Federal Reorganization Not All It Seems to Be
President Carter’s initial plan to reorganize the Executive Office and White House staff faces skepticism. The cuts reassign about a third of EOP jobs to other bureaus, with many openings filled by normal attrition. The White House staff shrinkage drops from 485 to 351, a 28 percent reduction, though critics question the depth of the reform.
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Frank Cormier
Associated Press
Washington
Carter
Congress
White House
EOP
Board of Tea Tasters
Senate
House
This Day in History July 22 1977 Highlights
This day marks Wiley Post finishing the first solo round the world flight in Winnie Mae in 1933. Other noted events include Napoleon in Cairo 1798 and the Battle of Salamanca 1812.
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Wiley Post
Napoleon Bonaparte
Cairo
Duke of Wellington
Salamanca
Spain
FBI
Chicago
John Dillinger
U.S Senate
Franklin Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Rube Goldberg Rules Set James Kilpatrick
Kilpatrick criticizes HEW Secretary Joe Califano for desegregation rules in six Southern states. He calls the mandates a clash of goals and quotas, arguing federal control over higher education and insisting real choice remains with students and institutions. Virginia and Virginia State illustrate persistent demographics.
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Rube Goldberg
James Kilpatrick
HEW
Joe Califano
Humpty-Dumpty
Califano
Old Dominion
University of Virginia
Virginia State College
Petersburg
Professor Goldberg
Humpty- Dumpty
Sunset Bill Struggle Faces Quiet Congressional Review
Washington watches a pivotal but low profile fight over a sunset bill that would automatically terminate federal programs every six years unless Congress affirmatively reauthorizes them. The proposal, backed by President Carter, advances through initial congressional steps with broad support.
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Washington
Congress
Carter
Senate
Sen
John H. Glenn Jr
Ohio
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Russell B. Long
D-La
Secretary of Treasury
Michael Blumenthal
Glenn
Treasury
Long
Capitol Hill Faces Sunset Fight Over Tax Expenditures
In Washington the debate over a new congressional budget process intensifies as the Senate backs a sunset mechanism. Key figures include CBO head Alice Rivlin and lawmakers like Giaimo Jackson Ashley and Long. The battle centers on tax expenditures versus direct spending under review.
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Washington
U.S
Capitol City
Congressional
Congress
House
CBO
Senate
Budget Committee
Alice M. Rivlin
Brookings Institution
Rivlin
The
Hill
Ms. Rivlin
Gerald Ford
Giaimo
Jackson
Ashley
Glenn
John Danforth
R-Mo
Abraham A. Ribicoff
Dconn
Ribicoff
Long
Senate Finance Committee
Danforth
Muskie
Carter
White House
Capitol Hill
Ohio House Faces Split Over Women Information Service
Gov Rhodes would decide if a new Women's Information Service is created in the Legislative Reference Bureau to provide information on women's rights and legal status. Rep Waldo Bennett Rose criticized the plan as special treatment while Rep Edith Mayer sought to rename a public workers board to PERB, a proposal defeated.
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Columbus. Ohio
Ohio House
James A. Rhodes
Legislative Reference Bureau
Waldo Bennett Rose
R-64
Lima
Rose
Edith Mayer
Cincinnati
House
Harry Turner
Mount Vernon
Ohio Supreme Court voices on voter registration referendum
The majority effectively repeals the people’s right to referendum by ruling instant voter registration can take effect without a referendum vote. Chief Justice C William O’Neill writes a minority dissent opposing immediate implementation without a public vote.
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Ohio
C. William O'Neill
Supreme Court
Will Rogers Urges Focus on Domestic Affairs and Morality
Will Rogers decries national crime and public immorality while churches show low attendance. He warns Americans that a failure to mind their own business and respect others' freedoms will bring consequences, urging more self restraint and prudent conduct at home.
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Office of Management and Budget
Sicily
Palermo
Leopold III
Belgium
Carl Sandburg
North Carolina
Richard Nixon
Spiro Agnew
House of Representatives
Rose Kennedy
Adam Malik
Oval Office
Ona
LST
Dent Carter
Henry M. Jackson
Wash
Thomas Ashley
Robert N. Giaimo
D-Conn
Brickman
Senate Governmental Affairs Committee
O'Neill
Small Society
AEN
Will Rogers
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