Spending the 1 Billion Congress Budget Critics Look
The article notes the U S Congress spends about 1 billion dollars a year on itself and its offices. It cites Tax Foundation figures showing 1976 costs for salaries stationery and related expenses plus 498 3 million for offices and agencies under Congress control. It argues Congress must set frugal example before lecturing others.
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Congress
Tax Foundation
Government Printing Office
General Accounting Office
Executive Branch
New-brand politics signals shift in U S production focus
Washington column analyzes Carter and Ford campaigns as they pivot from traditional production politics to appeals to consumers. It notes Carter borrowing Kennedy rhetoric, Ford adopting an “acting presidential” image, and both candidates aiming to capture a broader electorate amid changing economic priorities and rising service employment.
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George F. Will
Washington Post Co
Washington
Fdr
Jfk
Jimmy Carter
Carter
White House
Ford
Political Cognoscenti
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Chicago
Richard Daley
John Kennedy
U.S
Tony
U.S.S.R
Vietnam
Roger Starr
FBI
Clarence Kelley
Daughters Pay, Politics, and a Missouri Judge Shake Up
Senate member Vance Hartke faces scrutiny as daughter Sandra ties to groups boosting his votes. She earned around 10 000 yearly from the Brotherhood of Railway and Airline Clerks and later about 12 000 from Travelers Insurance while citing absence and medical reasons. In Ozark justice, Winston Buford reduced a marijuana case from 12 to seven years after outside lawyers arrived, amid alleged talks to bar appeals.
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Jack Anderson
Les Whitten
Washington
Vance Hartke
Sandra
Senate
Harvey Aluminum Co
Brotherhood of Railway
Brotherhood
Indiana
The
Travelers Insurance Co
Stonewall Riding Academy
Potomac
Travelers
Hartke
Senate Commerce Committee
Sandra Hartke
Capitol Hill
Sen. Hartke
Ozark Justice
Winston Buford
Ozark Mountains
West Plains
Buford
Jerry Mitchell
Mitchell
Keith Stroup
National Organization For the Reform of Marijuana Laws
NORML
Stroup
San Francisco
Michael Stepanian
Judge Buford
Dave Swimmer
Missouri
Swimmer
Nuclear energy in proper perspective and history
Donald Dube explains nuclear energy using history from Einstein to Bethe, describes fusion in stars, fission in reactors, and notes natural background radiation exceeds that from power plants. He argues public misunderstanding from fear and urges perspective alongside other energy sources. Dube is a Biddeford native and MIT nuclear engineering graduate student.
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Donald A. Dube
Albert Einstein
Einstein
Montana
Maine
Hans Bethe
Cornell University
Bethe
U.S
Gabon Republic
Western Africa
Africa
Denver
Col
Rockies
Donald Dube
Biddeford
Biddeford High School
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Wm. E. Foster
Alta W. Foster
Biiddeford
B.F.C. Whitehouse
W. Paul Casavant
Brian C. Thayer
Gladys M. Whitehouse
Urie
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