State resolves Pennhurst housing failure with swift DGS action
Pennhurst State School residents finally move into seven of ten modular cottages after the Department of General Services took over from the contractor. Secretary Leach praised the combined powers of Property and Supplies and the General State Authority, crediting state workers with finishing in five weeks what had stalled for two years. The move-in clears long-standing overcrowding and substandard housing concerns for 160 residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason Denison
Harrisburg
State
Pennhurst State School and Hospital
Philadelphia
Montgomery County
Pennhurst
Ronald G. Lench
Department of General Services
Leach
DGS
Department of Property and Supplies
General State Authority
General State
Arcturus
Images Of Summer From Jim Bishop
A vivid montage of summer scenes and sensations from Jim Bishop. Vignettes range from twilight breezes and blue lakes to heat against babies and crowds in cities. The piece pairs sensory detail with fleeting images of vacation, weather, landscapes, and daily life, all centered on the season’s mood.
Indiana Evening Gazette Establishment Details
A state newspaper, Indiana Evening Gazette, lists leadership roles with Sally B Naylon as chairman and J Elizabeth R Sweeney as president, Joseph L Donnelly secretary and general manager Russell M Hickey, editor Frank B Hood, and notes Associated Press affiliation. It outlines various carrier and mail subscription rates, including daily, weekly, and county mail options, with pricing and terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sally B. Naylon
Elizabeth R. Sweeney
Joan Ray Reece
Joseph L. Donnelly
Russell M. Hickey
Frank B. Hood
Associated Press
Gli
Carrier Boy
Jagiana
Arrstrong
Cumbria
Clearfield
Jefferson
Westmoreland
Fire at Cock Simpson farm destroys property near Hamill
A 1926 fire on the Cock Simpson farm, now Linus Simpson’s, along the Punxsutawney road near Hamill, caused losses estimated over $10,000. The same report notes a well attended county Republicans picnic at Rustic Lodge and Blairsville Borough Council delaying action on selling borough land to Blairsville Joint School Board for a junior-senior high school after a speaker from the Public Against Waste group spoke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cock Simpson
Linus Simpson
Hamil
Punxsutawney Road
Blairsville
Indians Still Get Bum Steer in Indian Affairs Reform
Washington report shows the American Indian Policy Review Commission findings condemning mismanagement by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Memo details budget gaps, land lease corruption, and theft of resources. calls for a new independent Indian agency and probes into BIA operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bureau of Indian Affairs
American Indian Policy Review Commission
Congress
BIA
Review Commission
Commission
Ernest Stevens
James Abourezk
New Mexico
Arizona
Southwest
Indian Affairs
Morris Thompson
Ity
Iwans
White House
Budet
Papago-Tucson Development Corporation
Oklahoma
FBI
Stevens
Terry Repair
Interior Department
Indian Policy Review Commission
United Feature Syndicate
Riverside busing study questions any academic gains
Riverside California studied desegregation for ten years finding minority students did not improve academically after busing and white students from low income groups gained only in self esteem. The report notes cliques formed within ethnic groups and calls into question busing as a path to equality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Riverside
Calif
Norman Miller
University of Southern California
Harold B. Gerard
UCLA
Psychology Today Magazine
Ris
Institute of Life Insurance
Institute
Bunterpriss Assy
Carter Labors Liaison Shifts Meany Stance In NYC Meet
Victor Riesel reports in New York on Jimmy Carter courting labor leaders amid friction with George Meany. Labor Coalition Clearing House leaders including Wurf Woodcock Smith and NEA head John Ryer meet Carter to press for influence on vice presidency and future DNC roles. Meany remains neutral while labor insiders discuss a direct liaison to back Carter and consider a broader labor political strategy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Riesel
New York
Garden
Jimmy Carter
George Meany
Labor
Meany
Carter Tikes
Carter and Company
COPE
Coalition Clearing House
Carter
Jerry Wulf
Leonard Woodcock
Red Smith
National Education Assn
John Ryer
Bob Georgine
Afl-C10 Building and Construction Trades
Jerry Wurf
Bill Holayter
al Barkan
Democratic National Committee
White House
Landon Butler
Woodcock
Wurf
Wulf - Woodcock Smith
Holayter
Staller-Hilton
Hotel Americana
Afl-Cio
Lane Kirkland
Jerry Ford
Jim Buckley
Pat Moynihan
Brain Truster
South
Wealth Farley
Chasries Kirha
Coalition
Clearing House
United Labor
Ford
Labor Coalition
Europe
Social Democratic
London
Scandinavia
Bonn
Vienna
Singapore
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The
Pennsylvania
Jim Bishop
Indiana Evening Gazette
Indiana Printing & Publishing Company
Water St
Indiana, Pa
Second Chass
Second Clans
Indiana Daily
Sondoy
Rustic Lodge
Jack Anderson
Les Whitten
Brazil
Labor Party
Berry's
NEA, Inc
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