Pennsylvania Elects Attorney General Bill Revived
The column notes House Bill 123 to elect Pennsylvania's Attorney General was buried in the House Judiciary Committee but may be revived. Speaker Kenneth B. Lee hints the bill will return, amid opposition from Governor Shapp and Attorney General Israel Packel. Proponents argue 43 of 50 states elect AGs. supporters push for a 20th century reform.
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Mason Denison
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
House of Representatives
House
House Judiciary Committee
Israel Packel
Packel
Shapp
Kenneth B. Lee
J. Shane Creamer
Lee
Warren H. Spencer
Mr. Spencer
Mr. Lee
Capitol Hill
Senate
Republican Caucus
Packer
Insane World Inside Walls Through Uncle Charley
Jim Bishop recalls Uncle Charley, a mysterious, confined man who guards against “them.” The piece blends nostalgia and satire as Charley railings about Nixon, Watergate, and a world outside the asylum while the narrator reflects on absurdity, fear, and the cost of sanity.
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Jim Bishop
Charley
Uncle Charley
Happy College
Nixon
Martha Mitchell
Solita
White House
Murder trials listed for term include Masei Rose and Gross
Yesterdate 1923 reports three murder trials set for the term. Rose and Gross pleaded guilty to second degree murder and await sentencing. Masei was found not guilty in a jury trial yesterday.
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Tarquino Masei
Mike Rose
Peter Gross
Rose
Gross
Masei
Indiana
Billy Hunter
Cleveland Indians
Kansas City Athletics
Hunter
Bobby Bragan
Fort Worth
Blairsville
Wise Owl Club of America
National Society For the Prevention of Blindness
George Marshall
George Barnhart
Westinghouse Electric Corp. Metals
Homer City
Homer Center
Taxable fallout from Watergate funds and related deals
Washington articles argue Watergate campaign funds diverted to hush money and legal fees may be taxable. Tax experts name Nixon and aides as potential taxpayers, citing GAO findings that noncampaign disbursements are income. Also notes Abplanalp loan notes and land deal as taxable income concerns.
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Jack Anderson
Washington
Nixon
General Accounting Office
Internal Revenue Service
Tom Dodd
D-Conn
Dodd
Lkelihood
Ilegal
Maurice Stans
Herbert Kalmbach
John Mitchell
White House
H. R. Haldeman
John Ehrlichman
Jeb Magruder
Rober Abplanalp
Abplanalp
Presidential Compound
Internal Revenue Office
Internal Revenue
IRS
GAO
Finance Committee
Lavender Hill Mob
Mufti
Ft. Holabird
Walter Cronin
Vietnam
Ineligible Welfare Clients: Riesel Warns of Looting
Washington columnist Victor Riesel argues that up to 800 million dollars yearly go to ineligible welfare recipients. He cites testing by Abe Lavine and others showing 40 percent fraud rates in several states, with New York City having heavy fraud. Calls for recertification and face to face interviews to bar looters and restore funds for the needy.
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Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Richard Wintrode
Wintrode
duPont Glore
New York
Victor Riesel
Washington
Paradise
U. S. Treasury
California
Robert Carleson
HEW
Caspar Weinberger
America
New York State
Abe Lavine
New England
Govenor
Wel
New York City
Lavine
Liberal View Pre Watergate Conversation
Washington observers joke about life before Watergate. ART BUCHWALD recalls a dining room discussion where talk centered on meat prices and boycotts, with the group noting there was little memory of other topics. The anecdote highlights post scandal preoccupation with cost of living and political upheaval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Art Buchwald
Washington
Amnesia and politics drift through a Watergate dinner talk
A group recalls the Watergate era, debating amnesty versus immunity, Nixon’s forgone push, McGovern and Eagleton, impeachment funds dispute, and FBI chief Gray while reminiscing on 1972 election woes and Vietnam aid.
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McGovern
Nixon
Eaglefeather
Eagleton
Humphrey
Sparkman
Congress
FBI
Patrick Gray
North Vietnam
Readers Comment Defends Watergate Coverage
Jo Cunningham defends media reporting on Watergate, arguing coverage is neither hog wild nor excessive. She cites a free press as essential to exposing espionage, obstruction of justice, and attempts to manage the news, urging readers to stay informed.
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Murry C. Stewart
White House
Watergate
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