Remembering Joe Harrington A Venice newspaper man
A tribute recalls Joseph Harrington a longtime editor and prolific crime and political writer. The late journalist began as a copy boy for the New York Graphic then rose to ace police reporter and city hall sleuth on various New York papers. He later wrote detective fiction and magazine pieces before health issues limited his work.
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Venice
Joseph Harrington
Jimmy Walker
Tammany Hall
Joe
Sam Dillon
Harrington
Boston University
New York Graphic
Hearst
William Randolph Hearst
New York
Saturday Evening Post
Colliers
New Yorker
Liberty
The
Post
Hollywood
Newark
Joe Harrington
What happened to good old fashioned service
A reader vents about poor customer service from utilities and retailers. The column details repeated phone outages, vague responses, and long delays from a telephone company and its maintenance staff. It praises the maintenance crew for finally restoring service after six days.
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Ali
Robert Young
Dr. Welby
Murphy Telephone
Alexander Graham Bell
Salse
Republican stance on ERA and abortion sparks reader concerns
A Gondolier columnist muses on how a constitutional ban on abortion would reshape American life. The piece warns of back alley abortions, international travel for means, rising welfare rolls, and shattered political credibility for Republicans if they push anti abortion measures.
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Republican Party
Gondolier
Mike Murphy
United States
Mixed Reaction to YMCAs South County Crisis
Letter from Peter A Walsh former executive director at Prescott YMCA recounts a severe financial crisis at the South County YMCA Venice Florida from 1976 to 1979. He cites mismanagement misaligned planning costly facilities staff burnout and limited support from the national office. He still praises YMCA youth programs and Venice’s community support.
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South County
YMCA
Venice
Florida
National Council For Ymcas
South County Ymca
Peter A. Walsh
Prescott
Arizona
Urge permanent House narcotics committee to curb drug abuse
Charles E. Koch urges action to preserve the House Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control. He argues a Senate counterpart is absent, cites 65 hearings, and calls on citizens to write Representatives Ireland and Bafalis and Speaker O Neill to keep the committee.
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Congress
House Select Committee
Lester L. Wolff
Senate
United States
Washington
Select Committee On
Narcotics Abuse and Control
Drug Enforcement Administration
House Select Committee On
Andy Ireland
L. A
Skip” Bafalis
U.S. House of Representatives
Washington, D.C
Thomas P. O'Neill
Overzealous Venice officer questioned traffic stop
A traveler from New Jersey reports a Venice police officer handcuffing and arresting a driver after an improper turn. The letter claims such enforcement targets both genders and questions police conduct in Venice versus Newark.
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Sarasota
New Jersey
Venice
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