Debt limit reform proposed in Senate Joint Resolution 3
The editorial backs SJR 3 and its House referral as a method to cap state debt. It supports restricting total debt service to six percent of average two year revenue and a combined tax and revenue debt cap of eight percent, with yearly reserves of four percent or more and rejects lending full faith and credit to public projects. The piece argues legislators would face accountability for bond decisions and rejects the full faith and credit provision.
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Senate
House of Representatives
House
Ssocens Gungeeensemueag Enerdn
Tase Sks Comindet
General Assembly
White Flight Seals of Newfoundland Face Slaughter
A harsh account describes hunters from Norway and Canada targeting harps seals off Newfoundland, focusing on pups for their white coats. It notes large annual death tolls, with 160 000 pups killed last year and calls for protection as populations decline toward extinction potential.
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Newfoundland
Canadian Department of
Weekly Food Budget Steady at $48 Says Gallup Poll
The Gallup Poll shows non-farm families spend a median $48 weekly on food, unchanged from last year and up from $11 in 1937. Regional differences appear with the Northeast higher, while USDA forecasts a 3 to 4 percent rise this year and weather could push prices further.
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George Gallup
Princeton
N.J
Gallup
Northeast
Cay Casponse Ennee
Faedo
U.S. Department
Athens County 4-H program facts raised in letter to editor
A reader outlines 4-H participation with 2 300 youths in nearly 40 activities and 79 clubs plus 200 volunteers. The letter notes 1 009 members displayed work at the county fair and criticizes county spending on furniture, road plans, playground blacktop, and donations to local centers, citing Journal 30 pages 339 350 as source.
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the Messenger
Athens County
Journal 30
County Auditor's Office
Notes From The Capital Activists Grow In Ohio Legislature
A. Van Meter 33 of Ashland emerges as an activist as 1978 elections approach. Speaker Kurfess of Perrysburg leads a visible GOP caucus push with policy bills and press releases backed by many Republicans. Senator Aronoff warns of creeping big brotherism as state and local records collect dossiers on Ohioans.
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A. van Meter
Ashland
van Meter
Beht
Charles F. Kurfess
Perrysburg
Kurfess
Charlie's Angels
Stanley J. Aronoff
Ohio Intoral Control Board
Carter tree house plan for Amy at the White House
A lighthearted column mocks President Carter and his daughter Amy planning a White House tree house. It contrasts past presidential constructions with bureaucratic hurdles and predicts delays until 1981 with possible budget impacts and future expansions by incoming president William Simon.
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Amy
White House
Washington
Carter
Plains
Nixon
House of Representatives
Pentagon
William E. Simon
Will Rogers Reflects on Flood District and Politics
The article quotes Will Rogers noting the flood district is affected again and mentions Congress considering tariff, farm relief, Ku Klux, Cuba, and dike upgrades. He jokes they will adjourn and then pass a resolution against another flood. The fragment references promises of offices in exchange for votes and mentions political maneuvering in the 1920s.
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Cuba
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