Tax policy debate frames Shapp spending record
Mason Denison examines Governor Shapp’s claim of no broad-based general fund tax increases over five years while state spending nearly doubles from 2.7 billion in 1971 to 4.9 billion in 1978. The piece details tax categories, income tax history, and rising payroll costs amid a high profile tax proposal.
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Shapp
Milton J. Shapp
Pennsylvania
Legislature
Tante Kate and the German War Factory Dream
Tante Kate, a devout worker from Gehrden, rises to forelady at a hidden ammunition factory inside a forest, directing a dozen women including two Jewish colleagues. As Allied raids threaten a nearby prison run by SS, her faith in fatherland loyalty wavers, ending with a final raid that destroys the prison and kills its German guards.
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Tante
Kate
Hanover
Germany
Gehrden
Tante Kate
Friedrich Lozzen
Friedrich
Wehrmacht
Perlmutter
Pincus
Adolf Hitler
Puusoters
Fante Kate
Reich
Allied
King Features Studies
Indiana Evening Gazette and Publishing Details
Public notice of newspaper masthead and subscription rates for Indiana Evening Gazette published by Indiana Printing and Publishing Company Nadiana Pe. Includes staff roles and Associated Press notice. Lists carrier, motor route, and mail subscription prices for Indiana and adjoining counties with various term options.
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Indiana Printing & Publishing Company
Nadiana
A. H. Ray
Lucilla KR. Donnelly Guneral Mabagar Russell M
Indiana
Armstrong
Cambria
Clearfield
Jefferson
West
Indigne
Cotton yields and early pin use noted in history
It's A Fact states cotton, Egypt's major crop, is specially cultivated and yields one-and-a-half times per acre compared with the United States per acre. It also notes that straight pins, first bone then wood, were used to bind documents in Roman times.
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Egypt
United States
National Geographic
Navy gets 12 more A 7Es due to Texas leverage
Washington reports the Navy will receive twelve additional A 7E attack planes costing about 100 million dollars, funded by Texas lawmakers overruling White House budget cuts. LTV in Fort Worth to build the aircraft, with Texas congressmen Dale Milford Jim Wright George Mahon etc pushing the extra procurement to benefit their constituents. Carter would need to veto the Pentagon bill to block the adds.
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Jack Anderson
Les Whitten
Washington
Navy
Texas
Carter
Lone Star
White House
LTV Corporation
Fort Worth
Dale Milford
D.-Texas
Ft. Worth
House
Jim Wright
George Mahon
House Appropriations
Senate
John ‘Ower
R.texas
Armed Services Committee
Pentagon
Washington Gun Bureaucracy Confirms Citizen Frustration
Tom Gibson of National City California, a WWII veteran and small businessman, recalls how a confiscation case under the Gun Control Act of 1968 exposed federal red tape. ATF officials describe the gun as a collector’s item while offering a costly replacement path, highlighting systemic rigidity and casual advice that leaves law-abiding owners with few options.
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Martha Angle
Robert Walters
Washington
Tom Gibson
California
Gibson
National City
Calif
San Diego
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
ATF
Treasury Department
Sen
Alan Cranston
D-Calif
Cranston
ATH
Rex D. Davis
Liberal View Salesmanship In Europe
Art Buchwald compares shopping in Italy and France through a humorous lens. In Italy, friendly, lavish service ends with a cheerful sale and gifts, while in France, a cold, quarrelsome approach leads to delays and stubborn pricing, ending with a curt exchange and a muttered remark.
Tax increase urged as required for state budget
Letter writer argues a Pennsylvania tax increase is necessary despite public opposition. He says a $50 yearly cost for families may be offset by avoiding service cuts, note higher college tuition and local tax shifts, and urges legislators to pass a budget benefiting citizens. Also mentions wartime and food note about wax beans and historic Italy events.
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Roper
U.S
Pennsylvania
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
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