Shapp’s evolving role in Pennsylvania politics
Harrisburg analysis notes Milton Shapp’s shift from a novice governor to a seasoned operator. It highlights his handling of a near bankrupt state, tax compromises, and his growing national presence. The piece questions whether he will finish his term or leave for a possible federal post, contingent on the 1976 Democratic convention outcomes.
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Mason Denison
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Milton Jerrold Shapp
Keystone
Milton Jerrokd Shipp
Shape
Democratic
Washington
House of Representatives
National Stone
New York
Gov
Shapp
Kline
Williston Fish's Imagined Will Sets Gentle Legacy
A 1897 tale follows Williston Fish, Chicago lawyer and later railroad executive, who drafts a whimsical last will and testament filled with poetic gifts to children lovers and artists. The piece explores memory, art, and the idea of a life left in imagination rather than strict legal terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Bishop II
Williston Fish
Chicago
Williston
L. Charles Lounsbury
Mr. Fish
Western Springs
Ulinois
Ulsterdaze 1926 Marion Center expands school building
Borough and township boards reached a plan to add four rooms to the borough building by next fall. Township bought a half interest for 4000 dollars, addressing a long vexing issue of extra school rooms for the high school and grades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Center
Reagan be set against Congress in Ford strategy session
Washington Merry-Go-Round reports secret GOP talks with President Ford where Rhodes and others propose stressing peace and the economy over debating Reagan on the Panama Canal. The panel also weighs attacking Congress, Kissinger’s role, and Ford’s foreign policy stance, ending without a clear plan. A separate note cites FDA grant conflicts and rumors Saudi Arabia may groom a throne heir.
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Jack Anderson
Les Whitten
Washington
Ford
Ronald Reagan
House
John Rhodes
Reagan
Panama Canal
Rhodes
Henry Kissinger
Kissinger
Arizona
Carl Curtis
R.neb
United States
Panama
James Quillen
Penn
Rhoades
Curtis
U.S
Louis Frey Jr
R.-Fla
Frey
William Brock
R.-Tenn
Democratic Congress
Congress
Brook
John Tower
Texas
Sen
Mitton Young
R.N.D
Echo
Elford Cederberg
B.mich
Pouhve
John Anderson
Brock
Anderson
Hugh Scott
Senate
Scott
Sen. Tower
Nelson Rockefeller
Speaking Freely on Oriental Religions and Trial by Ignorance
Don Oakley surveys the rise of Oriental mysticism in America, noting robed groups and meditation schools as a cultural shift, while questioning Western progress. The column contrasts tranquil pursuits with a disillusionment toward technology and society, then critiques juror qualifications in a Milwaukee Nazi case as evidence of widespread judicial ignorance.
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Don Oakley
America
Krishna
National Observer
Nazi Party
Milwaukee
Ewapyper Enterprise Asso
It's A Fact Toronto Founding and Name Change
It's A Fact explains Toronto's origin in 1793 on the site of a French fort at Lake Ontario. It notes York as the original name, serving as capital of Upper Canada, and its 1834 incorporation as a city before being renamed Toronto from an Indigenous term for a meeting place.
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Toronto
Ontario
Canada
Lake
York
Upper Canada
Maoist radicals shift into American labor in stealth
Victor Riesel argues that young Maoist agitators infiltrate U S unions and labor locals, building networks via Revolutionary Union and its successors to disrupt strikes, sway leadership, and press a violent national radical movement from urban offices to coal fields and auto plants. The movement uses money, press, and youth to win adherents among younger workers.
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Victor Riesel
New York
U.S. Post Office
Steel
Auto Workers
Communist Party USA
Moscow
CPUSA
Ussr
Cuba
National Liberation Committee
People's Republic
the Heavenly Square
Bobby Soxer
Frankie Sinatra
Red Guard Revolutionary Union
Venceremos
Weather Underground
Progressive Labor Party
Mighty Tough
San Francisco Bay Area
Chicago Merchandise Mart
Union
New York-New Jersey
West Virginia
Revolutionary Student Brigade
V.lenin
Unemployed Workers Organizing Committee
Revolutionary Communist Party USA
Auto Worker
United Steelworkers Union
Aingle
Communist Party
CPUS
Mew
Auto and Steel Workers
Ladies Garment Workers
Revolutionary Communist Party
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