The Pennsylvania Story Continues to Bite the Dust
Harrisburg scrutiny deepens as Governor Shapp defends a �clean� administration while federal indictments and convictions mount. Former Secretary of Revenue Monod was found guilty of income tax evasion amid a line of Shapp appointees charged with or convicted of extortion, perjury, and conspiracy. The record fuels critics who call for accountability and highlight political witch hunts versus genuine reform.
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Mason Denison Marrisburg
Shapp
Keystone State
George J. Monod
Black
Te Shapp
Frank Hilton
Property and Supplies
William Casper
Revenue Department
Frank Mazaei
Leonard Sweeney
Max Homer
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission
Egidio Cerilli
James D. Barger
Roy ©. Wellendorf
Charles J. Buchinsky
Jack Anderson
Harrisburg Patriot-News
Pennsylvania
House of Representatives
Messrs
Hilton
Cerilli
One More Quart Of Ice Cream By Jim Bishop
A portrait of Alonzo Tier a Jersey City police figure from 1885 to 1913 a man famed for his smile and reforming zeal his life with wife Mary McSwiggen Tier and their children is recounted from his youth to retirement and a final quiet conversion to be beside Mary as he shares one more quart of ice cream with the priest and recalls his clash with Frank Hague.
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Alonzo Tier
Mary McSwiggen Tier
Jenny
Big John
Astors
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Tiers
Paulus Hook
Grandpa
Grove Street
Ninth
Newark Avenue
Staten Island
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Sid
Mary
Jersey City
Frank Hague
Unclear text article fragment on leadership roles
Fragmentary OCR item lists roles such as vice president treasurer and general manager with garbled phrasing and scattered names. Content is unreadable beyond mentioning a subscription extension and numbered item references, preventing a coherent event or figure identification.
Ninth annual first aid meeting and picnic underway
Ulsterdate 1951 reports the ninth annual first aid meeting and picnic of the Northern District Safety Association in progress at Mack Community Center, formerly the fairgrounds, highlighting community safety activities.
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Northern District Safety Association
Mack Community Center
Fairgrounds
AT&T Records Snoop and White House Chaos Exposed
AT&T executives testified in sealed court records that the company seized long distance records of a former employee, claiming ownership of customer data while public rules require court subpoenas and notice. The piece links SW Bell corruption rumors to a broader critique of corporate overreach. White House chaos is blamed on transition missteps as Ford staff loosened control under Cheney while calls for stronger leadership meet staff fatigue and meetings. The feature notes Iroquois relations and a yearly blood brother honor to a Declaration signer descendant.
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Jack Anderson
Les Whitten
Washington
American Telephone and Telegraph
Telephone Colossus
Chester Todd
At&t
James Ashley
Southwestern Bell
Bell
Ashley
T.C. Gravitt
Gravitt
Todd
Ashey
White House
Gerald Ford
Ford
Nixon Guard
Nixon
Capitol Hill
Aigner
Cromley Column Persecution Hurts Tyrants
In a Cromley column, Ray Cromley recalls Nazi era talent drain and East Germany’s emigration crackdown. He argues internal suppression harms a regime’s gains as scientists and professionals flee, leaving leaders unable to reap rewards from the most talented citizens.
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Ray Cromley
Washington
Hitler
Nazi Germany
Albert Einsteins
East Germany
Berlin Wall
Emigration of Soviet dissidents harms future progress
The piece argues that the Soviet Union loses its best brains as dissidents flee or are suppressed. It contrasts with U.S. efforts to expand minority opportunities, stressing that freeing talent across genders and groups boosts national and global contributions in science, art, and leadership. It warns a country that destroys its gifted will not endure.
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Soviet Union
Kremlin
Andrei Amalrik
Albert Einstein
Russia
Paige
Gulag
Labor waves sweep U S strikes threaten economy
Victor Riesel reports a nationwide wave of labor stoppages from Teamsters and cannery unions to nurses and postal workers. He notes potential auto, coal, rubber, and mine disruptions and warns these actions complicate the economy and political landscape ahead of the presidential campaign.
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Victor Riesel
Washington
U.S
England
California
Teamsters California Council of Canners and Food Processing Union
American Postal Workers Union
Afl-Cio
New York
Moe Biller
Nixon
National Guard
Biller
Seattle
Northwest
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Europe
Teamsters
Bill Usery
Cannery
United Farm Workers
Cesar Chavez
California Agricultural Labor Board
Cincinnati
Arnold Miller
UMW
Skip Delano
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