Shafer Administration Could Be Taxing-Est in Pennsylvania History
The Shafer administration faces a looming burden as about 500 million dollars in new taxes are poised to fund a budget for 1969 70. Previous legislatures have committed roughly 300 million in increases, limiting the governor to vetoing only parts of his program while lawmakers resist cuts. If a 600 million tax rise passes, the label taxing est would be earned, combining past 300 million and current 500 to near a billion dollars in tax increases.
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Shafer
Pennsylvania
Bring your convention to the city
New Castle invites groups to hold annual conventions. GNCA chair Thomas R. Collins says the city now offers enhanced dining and meeting facilities and will assist with arrangements. GNCA provides brochures on hotels and local attractions to promote conventions as a steady income source.
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New Castle
Thomas R. Collins
Greater New
Whalen and Wiesner debate ABM at Bohemian Grove
Ras Cherished illusions author Richard Whalen recounts a 1967 interview with Dr. Jerome Wiesner on ABM defense and Soviet threat. Whalen says Wiesner voiced cautious support for defending Minuteman sites if needed and warned about censoring opinions to please a Soviet regime.
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Richard Whalen
Richard Nixon
Miami Beach
Bohemian Grove
California
White House
Whalen
Jerome Wiesner
MIT
Ted Kennedy
Wiesner
Grove
Minuteman Silos
Nixon
Minuteman
Moscow Politburo
United States
Soviet Union
Russia
U.S
Western Europe
U. S
Barn Fire Delays and Faith Help Keep People Going
A Swedish farmer cannot contact firefighters as his barn burns. A neighbor travels 18 miles to report the fire, the engine lacks gas, is pushed to a station, then stuck in mud. Soldiers are needed to free the engine, but the barn is destroyed. The piece urges calm, perseverance, and faith, concluding with a prayer for common sense and providence.
Revenue listings and exchanges in private ad section
A fragment shows names Dewne Treadwell Anderson and Beane amid private exchange ads. Mentions Bell Telephone and multiple individuals likely linked to exchanges or listings. The text is incomplete but indicates a classified ad page with personal names and business references.
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Dewne Treadwell Anderson
Fred Rent
Beane
Treadwell Poyson Leonard T Kelesinski
James W. Trewitt
Bell Telephone
Personal View on Pornography Censorship Challenged
A reader’s pornographic film prompts the author to reassess bans on sexual material. A psychiatrist and four couples discuss whether such films tempt, deter, or inflame behavior, concluding censorship may fuel demand and that normal adults are largely unmoved by explicit content.
Lawmakers Press For Bigger Trucks And Buses
Rep. Frank M. Clark promotes a bill to widen buses from 96 to 102 inches and allow unlimited outward side-view mirrors. Illinois allies back a broader truck measure as highway safety concerns surface. Clark, re-elected, faces next year’s election amid charge of truck industry influence.
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Frank M. Clark
Lawrence County
Clark
Illinois
American Trucking Assa
Pennsylvania
House Public Works Committee
House
Bus Industry Public Affairs Committee
Beaver
Butler
Lawrence
Greedy Pennsylvania lawmakers seek pay hike to 19000 a year
Tarentum Valley Daily News says Democratic leaders in Harrisburg plan a raise from 7200 salary and 4800 expenses to 19000 combined, hoping to trade votes for Shafer tax and budget approval. Critics call many lawmakers lazy, absentee, and prone to travel-pay abuse, urging a more honest legislature.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Commonwealth
Tarentum Valley Daily News
Senator McGregor proposes cutting Pennsylvania legislature size
In Harrisburg Sen. Jack E. McGregor introduces a bill to shrink the Pennsylvania House to 120 members and the Senate to 40, arguing 93 fewer representatives would save expenses. The plan takes effect in 1982, requiring constitutional amendments and voter approval, a chance unlikely to pass soon.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Assembly
Assembly
Jack E. McGregor
Allegheny County
House of the Assembly
Senate
McGregor
Sen
Sen. McGregor
Prisoner rehabilitation letter offers private grant aid
PARC offers assistance in jail rehabilitation praising an editorial on second chances. It proposes employing a special education instructor for prisoners and notes Beaver County and others adopt this, offering to apply for private funds if state money is unavailable. Letter sent to the Lawrence County Prison Board chairman.
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Beaver County
Lawrence County
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