Drunkenness Payoff Wins Reinstatement Case
A Boston ruling orders reinstatement with back pay for a 53 year old VA Boston worker fired for abusive language and threats while intoxicated. The Civil Service Commission found mitigating factors due to intoxication and memory lapse, prompting VA to consider an appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civil Service Commission
Boston
Mike Causey
The
Washington Post
Veterans Administration
Lady Chatterly
National Association of Government Employes
Gna
CSC
Congress should be restrained to curb spending says business poll
A National Federation of Independent Business survey of over 300000 business leaders finds 86 percent favor the President’s limit on government spending to curb inflation and balance the budget. Respondents from Ohio Vermont and Illinois warn against wasteful programs and insist Congress must discipline itself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
California
National Federation of Independent Business, Inc
Ohio
Vermont
Illinois
Nixon
Women Work and Equal Rights Drive in 1973
A column arguing women should share hard, dangerous jobs as the Equal Rights Amendment nears ratification. It cites pay gaps and job barriers, lists examples of women in construction and policing, notes legislators’ resistance, and highlights female service members and workers challenging stereotypes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marilyn Beis
Beth Briggs
Telephone Company
Arkansas
Matt Jones
Army
Robert F. Forehike
WAC
Lackland Air Base
Texas
Nancy Morrison
San Quentin
Gen. Fea. Corp
Concrete lobby stands against Nixon on highway funds
In St Louis a federal appeals court blocked impoundment of interstate highway funds, paving the way for the concrete lobby led by highway contractors and manufacturers to push more road construction. The piece argues inflationary risks, calls for better public transit, and notes political power tied to highway spending and veto battles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
Nixon
Congress
Supreme Court
United Automobile Workers
Concrete Lobby
Michigan
Sam Ervin
North Carolina
Missouri
Senator Ervin
Senate
House Committee On Public Works
Stennis Recovery Opens Door for Symington as Acting Chair
Sen John Stennis writes his constituents that doctors expect a full recovery and a return to work as Senate Armed Services Committee chair. Meanwhile Sen Stuart Symington acts as chair, guiding the panel with care while Stennis heals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
D.C
John Stennis
D-Miss
Senate Armed Services Committee
Stennis
Sen
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Symington
Air Force
Committees On Space and Foreign Relations
Armed Services
John
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Hughes
Pentagon
Senate
Defense
Indochina
Richardson
England
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Nixon Aims to Trim Federal Spending and Veto Power
The piece urges strong citizen backing for President Nixon to curb federal outlays and support vetoes. It cites rising spending from 24 to 40 percent of income, calls for tax code fixes to aid private care and housing, and urges Congress to use incentives over new programs to restrain growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiliam A. Stanmeyer
Congress
Nixon
U.S. Senate
House of Representatives
Washington
Tax voting proposal calls for direct taxpayer control of spending
Lowell Ponte argues for a 1970s tax voting reform that lets individuals allocate their taxes via two ballots on an income tax form. The plan envisions a central computer sorting ballots to fund categories such as national defense and welfare, shifting power from Congress to taxpayers and promising broader democracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Washington, D.C
House
Senate
Washington
National Defense
Police Services
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Where To Write Your Legislators
Directory lists Washington offices for Senator Hartke Bayh and Representatives Dennis Hillis with district outlines. Includes full preamble text of the U S Constitution. Public notes urge contacting members of Congress for district matters and constitutional grounding.
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Paul Flarvey
Lakeland, Fla
Long Beach
Calif
Oakland
Ann Arbor
Mich
Kathy Papapanos
Lansing
Anderson Herald
Anderson Newspapers, Inc
Jackson Street
Anderson
Indiana
George D. Crittenberger
Harriet W. Toner
Robert W. Jackson
Meneger
Charles W. Laughlin
Carrie
Son
Herald
Associated Press
Pablo Picasso
By Russell Kirk
President Nixon
John Maynard Keynes
Keynes
Dolor
Vietnam
Executive Branch
Treasury
Holmes Alexander
Stennis and
Alexander
America
Capitol Hill
Goldwater
Thurmond
Cannon
Iowa
Comer
United States
Office of Economic Opportunity
OEO
Lowell Ponte
New York
R. Vance Hartke
Washington, D. C
Birch E. Bayh Jr
David W. Dennis
Longworth
Madison
Delaware, Hancock and
Henry Counties
Elwood H. Hillis
Hamilton Counties
Grant and
Tipton
United States of America
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