Wisconsin Democrat laments pricey Senate Building overruns
Editorial cites William Proxmire's critique of the Washington Senate Office Building, noting a $122 million cost, 154 percent overrun, and frills like a rooftop dining room and a third gym. The piece argues Congress is squanderful and urges top-level frugality to aid Social Security, welfare, and city aid.
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William Broxmire
Wisconsin Democrat
Senate
Washington
Capitol Hill
Congress
New York City
Lawmaker Apologizes After Vote Correction Confusion
Rep Fortney H Stark explains he briefly lost his senses during a Humphrey Hawkins vote and apologized to the speaker and colleagues. The incident spurs a wry pundit remark about lawmakers lacking signs of good sense as they drift from rational action.
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Rep
Fortney H
Pete) Stark
D-Calif
Stark
Civil Liberty and Self-Government Quote by Lieber 1852
Quotable excerpt from Francis Lieber on civil liberty stressing liberty within a social system and political organism. It highlights a combination of principles and laws that recognize protect and favor human dignity.
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Francis Lieber
Russians face renewed pressure over space debris costs
The article recalls Cosmos 954's radioactive debris over Canada and argues Moscow must pay for damages under international orbiting rules. It notes Canada and the United States spent millions on cleanup and a one-year monitoring period, while Russia dodges responsibility, with global distrust mounting over withholding data.
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Canada
Northwest Territories
United States
New York Times
Nation in trouble warns Trains columnist Kneiling
John G. Kneiling of Trains magazine argues in an April issue that the United States is deindustrializing under political pressures and union fights. He cites plant closings, wage deals, and disincentives, warning that capital formation is stalling and welfare masking decline.
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Antha
Congress
America
John G. Kneiling
Trains Magazine
Mr. Kneiling
Trains
Kneiling
Great Lakes
United Mine Workers
Government seeks control over rights and guns in Oak Ridge
A Los Angeles Times Syndicate column notes increasing federal reach into daily life and culture. It details Uncle Sam’s scrutiny of Oak Ridge girls basketball and a separate ATF seizure of deactivated rifles and pistols from a Washington museum. The piece argues government overreach threatens freedoms and privacy amid debates on human rights and gun control.
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Uncle Sam
Oak Ridge
Tenn
Treasury Department
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
Washington, D.C
Museum of the National Rifle’ Assn
Los Angeles Times Syndicate
Saturday Night Fever as tribal ritual and self obsession
WILLIAM Fr. BUCKLEY compares the film to an aboriginal ritual of modern life. He notes Tony and friends in Brooklyn revel in dance and bravado while family faith and social norms fray. The review treats the movie as a mirror of our pagan society and youthful excess.
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William Fr. Buckley
National Geographic
Margaret Mead
Tony
Brooklyn
Verrazano Bridge
Manhattan
Laurence Olivier
Father Frank
Mum
Lower Manhattan
Robert Elliot Fitch
Peter Berger
Rutgers
United States
New urban plan by Ronald Eagan critiques Carter urban policy
The piece argues that new federal urban programs and a proposed national development bank will fail due to bureaucratic bloat and interagency conflict. It calls for transferring urban funding and responsibility back to cities to empower local problem solving and reduce dependency on Washington.
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Washington
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Housing and Urban Development
Patricia Harris
Stuart Bizenstat
America
National Development Bank
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