The Pennsylvania Story Not Happy With Outcome
Se eESEURE-Columnist's Note. On speaking terms again now that Pennsylvan ia's 1973 Battle of the Budget has settled at 3.5 billion in taxpayer costs. Legislators from both parties show tempered satisfaction, not achieving full goals. Mandamus action to force session paused as House reconvened. Jack Conmy’s career path tracked from Scranton to Schweiker, then Ruckelshaus, to FBI, now PR at DuPont. HB 1147 evolved from 100 million stopgap to a 3.5 billion 12 month bill, 65 pages.
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Mason Denison
Pennsylvania
House
Senate
House of Representatives
State Supreme Court
Legislative
Jack Conmy
William W. Scranton
Raymond P. Shafer
Shafer
Harrisburg
Washington
U.S
Richard Schweiker
William D. Ruckelshaus
Federal Environmental Protection Agency
Ruckelshaus
FBI
Nixon
Scranton
Conmy
Kansas City
Clarence M. Kelley
E. I. du Pont Company
Wilmington
Delaware
University of Scranton
Democrats
Nixon Saved by Republicans in Watergate Era
BRUCE BIOSSAT argues that Democratic effort to defeat Nixon by withholding Watergate facts backfired. Nixon won 1972 landslide, while Mitchell and aides feared the scandal, leaving Nixon politically damaged and the nation strained. The piece notes Republican support preserved his presidency at a high cost.
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Bruce Biossat
Washington
Nixon
Richard Nixon
John Mitchell
Mitchell
United States
Mr. Nixon
Ervin Senate
George McGovern
Watergate
Decoy helps motorists and ten-dollar tow in 1923 legend
A July 20 1923 item recalls motorists attempting to ford Loyalhanna Creek on the William Penn Highway being lured by a teenage decoy. After the water traps them, a group of boys emerges offering to tow for 10 dollars. Shades of Jesse James.
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New Alexandria
Loyalhanna Creek
William Penn Highway
Jesse James
Mabel Hopkins
Water St
Smith & Smith
State College
Indiana State College
Huff
Conemaugh
Indiana County
Washington Monument
Washington, D.C
Hunt Pressure on Colson Over Watergate Money Squeeze
Washington column details E. Howard Hunt pressuring Charles Colson for large sums in the Watergate aftermath. Hunt urges action, notes unpaid living allowances, and promises funds from campaign lawyers as prosecutors trace cash flows. Hunt and Colson discuss perjury risks and the political impact on the 1972 election.
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Jack Anderson
Washington
Watergate
E. Howard Hunt
Charles Colson
White House
Hunt
Chrissake
Colson
J— Ch
Sam
Cromley Column Slams Price Controls Flaws
Washington argues price controls failed due to slipshod operations and weak data flow. The piece blames insufficient preparation, understaffed control staffs, delayed top decisions, and interagency rivalries for allowing deviations and hampering enforcement. Public hearings were also deemed inadequate.
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Ray Cromley
Washington
White House Office of Management and the Budget
Image Makers Sharpened in Washington Media War
Jim Bishop analyzes the government PR machine shaping news in Washington. He traces the rise of press agents from Roosevelt onward, detailing Nixon era shifts, key figures like Haldeman and Ziegler, and the use of leaks to manage public perception as the Watergate glare grows.
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H.W. Hay
Elizabeth R. Sweens
Amye Taylor Ray
Wees
R. Hastie Ray
Russell M. Hickey
Joseph L. Donnelly
William B. Hastings
Frank B. Hood
TED Press
Associated Press
AP News
Carrier Boy
Panang
Jim Bishop
White House
Washington
Washington Press Corps
Pentagon
John Dean
Senate Select Committee
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Warm Springs
Aiken
S.C
Winthrop Rutherfords
Richard Nixon
Congress
San Deigo
Herbert Klein
Mr. Nixon
Herb
J. Walter Thompson Agency
Haldeman
Ronald Ziegler
Ziegler
Ehrlichman
Haldeman-Ehrlichman-Nixon
Charles Colson
Marine Corps
David Wise
Random House
Colson
Nixon
Paul Keyes
Mark Goode
Roger Ailes
Spiro Agnew
Pat Buchanan
Watergate Committee
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Indiana Printing & Publishing Company
Indiana, Pa
Indiana
Armstrong
Cambria
Clearfield
Jefferson
Westmoreland
Iodiana
Enna
Second Diana
Penna
Sunds
Iass
Gregg
John Robert Gregg
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Joseph Smith Jr
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Fayette, N.Y
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Magruder
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Cromley
Grafeite
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OA Vic
Wall Street
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