Law and order stance dominates Pennsylvania crime bills
Pennsylvania lawmakers push tough on crime with death penalty revival bills and broader police power measures. The public favors harsher penalties, as observed by the House and Senate over several sessions, with both parties supporting stricter motorist enforcement and wider arrest powers. The executive branch also signals alignment with this stance.
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Mason Denison
Harrisburg
Keystone
U.S. Supreme Court
Keystone State
Pennsylvania
General Assembly
O—Ansylvania News Service
Watch Confusion and Family Quips Across a Zurich His Story
Jim Bishop recalls a Hong Kong bought Swiss watch for his father an umpire living in a two family home. Friction with sister Adele and brother John over repairs and a leaking bathroom frames a satire on East West goods and misread time. The tale shifts to John’s Toyota purchase and the old man’s comic mistrust of Japanese products.
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Jim Bishop
Hong Kong
Ah Foo
Switzerland
Dad
Adele
John
Anna
John Bishops
Big John
Little John
Johnny
Sanctum Sanctorum
Toyota
King Features Syndivate
Winterdate Drama Night at New Century Club
On Monday night the New Century Club hosts Drama Night with Mrs. James W. Mack directing. The Little Theatre Players led by Mrs. Vernon F. Taylor perform a one act play Suppressed Desire by Susan Glaspell. The department announced completion of two patient buildings at Torrance State Hospital near Blairsville adding 500 beds to capacity.
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New Century Club
James W. Mack
Little Theatre Players
Vernon F. Taylor
Susan Glaspell
Torrance State Hospital
Blairsville
Department of Property and Supplies
The Congressman Helstoski and the Racketeer Peroff
Washington tale recounts two secret meetings last November between Rep Henry Helstoski and racketeer Frank Peroff. Tape recordings detail discussions of hiring an investigator to Chile and possible murder suggestions amid a grand jury probe into kickbacks from illegal aliens.
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Jack Anderson
Les Whitten
Washington
Gruff
Crewcut
Henry Helstoski
D-N.j
Frank Peroff
Helstoski
Albert DeFalco
DeFalco
Oswaldo Aguirre
Peroff
Chile
Congressional
Dulles
Kathy Dunn
Aguirre
Speaking Freely on Family Farms and Tech Change
Don Oakley reports arguments that the family farm remains two thirds of U S agricultural production and durable amid war and inflation. Don Paarlberg of the U S Department of Agriculture says the family farm adapts to technological change and remains resilient through hard years. A poultry industry note likens organization to General Motors and calls for two man operations for efficiency. A proposal from Herbert Schiff urges a technological tithe to fund new footwear production methods to meet foreign competition. The National Geographic Society weighs a reptile egg origin in the chicken egg debate, noting the first chicken must come from an egg laid by a reptilish ancestor.
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World Bank Inter-American Development Bank
International Monetary Fund
Treasury Department
World Bank
Inter-American Development Bank
Robert McNamara
Defense
United Feature Syndicate
Don Paarlberg
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Saturday Evening Post
General Motors
Paarlberg
United States
Herbert H. Schiff
Scoa Industrial
Columbus
Ohio
Explosive Pentagon Papers Across Labor Unrest Rhetoric
Victor Riesel surveys leaked documents showing stolen weapons and radioactive material, plotting terrorist risks and police counterintelligence fears. He notes FBI awareness, potential lab infiltrations into unions, and growing cross currents among Maoists, Trotskyists, and neo-revolutionists aiming for a July 4 upheaval.
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Victor Riesel
Washington
Pentagon
San Francisco
Donald Hansen
Our Readers Question Dog Shelter vs Elderly Housing
A reader argues against funding a dog shelter citing land costs of seven thousand dollars and building costs up to one hundred thousand dollars plus ongoing kennel expenses. They advocate prioritizing low cost elderly housing and note the city already holds lost dogs briefly before reclaiming them.
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