The Pennsylvania Story on Auditor General Robert Casey
Harrisburg reports detail State Auditor General Robert P. Casey and his independent stance. The piece highlights his staff including Martin H. Black, G. Davis Greene, Charles M. Roberts, Conrad M. Siegel, Robert J. Myers, and Executive Deputy William H. Smith who aid in auditing watchdog work and project oversight.
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Mason Denison
Harrisburg
Capitol Hill
Robert P. Casey
G. Davis. Greene
Wharton School
Philadelphia
Lionel D. Edie & Co
Charles M. Roberts
First Pennsylvania Bank of
London
Conrad M. Siegel
Commonwealth
Siegel
Robert J. Myers
Casey
William H. Smith
Key Pennsylvania budget watchdogs named for state funds
Auditor General relies on experts to manage six billion dollars yearly and guide borrowing and retirement funds. Roberts analyzes cash flow and investments, Greene advises on timing and terms, Siegel handles two four billion retirement programs, Blackbill uncovers financial skeletons in budgets, all ensuring pork tax money is watched by Pennsylvania’s patient taxpayers.
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Casey
Auditor General
Roberts
Commonwealth
Greene
Siegel
Consulting Actuaries
Blackbill
Pennsylvania
Sunnyside Up A Florida Bahamas Sea Cruise With Friends
Jim Bishop chronicles a seasick loving cruise aboard Sunnyside Up from Florida toward the Bahamas. The voyage features rough seas, reefed humor, and notable banter with Hank Waldman and Les Keiser as they dodge bridges, dock at Stuart and Lighthouse Point, dine aboard and ashore, and return amid reflections on the sea’s mood and a humorous missive about Gulf Stream crossings.
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Jim Bishop
Florida
Bahamas
Gulf Stream
Hamn Tourist Bureau
North
South Island
Bimini
Hank
Helen Waldman
Les Keiser
Honey Fitz
Kelly
Hudgins
Surf & Herd
Waldman
Hollywood
Port St. Lucie
Les
Ford
Stuart
Jackie Gleason
Lighthouse Point Marina
King Neptune
Mannix
Port Everglades
Bushwhacking at Wounded Knee sparks grand jury probe
Washington Merry-Go-Round reports a federal grand jury in South Dakota quietly hears testimony on violence against Wounded Knee demonstrators. The piece details alleged bushwhackings by supporters of Oglala Sioux chairman Richard Wilson, including assaults on lawyers Finzel and Rosm ore, and the subsequent FBI polygraphs. It notes indictments aimed at Wilson’s adversaries and critiques of government conduct toward Indians.
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Jack Anderson
Les Whitten
Washington
South Dakota
Oglala Sioux
Wounded Knee
D.D
Richard Wilson
Wilson
Roger Finzel
Sioux Falls
William Rossmoore
Stamford
Conn
Bernard Escamilla
Grand Juy
Rossmoore
Pine Ridge
Rapid City
Martha Copleman
East Orange
N.J
Finzel
Eda Gordon
FBI
Gordon
Justice Department
Let's try firing these
Washington reporters faced the era’s Vietnam accountability debate as officials from Bundy to Westmoreland avoided or disputed blame. Dean Rusk and McNamara defended policy while Clifford criticized senior harm, urging acknowledgment of errors and learning from missteps in Vietnam’s conduct.
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McGeorge Bundy
Robert McNamara
Melvin Laird
Dean Rusk
William Westmoreland
Westmoreland
U.S
South Vietnam
Tiede Column Deception Lingers On Iralia and even to California
The essay critiques beliefs about Vietnam and the Tonkin Gulf resolution. It argues leaders failed to admit errors, citing Johnson and Nixon, and warns ongoing national harm from denial. It laments elite self interest and calls for public admission of fault to heal a divided nation.
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Iralia
California
Tonkin Gulf
Congress
Senator Mazzei extortion verdict sparks expulsion push
Our Readers Write recounts the December 1974 extortion conviction of Pennsylvania Senator Mazzei of Pittsburgh. It covers the $20,000 paid by a BMI executive for leases, the November trial testimony, and the protracted Senate response including calls to expel him.
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Pennsylvania
Mazzei
Pittsburgh
H. David Rothman
B.M.I., Inc
B.M.I
Senate
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Indiana Evening Gazette
Senator Stapleton
Mazzie
M. Nolan
Stapleton
Nolan
Penndot
General State Authority
Pat Stapleton
U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals
Pennsylvania Senate
Pittsburgh Post- Gazette
People and Justice of
IUP Thanks Those Who Helped During Pealer Building Fire
The University expresses gratitude to community agencies and individuals who aided 35 students who lost lodging and belongings in the Pealer Building fire on May 5, 1975. Special thanks to Red Cross Indiana Police ARA Slater Carriage House Fisher Scientific and private citizens for food temporary housing information and other aid.
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University
Pealer
Red Cross
Indiana Police
Ara Slater
Carriage House
Fisher Scientific Company
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United States
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National Rifle Association
Tom Tiede
Southeast Asia
Clark Clifford
Defense
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Vietnam
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Hanoi
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