Drive on Again to Detour Highway Trust Funds
Editorial discusses the Interstate Highway System 1956 origins and the Highway Trust Fund. It compares proposals to dismantle or preserve the fund, noting federal versus state funding roles and the need to finish interstates while maintaining non Interstate highways and rural road repairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Whissel
Congress
Senate Public Works Committee
Guardians of the
Florida
Tenth District
Clarence E. Miller
Ohio
Prises
Miller
U.S. Transportation Department
General Accounting Office
America
Hardy
Highway Trust Fund
Washington
Athens Messenger Publisher History and Staff Roster
The Athens Messenger listing shows its Route 33 N office in Athens Ohio with Frederick W Bush publisher 1896-1929 and Gordon K Bush publisher 1929-1965. It also notes G Kenner Bush publisher Richard R Paynter assistant to the publisher Fred W Weber circulation director Karl W Runser managing editor Roy Cross district editor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson Road
Athens
Ohio
Frederick W. Bush
G. Kenner Bush
Richard R. Paynter
Fred W. Weber
Karl W. Runser
Roy Cross
Collective Minds on Ohio SB 70 Veto Override
Editorial notes the Ohio House failure to override the governor's SB 70 veto, citing 56-37 results with two defecting Democrats. It argues for a balanced public employee collective bargaining law, replacing the Ferguson Act with a two sided compromise acceptable to the governor, employers, employees, and the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio House of Representatives
Ohio
House
Senate
Wallace poised to shape Democratic contest as spoiler in 1976
The piece argues George Wallace enters the 1976 Democratic race as a spoiler with a solid base and a strong organization. It highlights early pivotal states New Hampshire New York Wisconsin and Florida and notes Wallace could derail Carter Udall and Jackson Bayh by leveraging crossovers and labor support in Michigan Pennsylvania Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Washington
George Wallace
New Hampshire
New York
Wisconsin
Estes Kefauver
Gene McCarthy
George McGovern
Wallace
Florida
Jimmy Carter
Arizona
Morris Udall
Pennsylvania
Texas
Michigan
Indiana
Henry Jackson
Birch Bayh
Jackson
Wallace influence on 1972 primaries could decide convention
The piece argues that if Wallace performs well in Indiana Michigan Ohio and New Jersey the Democratic field narrows to three or four and no clear victor emerges at the convention. Wallace’s continued presence could trigger a brokered convention with Humphrey or Muskie while risking a Wallace third party run that siphons votes from both parties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace
Indiana
Michigan
Sen. Bayh
California
Ohio
New Jersey
Alabama
Hubert Humphrey
Edmund Muskie
Wallace Bolt
John Sparkman
Preclude Penalties In Conserving Gas
Ohio utility regulators urge Columbia Gas of Ohio to shield residential savers from rate penalties as they push a plan to keep revenue steady. The PUCO asks cross-subsidies from commercial and industrial users and warns rationing could come if residential conservation drives revenue down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus, Ohio
Ohio
Sally Bloomfield
Columbia
Gas of
Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
PUCO
Flood Insurance Act of 1973 Sparks Reach for Reform
Congress debates the 1973 flood insurance act amid fears of federal control and restrictive rebuilding rules. The 100-year flood line draws criticism for including areas with no prior floods, while banks enforce compliance or deny lending. Senate hearings consider restoring voluntariness. supporters seek a workable balance between coverage and control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hell
Congress
United States
Bank
Savings and Loan Association
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Tom Eagleton
Missouri
Appalachia
HUD
Eagleton
Lincoln County
Senate
McGovern
Bayh
Hartke
Abourezk
Thurmond
Dole
Eastland
Bush Retrenchment May Face Ford
Washington reports a looming political storm over President Ford's CIA nomination of George Bush. Aides fear Senate rejection and a potential pivot away from Bush to safeguard a possible 1976 vice presidential bid. Delayed hearings suggest a stall until year end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ford
George Bush
CIA
White House
Central Intelligence
William Colby
Bush
Senate
Capital Hill
Nelson Rockefeller
Colby
Ito
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Public Works Committee
Jennings Randolph
Bud Shuster
Southcentral
Public Works Surface Transportation Subcommittee
Shuster
Potomac
the Athens Messenger
Gordon K. Bush
As Goes
Rosewell
New Mexico
Joseph Kraft
The
Small Society
Mensch
Francisco
James Kilpatrick
Meet the Press
Secretary of Defense
Donald Rumsfeld
Rowland Evans and
Robert Novak
Peking
China
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