Pennsylvania Story How PA lawmakers failed to enact most bills
In a retrospective on 1977, 3254 bills were introduced in PA's General Assembly, with 234 House bills and 203 Senate bills advancing to the other chamber. Only 90 House and 64 Senate measures became law, totaling 144 enacted bills. Vetoes totaled two, while the year logged 116 House and 94 Senate legislative days and 29 voting weeks.
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Dy Mason Denison Hartusburg
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Polish survivors recall brutal wartime journeys and rights concerns
Jim Bishop interviews two aging Polish deckhands, Ritchie and Steve, about their wartime odysseys from Grajewo to Auschwitz and Siberian camps, their escape to the U S, and their views on Russian human rights and the fate of Poles under shifting borders.
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Jim Bishop
Ritchie
Steve
Poland
Gydnia
Grajewo
New York
U.S. Immigration Office
Indiana Evening Gazette Winter Sas Published by THE INDIANA PRINTING
The Indiana Evening Gazette details publishing and administrative staff, advertising and news service affiliations, plus detailed subscription rates for weekly, monthly, and annual delivery by mail within Indiana and surrounding counties.
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Indiana Printing & Publishing Company
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Valat
AH Ray
Bel i K. Sos Vine Sn
Josepi L. Donnelly
Russell AL
Joseph L. Donnelly
Waliam Bah
TH Press
Associstud
Toens
Uy Weill
AP News
HOY
Indiana
Armstrong
Camtbria
Clearfield
Jefferson
West Moreland
Matt
Coun
Tmal
Blackwell Faces Scandal Charges as Minority Program Chief
Washington reports decry a Carter appointee to the Office of Minority Business Enterprise, Blackwell, once linked to King and Evers, facing allegations of maladministration and questionable grants. Audits flag unallowable costs and 15 grants totaling 1.5 million approved without proper review, including a 54000 rabbit project and a 600000 Booker T. Washington Foundation grant. Blackwell defends his urgency to aid the poor and recalls past civil rights work, while critics call his leadership inconsistent.
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Medgar Evers
Blackwell
Alabama
North Carolina
Office of
Minority Business Enterpise
OMBE
Washington
Richard Nixon
Gerald Ford
Edgar
Booker T. Washington Foundation
Gary Cohn
Cohn
Freedom Movement
Martin
United Feature Syndicate
Tiede Column Fights Bill in Connecticut
Catherine Bailey battles a massive hospital bill after her husband Jesse collapsed and died within 31 hours of care. The $8,126 charge covers hospital time, doctors, labs, and tests amid a national debate on health costs and insurance. She lobbies congressmen, governors, and senators with little relief.
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Tom Tiede Danbury
Conn
Catherine Bailey
Jesse
Bailey
U.S
Saltsburg undertaker pair to open funeral home
Yeouterdazr January 27 1928 announcement says Jamies Robinson and his son J Arthur Robinson, long trusted Saltsburg undertakers, will open a funeral home in the former Ritter property at 36 N Seventh St after remodeling the building and rear addition. Also notes 1953 Jimmy Stewart cross country propeller plane speed bid and 1968 fire damage at JS Mack Community Center horse barn with additional county fires.
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Jamies Robinson
J. Arthur Robinson
Saltsburg
Ritter
N. Seventh St
Jimmy Stewart
Indiana
Hollywood
Jimmy
Paul Mantz
JS. Mack
Carter Avenue
Government should aid patients facing catastrophic medical bills
Mrs. Bailey urges government action to help victims of costly illnesses and to scrutinize medical charges. She cites an $8,126 bill in 31 hours including hospital, treatment, consulting, and dialysis costs, plus a $7,900 tab she still faces, arguing insurance alone cannot fix the issue. The piece frames her as overwhelmed and seeking accountability.
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