stern classroom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Bishop
Sister Marie Eustelle
St. Patrick's School
Jersey City
Marie Eustelle
Bishop
Pearly Gates
Covent
Unclear fragment hints at local matter or meeting
Fragmentary OCR text references a central address and names, with unclear context. Possible notes on a meeting or notice, mentioning persons and dates but specifics are unreadable. No definite event or outcome can be established from the readable fragments.
Bella Abzug used as target against Mormon Church
Washington column reports Bella Abzug led a Houston rally with strong stands on abortion and rights but backed a state sponsored packet labeling Mormons as radical. The piece alleges misattribution, Chuckling claims, and Department scrutiny over using government mail to distribute the attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Anderson
Les Whitten
Washington
Middle America
Bella Abzug
Houston
Bella
John Birch Society
Ku Klux Klan
Mormon Church
State Department
Klan
First Presidency
Utah
Wyoming
U.S
Kay Clarenbach
Women’s Year Commission
Clarenbach
Sion
Commission
Alt
Department
Inside Labor Terrorist Axis Spans Nations
Victor Riesel links neo radical groups to historic crime networks across Amsterdam Brussels and New York noting Red Army Faction ties with the Mafia and Purple Gang while warning that NWLF bombings target capitalism and pose ongoing danger in San Francisco Paris and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Riesel
New York
San Francisco
Amsterdam
Holland
America
Europe
South America
Brussels
Belgium
Purple Gang
Red Army
Baader- Meinhof
Italy
Underworld
Karl Marx
Communist Organization
Black Gloves
Lucky Luciano
Bugs Meyer
Lepke and
Gurrah
Murder Inc
Fauchon
Paris
Place de Madeleine
V.I. Lenin
NWLF
Pacific Gas and Electric Co
Symbionese Liberation Army
Justice Department
FBI
SLA
Relief on Capitol Hill Faces Koreans Probe Shift
Washington political column notes renewed calm in the House Ethics Committee inquiry into Korean influence peddling as Jaworski and deputy counsel White review documents. No congressman has been named a beneficiary, while Park and Kim Dong Jo avoid public testimony amid possible immunity talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Ethics Committee
Congress
Watergate
Tip O'Neill
Floyd D. Spence
R.S.C
Jaworski
Peter A. White
Tongsun Park
Carl Albert
Park
Kim Dong Jo
Seou
Hin
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Pennsylvania News Service
Indiana Evening Gazette
Indiana Printing & Publishing Company
Water Sc
Indiana
Ice
Oval
Jh. H. Bay
Lucilla R. Donnelly
Sally R. Naylqn
Elizabeth BR. Sweeney
Joan Ray Reece
Joseph L. Donnelly
Russell M. Hickey
William Hastin
Frank B. Hood
Associated Press
AP News
HLAY
Lodiana Armaioog
Cambria
Clearneid
Jefferson
Eee
Suumley
Gat Hhonaia
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
San Francisco War Memorial Opera House
United Nations
New World Liberation Front
Tich
Berry's
Dls Bay
Toni
Ada
Martha Angle
Robert Walters
Parkes
Gertie Oi Fyedal
Abe Niaon
Daeif
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