Pennsylvania Legislatures Prolonged Sessions Through October
Mason Denison analyzes decades of Pennsylvania legislative history noting sessions continued beyond October in every year since 1966. He cites party splits between House and Senate, recalls, and political tensions as factors behind extended sessions and recurring no new tax warnings into 1976.
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Mason Denison
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Scranton
Shafer
Legislative Braves
House of Representatives
Senate
House
Penna
News Service
Speer, Hitler's Architect, Survives War Crimes Trial
Jim Bishop profiles Albert Speer, once Adolf Hitler's personal architect and armaments minister, who received 20 years in Spandau. The piece traces Speer's guarded reflections in prison, his postwar wealth from memoirs, and his controversial stance on his role in the Nazi regime.
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Jim Bishop
Albert Speer
Adolf Hitler
Reich
Nazi Germany
Nuremburg
Speer
Germany
Spandau
Anton Viner
Third Reich
Hitler
Macmillani
Berlin
Ike Charlie Chaplin
Spéer
Hilde
Indiana Burning Gazettety DuLiet 4
Classified page from Indiana Gazette listing publishing company details and subscription rates. Includes staff roles, Associated Press note, and mail and motor route pricing across Indiana counties with terms and delivery options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene
Indiana FI Ting & Ae Publishing
Indlung
Frank B. Hood
Associated Press
AP News
EGY
Jodiana
Arn ‘Strong
Cambris
Clearfield
Jefferson
West Moreland
Quiside
Indiana
Romall
Blairsville Church Secures Pipe Organ Gift and Wiring Upgrade
In September 1926 the Blairsville Methodist Episcopal Church receives a gift of a fine pipe organ and funds to rewire the building with new fixtures. The community notes reflect church improvements funded by member generosity and planned modernization.
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Methodist Episcopal Church of
Blairsville
Oilmen’s political fund drive tied to Texas group
A Texas group linked by blood marriage and corporate ties quietly routed thousands to politicians favoring oil interests. Quintana Petroleum and related officials shield identities while boosting lawmakers on oil tax benefits, with contributions to House Ways and Means members and to Senators including Lloyd Bentsen and Low Welcker. The scheme follows a history of secrecy and past probes into Quintana’s practices.
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Jack Anderson
Les Whitten
Washington
Quintana Petroleum Corporation
Quintana
Federal Election Commission
Treasury
John Connally
Houston
William H. Crushel Jr
Connally
Congress
House
Ways and Means
James Jones
D.-Okla
Donald. Clancy
Ohio
Philip Crane
B.-L
William Steiger
R.wis
Guy Vander Jagt
R.«Mich
Clancy
Independent Petroleum Association of America
Quintana Bunch
Lloyd Bentsen
D.tex
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Lowell Welcker
R.C
Bob Krueger
D.-Tex
Bob Eckhardt
IPAA
Qui
Liberty candidate MacBride advocates limited government
Roger L. MacBride of the Libertarian Party promotes a manifesto calling for abolishing Washington power and restoring government to Founding Fathers’ intent. He argues the state has grown 100 fold in 45 years, taxes fund excessive meddling, and warns against anarchic governance while acknowledging the need for a public referee.
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Lockheed
Congress
Emms-Biolex
California
Biolex
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
Don Oakley
Roger L. MacBride
Libertarian Party
MacBride
America
Green Hill Publishers, Inc
Ottawa
Ill
Washington
Cunalier
Mactide
Carl Rowan
Uncle Sam
Stroke Club Forms in Indiana For Survivors Meeting
A stroke survivor reports attending the inaugural meeting of a Stroke Club in Indiana. He notes the value of meeting others who have had strokes and invites others to join. The next meeting is set for October 28, 1976 at 7 30 p.m. Harold Bailing signs the letter.
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Hitler
Indiana
Harold Bailing
New Ultra Radical Labor Parties Rise in U.S. Ballot Access
Victor Riesel reports a surge of ultra radical groups from CPUSA to SWP, using petitions to win presidential ballot spots. CPUSA claims over 500,000 signatures, with 26 states on track and 16 certified. SWP shows about 3,287 in New York. The piece notes active youth, unionists, and a shared revolutionary rhetoric, led by Gus Hall and Moscow links.
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Victor Riesel
New York
Amer- Ca
CIA
Communist Party
U.S.A
Socialist Workers’ Party
U.S. Labor Party
Indiana
Communist Party U
CPUSA
Temperance League
Mammoth
Manhattan Center
Moon
Gus Hall
Arva Kusta Halberg
Virginia
Minn
Hall
Minneapolis
Maine
California
Ohio
Illinis
New Jersey
Dakotas
Alabama
Louisiana
Trotskyite
SWP
Eugene Victor Debs
Norman ‘Thomas
Socialist Party
Fidel Casto
Fourth International
Brussels
Hugeneere
Moscow Lenin University
Moscow
Syndicae
Bolivia’s Dual Capitals Sucre and La Paz Explained
It notes Bolivia uses Sucre as the official capital for constitutional matters while La Paz houses the government offices and executive functions, highlighting the country’s two-capital arrangement.
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Bolivia
Sucre
la Paz
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Seton CIA
General State Authority
Indiana State College
Thaddeus Stevens
GSA
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Cohn
Grady
Federal Power Commission
Ford
Bahamas
Wisconsin
Jack Olson
Olson
Seymour Weiss
State Department
Caribbean
White House
Weisss
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Newspaper Enterprise Assn
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