Pennsylvania 1980s corruption theme in governor race
In Harrisburg a Specter Thornburgh faceoff is explored as a potential shift from Democratic control. Both candidates are lawyers with prosecutorial records, and the piece argues the corruption exposure could color the November outcome. Primary on May 16 looms as Republicans face strong Democratic registration advantages.
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Mason Denison Warrisburg
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Specter
Arlen Specter
Keystone
Thornburgh
Richard Thornburgh
Hese
Tor
Earle
Pennnsylvania
Philadelphia
U.S
Western Pennsylvania
Shapp
U.S. Department of Justice
Shap
Legislative Branch
Pennsylvania News Service
The Fall Of An Irishman Hector Duffy
Jim Bishop sketches Hector Duffy a charming con man who swindles rich widows through staged romance aboard ships and bars. He boasts of love over wealth, but truth falters as he plans marriage to Imelda Lopez amid a web of tall tales and scams.
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Jim Bishop
Duffy
Hector Duffy
Santa Paula
Caracag
Aruba
LaGuaira
Caracas
Imelda Lopez
Hector
Rhode Island records lowest traffic fatalities in 1975
It notes Rhode Island had the lowest rate of traffic fatalities per 100 million vehicle miles in 1975 at 1.9, while Maryland New Hampshire New Jersey Ohio and the District of Columbia posted under four deaths per 100 million miles.
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Rhode Island
Maryland
New Hampshire
New Jersey
Ohio
District of Columbia
Carter prompted Bell to prosecute Harlem drug lord Barnes
President Carter pressed Attorney General Bell after reading of Leroy Barnes dubbed Mr Untouchable. Bell contacted U S Attorney Robert Fiske who personally prosecuted Barnes, leading to a life sentence for heroin and cocaine trafficking and the downfall of Harlem’s major narcotics operation. Also covers Arthur Stanley’s Army to industry moves on GPBTO contracts and Litton microwave ads probe by the FTC.
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Jack Anderson
Washington
Carter
New York City
Leroy
Nicky” Barnes
Griffin Bell
Barnes
New York Times
Harlem
Bell
U.S
New York
Robert Fiske
Fiske
Mr. Untouchable
New York Times Magazine
Inside Labor Certainly Ladies Era
Victor Riesel reports on sweeping federal action against gender discrimination in hiring. Supreme Court rulings support back-pay of millions for Northwest Airlines and similar cases against American Airlines Seventh-Day Adventist Church St Regis Paper Co Libby Montana Canadian Indemnity West Coast Farmers Insurance Group and John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co. The changes threaten major costs and reshape hiring patterns across heavy industry construction and service sectors.
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Victor Riesel
Washington
Supreme Court
Northwest Airlines, Inc
Labor Department
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
American Airlines
Seventh-Day Adventist Church
Pacific Union Conference of
Seventh-Day Adventists
Church
Employment Standards Administration
Carter
St. Regis Paper Co
Libby, Mont
West Coast Farmers Insurance Group
EEOC
OFCCP
Weldon Rougeau
John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co
Citizens question hospital board over Doctor Miller dismissal
A letter from Concerned Citizens for Hospital Improvement questions the Indiana Hospital Board’s handling of Doctor Ralph Miller’s staff dismissal. They cite physician shortage, defend Miller’s experience, dispute charges tied to a patient death, and urge a public statement amid ongoing court proceedings. The letter urges pledges and patient care remain priorities for a modern hospital.
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Indiana Evening Gazette
Henry F. Hild
Indiana Hospital Board Indiana
Hild
Holiday Inn
Ralph Miller
Hospital Board Room
Miller
Indiana
Yacht Origins and Textile Industry Facts
The yacht name derives from the Dutch chase ship and appeared in England around the mid-1500s. Cork Harbour Water Club, founded in 1720, is the earliest yacht club on record. The American Textile Manufacturers Institute represents about 6,000 textile manufacturers employing over 960,000 people nationwide, with about two thirds in the Southern states. The United Arab Emirates, a former British protectorate that gained independence in 1971, spans 400 miles along the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman with a population around 220,000.
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England
Cork Harbour
United Arab Emirates
Persian Gulf
Gulf of Oman
Lightning strikes twice myth debunked by Empire State Building
The saying lightning never strikes twice is challenged as the Empire State Building in New York is struck about 23 times annually. In 1977 rats caused roughly $1 billion in U.S. property damage by gnawing insulation and sparking fires.
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Empire State Building
New York City
United States
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Litton
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Syndleae
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Concerned Citizens For Hospital Improvement
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