VIP travel: just charge it to the taxpayers
The piece argues that congressional travel abroad remains extensive and poorly reported. It cites 308 members making 544 foreign trips in a year, with costs estimated around 1.35 to 1.7 million dollars and weak reporting leaving costs unclear. The author calls for transparent, accessible travel records to inform voters.
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Capitol Hill
Congress
St. Lucia
Paris
Cairo
Washington Post
Ae Quarterly
Maine
William Cohen
Congressional Quarterly
Congressional
House
Indiana
Sen
Vance Hartke
Senate
Austria
Denmark
Norway
Sweden
Ies
Mexico
Ohio
Wayne Hays
Elizabeth Ray Fame
Congressional Record
Kenya
The Only Child Myth and Reality Challenged
Paul Harvey argues that being an only child is not a defect and cites studies and notable onlies to show normal development. He notes examples from Roosevelt to Gandhi and argues that personality and marriage outcomes vary, with no inherent disadvantage to only children.
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Paul Harvey
Los Angeles Times
Paul
Harveys
Encyclopedia of Child Care and
Newton Kugelmass
Ric
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Robert Louis Steven
Supreme Court
Charles Evans Hughes
India
Indira Gandhi
Antonio Brico
Lena Horne
Frank Sinatra
Sammy Davis Jr
Wake Forest
Policy for Letters To The Journal
The Journal invites signed letters with a street address and city or town, preferably under 300 words and typed on one side. The policy states views are the writer’s and not necessarily endorsed by The Journal.
AT and T claims right to snoop in customer records
The article reports AT and T asserts proprietary rights to telephone records, citing sealed testimony about confiscating a former employee James Ashley's long distance records without subpoena. It links the practice to Southwestern Bell executives and notes related political contribution allegations and a suicide note by a Bell executive. It also covers White House staff disorganization during Ford's transition and a note on the Iroquois seeking a blood brother gesture.
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Jack Anderson
Les Whitten
Washington
American Telephone and Telegraph
Telephone Colossus
Chester Todd
AT & T
James Ashley
Ir Ae A
Southwestern Bell
Ashley
Bell
T.O. Gravitt
Bell System
Gravitt
Todd
White House
Gerald Ford
Ford
Nixon Guard
Nixon
Cheney
United States
New York State
Reagan Chooses Schweiker as Running Mate Bold Move
Ronald Reagan announced he will pick Senator Richard Schweiker as his running mate if he secures the Republican nomination. The Pennsylvania moderate could sway delegates from Ford or uncommitted camps, raise Reagan’s appeal to moderates, and project bold leadership ahead of the convention. The tactic risks being seen as desperate but may signal a calculated gamble to defeat Carter.
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Tom Wicker
Richard Schweiker
Ronald Reagan
Senator Schweiker
Sen
Schweiker
Pennsylvania
Gerald Ford
Reagan
Ford
Sen. Schweiker
Goldwater
Jimmy Carter
Georgia
Carter
Walter Mondale
Harris
Ohio
South
Texas
Florida
Wallace
Americans For Democratic Action
Sen. Mondale
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Tahiti
Richard Cheney
Donald Rumsfeld
Pentagon
Jimmy
Wm. E. Foster
Alta W. Foster
Biddeford - Saco
Journal
B.F.C. Whitehouse
W. Paul Casavant
Brian C. Thayer
Gladys M. Whitehouse
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