Pennsylvania Governor Faces Budget Impasse Again
Harrisburg report notes Governor Milton J Shapp, a former businessman, confronts a stubborn Legislature amid a potential budget delay. The piece contrasts private and state governance, recalls 1971 stopgap funding, and cites Shafer era experiences as context for ongoing budget battles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason Denison
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Govenor
Milton Jerrold Shapp
Mr. Shapp
Shapp
Keystone State
Iune
Senate
Raymond P. Shafer
Milton J. Shapp
Liberal View: Congress Flubs Bombing Cambodia
ART BUCHWALD argues Congress overstepped by cutting funds to bomb Cambodia, counting the president's power to bomb as a key tradition. He warns the move could deter qualified leaders from running and leave the president handicapped in crises, despite Watergate fallout and domestic strife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Art Buchwald
Washington
Congress
Cambodia
United States
Indochina
Nixon
White House
Senate Committee
CIA
FBI
Henry
Phomh Penh
John Dean
Newsweek
Time
John Mitchell
Pupil Exits Eighth Grade as Certificates Awarded
The June Gazette lists pupils who passed the Eighth Grade Exam and will receive high school entrance certificates. Other notes include a cancelled Indiana County court session with a September re-draw, a shift to two-letter five-figure phone numbers for several towns, Miss Joan Sibley’s Europe trip upon Moore College graduation, and Indiana Junior High School’s free public swimming approval by the Improvement Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James F. Chapman
Indiana County
Indiana
Clymer
Homer City
Parkwood
James R. Cober
Bell Telephone Co
Joan Sibley
Stephen Sibley
Gipsy
Europe
Moore College of Art
Philadelphia
Indiana Junior High School
Indiana County Improvement Association
Kissinger Linked to Plumbers Burglary and Leak Panic
Washington Roundup reports Henry Kissinger allegedly urged President Nixon to form the plumbers to stop security leaks, including Ellsberg’s Pentagon Papers, with Colson offering private prosecutors’ testimony. Sources deny Kissinger’s direct involvement, while records are checked for contact after the plumbers began. The column also notes military and science items from Washington, D C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Anderson
Washington
Henry Kissinger
Nixon
Daniel Ellsberg
White House
Charles Colson
Colson
Kissinger
David Young
Pentagon
Peking
Young
Brick in toilets slammed as wasteful water myth
An expert condemns toilet bricks for water conservation as ineffective and misleading. He cites tank dynamics showing bricks displace little useful water, favors a tall plastic bottle or lowered float settings for real savings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Oakley
Fred E. Schmuck
Association of Industry Manufacturers
Fluidmaster, Inc
Schmuck
Concord
Calif
Cherry Hill
N.J
National League of Cities
General Motors
Cadillac
Inside Labor 500 A Week Welfare Abuse Exposed
Victor Riesel reports on welfare fraud and systemic abuses in New York City. He cites a former client’s claims of $500 to $600 weekly under false IDs, and notes widespread overpayments and a large weekly outlay. The piece details reforms led by Jule Sugarman, including face to face recertification and new computerised programs that reduced the welfare caseload. It argues for curbing social racketeering while preserving aid for the truly needy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Riesel
New York
Welfare Society
Welfare Department
Jule Sugarman
Caligula
Sugarman
HEW
Caspar Weinberger
Robert Carleson
Carleson
California
HEW Department
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Russell M. Hickey
Joseph L. Donnelly
Associated Press
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Armstrong
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House
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Air Force
Bolling Air Force Base
Potomac
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Vietnam
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Third Army
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D.C
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Mdss
Liu
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EPA
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Peter Breggin
Breggin
Hunter Brown
Brown
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R-Md
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C-N.y
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D-Calif
Evelle
Younger
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Greece
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Paul Totomis
Totomis
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Ohio
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