Friend of Labor Or Unions Drag Shapp Into Budget Fight
Harrisburg piece notes AFSCME filed mandamus against Governor Shapp in Commonwealth Court over the budget impasse. It highlights the paradox of a Democratic administration courting labor while facing more labor unrest, including state pay disputes and liquor-store walkouts, under the Act 195 bargaining law.
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Mason Denison
Harrisburg
Shapp
Mandamus
Commonwealth Court
House-Senate
Afl-Cio
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employes
Afscme
Pennsylvania
Rules for Married Life in a Humorous Critic Column
Jim Bishop presents a satirical list of marital guidance from a wife to a husband. The piece blends wry commandments about attention, control, and romance with blunt reminders to avoid conflict and to keep harmony, highlighting gendered expectations and comic self awareness. The tone mimics a columnist sharing practical, tongue in cheek advice.
Indiana Hospital Receives Reduced State Aid
Governor Pinchot's economy drive trims an Indiana Hospital appropriation from 27000 to 21000 dollars. The change stems from legislative action, affecting state funded health facilities and budgeting priorities.
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Pinchot
Indiana
Waterman
F. L. McCauley
Fisher Scientific Company
Henry Rochney
Instrument Division
Paraguyan gunboats tied to U S narcotics routes
Washington reports reveal U S taxpayers funded gunboats for Paraguay’s navy, with narcotics routed down the Paraguay River to Asuncion and then to the United States. Classified documents show Sewart Seacraft built patrol crafts in 1970 via the New Orleans office, alongside similar orders for Iran, Cambodia, the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, and the Philippines. The White House, Pentagon, and Congress reportedly approved the arrangements, while cost remains undisclosed. The piece also covers Nixon’s handling of missing in action status, Navy surveys of MIA wives, and a firing row at the Commerce Department over Betsy Ancker-Johnson pressuring Patent Commissioner Robert Gottschalk to resign before a Vienna treaty signing.
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Jack Anderson
Washington
U.S
Asuncion
United States
Paraguay
Pentagon
Navy
Sewart Seacraft Yards
U.S. Navy
New Orleans
Alfredo Stroessner
Iran
Cambodia
Dominican Republic
Guatemala
Philippines
White House
Congress
Nixon
Southeast Asia
Marine Corps
MIA
League of Families” Organization
Commerce Department
Betsy Ancker- Johnson
Robert Gottschalk
Gottschalk
Patent Office
Vienna
Ancker-Johnson
Betsy
Dr. Ancker. Johnson
Nixon Faces Enduring Crisis Beyond Watergate
The Washington outlook sketches a battered Nixon presidency pressed by shortages from farm products to fuel, with inflation, potential home heating scarcity, and fragile White House authority. Analysts question whether Nixon will survive a crisis that seems unending and may outlast Watergate.
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Mr. Nixon
United States
New York City
Washington
Europe
Japan
White House
John Connally
Melvin Laird
Richard Nixon
Labor Phase Four on the Way Out
Victor Riesel reports on labor leaders rejecting all wage and price controls as Phase Four looms. Meany, hindered by tendonitis and political friction, faces rising costs and the threat of mandated arbitration if inflation persists. Labor groups urge faster removal of controls, hoping for a freer market before year end amid food and grain supply concerns.
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Victor Riesel
Washington
Garden of Labor
George Meany
Meany
Treasury
Shultz
Cost of Living Council
Labor-Management Advisory Committee
White House
Treasury Dept
Cost of Living
John Dunlop
Supreme Court
Pay Board
Herb Stein
Council of Economic Advisers
Stein
Labor Management Committee
Nellie
Nellie's Drinks. This Has Been the Theme Every Time Meany
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Keystone
Jim Bishop
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Russell M. Hicke
Joseph L. Donnell
William B. Hastings
Frank B. Hood
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Carrier Boy
Sky
Armstrong
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