Pennsylvania Democrats Hold Power In State Capitol
Harrisburg analysis notes Pennsylvania lawmakers convened in 161st session due to biennial terms under 1874 constitution while Congress sits through its 95th. Democrats control both legislature and Shapp administration, with Carter presidency also aligned, yet economic constraints loom over new programs.
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Mason Denison
Harrisburg
U.S. Congress
Washington
Pennsylvania
Congress
Keystone
Jimmy Carter
Shapp
John §. Fine
Carter
Saudi Arabia’s Oil Wealth Triggers Internal Strife
Jim Bishop analyzes Saudi Arabia’s post oil boom, detailing a 8.1 million population divided by a royal circle of 3,000 relatives, a merchant class, and a vast underclass. He notes $40 billion in new spending needs, vast imports, empty schools, rampant inflation, and a palace economy racing to outspend rivals while courting U.S. ties and Arab influence.
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Jim Bishop
Saudi Arabia
Riyadh
Mecca
Jidda
Khalid
New York City
Harvard
Edward RF. Sheehan
King Khalid
Washington, D.C
Niagara Falls Water Power Delivers Vast Output
More than 100000 cubic feet of water per second flows unseen through Niagara Falls tunnels to generate electricity for the United States and Canada. The Verrazano Narrows Bridge between Staten Island and Brooklyn is the longest suspension span at 4260 feet, 60 feet longer than the Golden Gate. Lesotho, once Basutoland, gained independence in 1966 and is roughly the size of Maryland, entirely enclosed by South Africa.
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Niagara Falls
United States
Canada
Staten Island
Brooklyn, N. Y
San Francisco
Golden Gate Bridge
Lesotho
Basutoland
Maryland
Union of South Africa
Military coup against Mao stories surface in Hong Kong
Washington Merry-Go-Round reports a posthumous power struggle in China after Mao Zedong’s death. Analysts say Mao’s heirs and Chiang Ching led a factional split between ideologues and pragmatists, with the army arresting four top ideologues and Che’n Hai-lien wielding real power in Beijing.
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Jack Anderson
Les Whitten
Hong Kong
Mao Tse-tung
China Watcher
China
Mao
Red Guards
Chiang Ching
Hua Kuo-feng
Madam Chiang
Hua
Yeh Chin-ying
Camciis
Che’n Hai-lien
Peking
Swan Chang
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
AFGE cooling push on military union drive in flux
Victor Riesel reports AFGE leaders slow a broad push to sign up uniformed personnel as Pentagon transition looms. The union cites questions of representation, legality, and logistics while awaiting Defense Secretary-designate Harold Brown.
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Victor Riesel
Washington
American Federation of Government Employes
AFGE
Fort Devens
Mass
Fort Carson
Colo
McGuire Air Force Base
Fort Dixsbeth
New Jersey
Secretary of Defense
Harold Brown
Aflclo
Pentagon
Brown
Army
Navy
Marines
Air Force
Carter Administration
America
Afge High Command
Friends
Afl-Cio
Afge Council
Mount Rushmore
Defense
Trousers for women in sports forecast for 1927
Forecast by Baron DeMeyer predicts outdoor sportswear will shift in 1927 with trousers for women becoming general use. Other items mention Marion Center fairs profits, a Marion Center educator joining a state committee, a longtime Indiana County fire chief's retirement, a campus towers apartment fire causing extensive damage.
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Baron DeMeyer
Marion Center
Ralph Hoover
Marion Center Joint High School
Pennsylvania State Education Association
Indiana County
W.M
Bill” St. Clair
Indiana Fire Association
Campus Towers
Maple St
Pratt Dr
Indiana
Smuggling Cigarettes Drives Cross-State Tax Evasion
The Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations urges federal action to curb cigarette bootlegging, noting 96 New York arrests in eight months and a Bronx warehouse raid that yielded 30,000 unstamped cartons. It recommends federal felony status for large-scale cross-state shipments and inter-state enforcement cooperation. A Tobacco Tax Council critic argues to cut rates instead.
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New York
Bronx
Dustry
Advisory Commission On Intergovernmental Relations
Congress
Tobacco Tax Council
Our Readers Write About Pocketbook YMCA Costs
A reader laments rising YMCA fees from 60 to 65 then 95, plus swim class hikes, deeming the increases unaffordable for a family with five children. They doubt renewing, noting United Way funds appear to cover little, and blame elitism for the new pool's access.
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YMCA
United Way
Indiana
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