What Next on Scandals in Pennsylvania
A Pennsylvanian analysis questions the Minority Business Development Authority set up in 1974 to loan money to minority enterprises. It notes a default rate above 70 percent totaling over $3 million, contrasts with PIDAD defaults under 1 percent, and mentions payoffs and investigations. The piece laments taxpayer exposure and asks what comes next.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason Denison
Harrisburg
Shapp
Pennsylvania
State “Minority Business Development Authority
State Department of Commerce
Minority Business Development Authority
Business Development Authority
Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority
PIDAD
Vaudeville Dead as Dan Healy Presides at Des Moines Train
Jim Bishop recounts a chaotic vaudeville tour ending in Des Moines with Dan Healy orchestrating a chaotic night at the Palace and a train farewell. The act list spans Teet and Tea, Ming's Mysterious Jugglers, Rogers' Dogs, Antonelli, Mulligan and Murphy, and Helen Kane. The tour ends with Healy declaring vaudeville dead as he returns to the station in sorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Bishop
Palace Theater
New York
Des Moines
Dan Healy
Teet
Ming
Rogers
Antonelli
Mulligan and Murphy
Helen Kane
Hollywood
Vaudevillians
Walter Winchell
Mulligan
Murphy
Antonell
Ste
Keith-Orpheum
Healy
Dewane Healy
Dan
Squar
Acs
Din Healy
Indiana Evening Gazette imprint and mailing details
Indiana Evening Gazette imprint indicates second class mail status and postage paid at Indiana Pennsylvania. The fragment notes the publication's postal designation and circulation handling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aed
Indiana
It’s A Fact Mine blueberry harvest 1977 report
It's A Fact Mine reports a 2d million pound blueberry harvest for 1977. The berries, though pallinated by imported bees, setts and sprayed, still grow wild despite efforts to manage them.
Sadat to Get U S War Planes Amid Soviet Arms Ruse
Washington report asserts Anwar Sadat secured U S military aid during his visit while intelligence claims Moscow continued arming Egypt, delivering aircraft, missiles, tanks, and spare parts through direct and transshipment routes to Latakia and Eastern Europe. Covert shipments include MIG fighters, engines, SAM systems, and hundreds of tanks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Anderson
Washington
Anwar Sadat
U.S
United States
Soviet Union
Egypt
Sadat
Latakia
Syria
Russia
Kremlin
Inside Labor Ghosts Spoils By Victor Riesel
Washington column analyzes the fractured United Mine Workers during a violent winter strike era. Factions fight Miller against Boyle allies, while arson, shootings, and mob tactics reshape leadership, with federal options debated as coal prices soar and power pools stabilize the grid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Riesel
Washington
FBI
U.S
United Mine Workers Union
WMW
Arnold Miller
John Lewis
William
Tony” Boyle
Carter
White House
Gritfin Bell
James Schlesinger
Ray Marshall
Jack Watson
National Labor Relations Board
UMW
Tor Boyle
Boyle
Jack Yablonski
Yablonski
Funhs
Hubert Humphrey
Lewis-Boyle
Miller
Miners For Democracy Days
Hen
Teasurer
Harry Patrick
Lee Roy Patterson
Regul
Read ers Write Tax Ideas Differ Editor
A letter criticizes an editorial urging gasoline tax increases to fix potholes in Pennsylvania roads. The writer questions the policy's effectiveness and calls for investigative reporting to expose root causes and seek remedies, signing Paul Brady Commodore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Nance
Commonwealth
Paul Brady Commodore
Sharing Love Through 1977 Christmas Basket Program
Editor thanks readers for support of the 1977 Christmas Love Basket, which aided over 160 families with food and warm clothes. Notes first time and ongoing commitments from people and organizations, students’ efforts, and aim to expand the program year round for emergencies through churches, Salvation Army, Red Cross, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army
American Red Cross
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Pennsylvania News Service
Kind Features Syndicate
Indiana Evening Gazette
Puousnea Oy
Psdiana
Ray OC Hateman
Lailear Donnelly
Sally HE. Naylon
Nive
Elizabeth H. Sweeney
Joan Hay Heece
Secretany
Joseph AL. Donnelly
Ellum Hickey
Joseph £. Donnelly
Frank BO Hood
Associated Press
Varrier Boy
Fouiana
Cambria
Clearfield
Jefferson
Westmoreland
Counses
Feuil
HSU
Czechoslovakia
Yugoslavia
Transportation Department
Brock Adams
Adams
mid-West
Jack Turner
State of Washington
Senate
Henry Jackson
D-Wash
Warren Magnuson
Wash
Tanner
Puyallup
Bob Satiacum
Satiacum
Tacoma
Jeann Linsley
United Feature Syndicate
Lar
Mike Trobovich
National
Midwest
Consolidated Edison
New Jersey
Maryland
Berry's
Sars Anny
NSAS
WEA
Wwe
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