Governor’s polygraph move fuels AG election debate
Governor Shapp seeks lie detector tests for state police officers amid a grand jury probe, inviting Attorney General guidance. Critics argue an elected AG would resist executive influence, while supporters cite need for legal counsel. The debate spotlights how an elected AG might constrain or align with the governor’s wishes as three bills to elect PA’s AG advance in the House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason Denison
Harrisburg
Shapp
James Barger
Roy Wellendorf
Eugene R. Geesey
York County
Dauphin County
Justice Department
Pennsylvania
House Law and Justice Committee
Reagan $90 Billion Plan Faces Scrutiny In NH
In the wake of Reagan's controversial $90 billion proposal, critics argue early generalities lack practicality while Democrats offer few clear alternative plans. The piece notes voter impressions favor cautious skepticism and outlines Reagan's gradual shift toward state-led welfare reforms subject to congressional approval. It also shares a lighter item about pet rocks and a joke genealogy from geologists with the National Water Well Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Oakley
New Hampshire
Ronald Reagan
Heagan
George McGovern
Reagan
Ford
Republic
McGovern
Congress
National Water Well Association
Jay Lehr
Association
Geological Division
West Wilson Bridge Road
Worthington
Ohio
NWWA
Newspaper Staff and Subscription Rates Shown
A miscellaneous newspaper masthead lists staff roles including Vice Chairman Lucilla R Donnelly and President Sally R Naylon with other names. It provides subscription prices for weekly, motor house, daily mail to counties and outside counties, and notes second class postage and publication details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H.W. Ray
Lucilla R. Donnelly
Sally R. Naylon
Elizabeth K. Swerne
Joan Ray Reece
Joseph L. Donnelly
Hie
Nussell
Hickey
William B. Hastings
Frank B. Hood
Associated Press
Motor House
Arusuong
Cambria
Clearfield
Jefferson
Westmoreland
Adiang
Annual convention of United Spanish War Veterans in Indiana
A 1926 report notes the annual convention of United Spanish War Veterans to be held in Indiana this year per word to officers of Joseph W Bakely Camp No. 71. A 1951 item records Indiana County coal producers and Indiana Chamber of Commerce reps meeting at A & P Coal Co assembly rooms to discuss county industrial problems. In 1961 a father awoke to smoke and after leaping from a second story window and rescuing his wife and two children, escaped a fire in sub zero temperatures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Joseph W. Bakely
Indiana Chamber of Commerce
A & P Coal Co
Eae
Energy Bill Battle and Zarb's Near Veto Era
Washington Merry-Go-Round reports Frank Zarb's push for a national oil policy under Ford, amid threats of resignation if vetoed, and his persistence to secure a signed bill on December 22. It also details EPA failures to shield field workers from pesticide poisoning, highlighting farmworker illness and death, weak enforcement, and industry influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Anderson
Les Whitten
Washington — Energy
Czat
Frank Zarb
John Dunlop
Ford
Zarb
Capitol Hill
Congress
White House
John Hill
Eric @ausner
James McClure
R-Idaho
Hill
John Tower
R-Tex
Air Force One
China
Alaska
America
California
Florida
Joseph Swartz
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
National
Farmworkers Information Clearing House
NFIC
Agribusiness
del Ray
Fla
Sue
Wry Toast Reflections From a Family Dinner Scene
Jim Bishop recalls a memory of a candlelit toast at a dinner with his family. He notes a sideboard with decanters, the rhymed toasts borrowed from Shakespearean flair, and playful, pointed lines about love, marriage, and temptation. The piece juxtaposes wit, sentiment, and the era’s social rituals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Bishop
John
Americana
Labor Political Dice Game at Treasury Lunch
Washington report details a covert alliance between Secretary William Simon and Teamsters president Frank Fitzsimmons amid Ford era labor revolt. The pair discussed strategy, while Fitzsimmons signals loyalty to Republicans yet weighs backing Ford or Reagan based on labor support, with DRIVE mobilizing 2.3 million members to influence a shifting 1976 presidential landscape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Riesel
Washington
U.S. Treasury Department
Secretary of the Treasury
William Simon
Teamsters
Frank
Fitg) Fitzsimmons
Jerry Ford
White House
George Meany
Simon and
Fitzsimmons
DRIVE
Ford
Meany
Dave Sweeney
Puerto Rico
Ronald Reagan
Presidential Advisory Labor Management Committee
Afl-Cio
Fitz
Teamsters Brotherhood
Afl-Cio Auto Workers Coalition
Dick Nixon
Dusty Miller
McGovern
Jimmy Carter
Simon- Fitzsimmons
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Indiana Printing & Publishing Company
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Lodiane
Penos
House Agriculture Committee
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Throckmorton County
Tex
Daugher
Teamster
Republican Party
Iowa
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