Ford Effort to Cut Federal Forms Faces Bureaucratic Hurdles
A Washington snapshot shows President Ford’s drive to cut federal forms by ten percent failing to curb paperwork. OMB data from October 1975 to October 1976 reveal forms dropping from 3,146 to 418, but hours to complete them rose from 130.3 million to 148 million. Officials argue consolidation and new programs offset the gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Ford
Office of Management and Budget
OMB
OMR
Congress
Carter comments on right to work issue and repeal debate
The piece cites Jimmy Carter remarks on the right to work law and his later stance on signing repeal if presented. It contrasts state adoption of Section 14b with job growth figures from 1964 to 1974, arguing repeal would increase control by union leadership and urging public letters to Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy Carter
Jonasons
Turkey
Greece
Johnson
Vance
Wall Street
Panama
Dominiag Republic
Washington
Cyprus
Mediterranean
Henry Kissinger
Are Oil Men Bad Men
A 1970s era memo argues U.S. energy policy is blocked by environmental and regulatory hostility to private oil gas and power firms. Mobil Oil counteracts with ads led by Herbert Schmertz calling for broad energy information and opposing the oilmen as villains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Widener
New York City
U.S
Washington, D.C
Alaska
Wall Street
Washington
Capitol Hill
National Science Foundation
Itt
Tt Nsf
NSF
Patents Office
Gil
Mobil Oil
Herbert Schmertz
Mr. Schmertz
Regionalism shapes 1980 party battles across America
A King Features Syndicate analysis argues regional blocs define contest dynamics in the GOP and Democratic factions. It highlights the rising Western liberal and Southern conservative divide, noting shifts from Northeast dominance to Midwest and Rocky Mountain strength.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kevin P. Phillips
Washington
RFS
Barry Goldwater
Richard Nixon
California
Jerry Brown
Jimmy Carter
American Political Science Review
University of California
James Lengle
Hyron Shafer
Northeast
Frank Church
Texas
Jim Wright
Philip Burton
House of Representatives
Republican Party
West
Midwest
National Democratic Party
GOP
New England
New York
Pennsylvania
Xcey
Weery
Middle West
Ohio
Indiana
Tnois
Michigan
Iowa
Kansas
Unal
Rocky Mountains
Tennessee
Rocky Mountain
Wyoming
Utah
Colorado
Rocky Mountain West
Pacific West
Cheyenne
el Paso
National Republican Party
King Features Syndicate
At Wit's End I Can't Do That
A humorous personal essay about holiday craft mania and self doubt. The narrator mocks craft fairs while confessing a drive to imitate projects seen at bazaars. She jokes about transforming odd items into holiday decor and admits feeling overwhelmed by the messes of crafting life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erma Numbegn
Santa
A Timely Warning From Buckley On Western Defense
WILLIAM F BUCKLEY JR argues that US defense posture should counter Soviet MIRV development and Delta missiles while criticizing NATO poses. He cites Middendorf and Kissinger warnings, notes MAD past limits, and laments reduced US naval strength since Pearl Harbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. Buckley JR
Secretary of the Navy
Pearl Harbor
Liberty
Web
New York Times
William Middendorf
Antarctic
Henry Kissinger
Europe
NATO
Middendorf
Moscow
United States
Vna
Soviet Union
Pocantica Hills
Rockefeller
Senate
U.S
Kissinger
Brussels
Spain
Brezhenev
Italy
Air
Anthony Crosland
Carter
Dbensolt
Vance Seen as Low-Key Yet Steady Choice for State
Washington eyes Cyrus R. Vance as Jimmy Carter's Secretary of State a cautious choice praised for fact based diplomacy. The former Deputy Secretary of Defense under Johnson helped ease tensions with the Soviet Union and brokered Cyprus peace efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anuney Oye
Washington
Senate
Cyrus R. Vance
Jimmy Carter
Vance
Defense
Johnson
Lynton
Clark Clifford
Deen Acheson
Soviet Union
Cyprus
Russia
Ankara
Athens
Greece
Turkey
Provocateur
Makarios
London
Lyndon Johnson
Will Rogers on symposiums and political hopes and fears
Will Rogers recalls attending a symposium with friend Wall Durant to discuss the Hopes and Fears of Russia and the Democratic Party. He notes the party hopes for action but fears inaction, presenting a humorous take on optimism and doubt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Apo
Wall Durant
Russia
Democratic Party
Also Mentioned on This Page
Aderson Corrie
Assocaito
Nebraska
Oklahome
New Mexico
Arizona
Uled
Buckley
Will Rogers
Marcy S
Bryan Stering
Register and Tribune Syndicate
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!