Pennsylvania Tax Relief Debate Signals Shapp Era Shifts
A Harrisburg column analyzes how Pennsylvania governors and lawmakers push tax relief amid shifting rates from 2.3 to 2.1 percent and forecasts pressure to curb state spending. It notes Democratic and Republican positions, past rates, and Rep John Hope Anderson urging restraint in spending matching revenue.
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Mason Denison
Harrisburg
Shapp
Pennsylvania
Herbert Fineman
House of Representatives
Shafer
Fineman
Govenor Shapp
Govenor
Haff
John Hope Anderson
House
Ways and Means
General Assembly
John
Jim Bishop: Reporter Big John The Wheelman
Jim Bishop recalls his father John M Bishop known as Big John a car lover and jokester who learned to drive a Hupmobile at 254 pounds and once barreled through New York streets and a police booth. The piece blends family memory with humor and a nod to his father’s enduring vanity and reckless charm.
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Jim Bishop
John M. Bishop
Big John
Garfield Avenue
Wegman Parkway
Johnny
Coast Guard
New London
125Th Street
Lenox Avenue
New York
Jersey
Dad
Jenny
John
Teaneck
Ridgewood
Rochester and Pittsburgh Coal cancels church mortgage
Holy Cross Church in Iselin received a pleasant surprise when the Rochester and Pittsburgh Coal Co cancelled a $500 mortgage on church property. In Indiana, children in the East End were treated to a free circus yesterday after a tractor trailer carrying two elephants broke down at Third and Philadelphia Streets.
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Iselin — Holy Cross
Rochester and Pittsburgh Coal Co
Indiana
Third
Philadelphia
Justice Moves On Whalley and Collins in Case Probe
Washington efforts press ahead on potential indictments of Rep. James Collins and ex-Rep. J Irving Whalley as federal prosecutors review obstruction and kickback angles. The Haiti blood plasma saga also appears as a separate note of political intrigue involving Life Services and American promoters.
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Washington
Whalley
Collins
Jack Anderson
U.S. Attorney's Office
James Collins
R-Tex
Dallas
J. Irving Whalley
R-Pa
U.N
Justice Department
George Haag
FBI
U.S
Pittsburgh
Richard Thornburgh
Western Hemisphere
Port-du-Price
Haiti
Jean-Claude Duvalier
Hemo- Caribbean
Luckner Cambronne
Port-au-Prince
Hemo-Caribbean
Cartibrotine
Homo-Caribbean
Life Services
Joe Sharlitt
Milton Baral
Capitol Hill
Adrien Raymond
Bent Chalmers
Dante #ascell
D-Fla
House
Sharlitt
Congress of the
P. R
Pipette
Finance Ministe
Edward Francisque
Milton Barall
Barall
The
Organization of American States
Labor season begins as Rockefeller eyes 1976 bid
Victor Riesel reports Gov. Nelson Rockefeller signaling a 1976 presidential run aided by close ally Richard Rosenbaum. Nixon remains cautious with Spiro Agnew while Agnew seeks greater influence. Laird’s appointment could shape domestic policy and labor unions lean toward Rockefeller while Meany weighs backing. The piece notes early campaign sparks and GOP anxieties.
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Victor Riesel
New York
Richard Nixon
Secret Service
Oval Room
Spiro Agnew
Ted Agnew
Nelson Rockefeller
Lake Tahoe
Nev
Nixon
Rockefeller
Supreme Court
Richard Rosenbaum
Republican State Committee
Dick Rosenbaum
Rosenbaum
Andruy
National Republican Committee
Maryland
White House
Agnew
Melvin Laird
Defense Laird
Laird
Muskies
Republican National Committee
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Meany
Claumny
Rocky
Dick Nixon
GOP
Capitol Hill Killer Instinct In Politics
Bruce Biass argues political ruthlessness, once admired as killer instinct, blurred into dangerous ugliness by 1972. He traces Kennedy era rough tactics, Nixon campaigns, and the rise of over the line operatives who challenged the line between acceptable pressure and destructive conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce Bioss
Washington
Vincent Lombardi
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Los Angeles
Fair Campaign Practices Committee
Richard Nixon
California
U.S. Senate
Nixon
Barry Goldwater
White House
Goldwater
Watergate Coverage Draws Reader Critique
A reader letter praises the Indiana Evening Gazette for restrained Watergate coverage amid national media excess. The writer argues overexposure fatigues citizens and notes the media philosophy that good news is no news, urging balanced reporting to avoid partisan hype.
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Indiana Evening Gazette
Lampreys as Delicacies in History and Odd Notions
The text notes that sea lampreys were considered delicacies for centuries, enjoyed by figures such as Roman Emperor Vitellius and Henry I, with medieval French recipes describing stewed lampreys marinated in wine. It also mentions Noah's age at ark completion in Genesis and contrasts seaweed nutrition with roots, plus the cuckoo’s egg deception in birds.
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Vitellius
England
Henry I
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