Harrisburg budget impasse edges toward compromise
Harrisburg faces a prolonged budget fight as Gov Rendell and the Legislature clash over a multibillion deficit. With a $3.3 billion shortfall from the previous year and a looming new deficit, both sides push tax increases or deeper cuts. Experts warn a middle ground is likely, though fragile, as negotiations continue amid calls for spending restraint and political risk.
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Harrisburg
Barbara Hafer
Pennsylvania
Ed Rendell
Arizona
Connecticut
Kentucky
Mississippi
North Carolina
Ohio
Susp
Senate
Rendell
Enate
Robert B. Ward
Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government
The
State University of New York
Ward
Florida
Charlie Crist
G. Terry Madonna
Center For Opinion Research
Franklin & Marshall College
Lancaster
Madonna
Hafer
Prayer and Thought for the Day Verse Reflection
A devotional note echoes Psalm 103 1 12 praising the Lord's compassion and forgiveness. It invites readers to view others with love and extend forgiveness as forgiven, ending with a prayer and a thought for the day urging loving world perspective.
Readers Write About Township Trash Haul Deal
A letter recalls a June 30 notice about a 11 a.m meeting five years ago at the township building where two newly elected supervisors, one Democrat and one Republican, reportedly signed an agreement with Resource Recovery to haul trash from New York and New Jersey to the township. The writer urges residents to support officials to protect local wild areas and the sole recreation area.
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New York
New Jersey
Seneca Falls and the Declaration of Sentiments Remembered
National Perspective reflects on the 1848 Seneca Falls Women s Rights Convention and its impact from the Declaration of Sentiments to the later path to women s suffrage. It contrasts the equal rights pledge with history s long struggle, highlighting Stanton Mott and Douglass as pivotal figures and noting the 19th Amendment’s 1920 success. The piece links independence ideals to American daring and reform.
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David M. Shribman
Seneca Falls
N.Y
Philadelphia
Abigail Adams
Independence Hall
The
Women’s Movement
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel
Frederick Douglass
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Lucretia Mott
Martha Wright
Mott
Jane Hunt
America
Mary Ann M’clintock
Women’s’ Rights National Historical Park
Earth
Thomas Jefferson
Great Britain
Europe
Russia
Wyoming
Utah
Colorado
Idaho
Susan B. Anthony
Pittsburgh Post- Gazette
Universal Press Syndicate
On This Date History Snippets From 1999 to 1934
Records recount Philipsburg Heritage Days honors in 1999 with State Rep Lynn B Herman and local veterans group. Earlier notices honor Miss Beth Ann Tiesi in 1984 Miss Teen of America pageant plans and sponsor groups. 1959 cadet James R Winkler at Fort Sill ROTC camp reports artillery training. 1934 Miss Marguerite Kuhn graduates as beautician at Moose Child City program in Mooseheart Illinois.
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Lynn B. Herman
R-77
Philipsburg
Lena McClellan
Amvets Ladies Auxiliary
Harold “Topper” Quick
Rep
Herman
Norman Domblnsky
Jamie Washburn
Jessica Callahan
Robert Leskovansky
Ed Hicks
James Mahute
Robert Johnston
George Domblnsky
Lester Bryant
Donald Stonebraker
William Shugarts
Beth Ann Tiesi
Frank
Susie Tiesi
Irvona
Pennsylvania
Muehlenburg High School
Reading
Glendale High School
Glendale
Don
Mariann Kitko
Jake
Leona Katshen
James R. Winkler
St. Bonaventure University
William E. Winkler
Race Street
Clearfield
Fort Sill
Okio
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
Marguerite . Kuhn
N.B. Kuhn
Cemetery Road
Moose Child City
L.C.C
Mooseheart
Ill
New York Central Railroad
Jersey Shore
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International Typographical Union
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Siat
Maes Qabt
Cing Dow
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Allstate
Amazon.Com
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Coming Inc
Strategic Acc Redem
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HPQ
Ener Foods
Intel
DuPont Co
J.C. Penn
Johns & John
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Microsoft
NWSB
Pepsi
Pfizer Inc
PPL
Philip Morris
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Qualcomm
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