Freedom of information laws test Virginia officials patience
Giles County public official Frank Winston denounces the Virginia freedom of information law calling it the worst thing the legislature ever passed and says he will not serve if required to attend open meetings. The piece argues for transparent governance and reforms grounded in equity and revenue needs.
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Virginia
States
Giles County
Giles
Frank Winston
West Virginia
National Governors’ Association
Association
Center For Policy Research
California
New Jersey
Maryland
Buckley on Moral Boycotts and Khrushchev Overreach
In the late 1950s debate over welcoming Khrushchev, figures like Buckley and Burnham weighed moral boycotts and dramatic protest ideas such as skywriting. The piece traces suspicions of détente, Khrushchev’s meetings, and evolving U.S. diplomacy from Eisenhower to Reagan, stressing truth over theatrical bravado in foreign policy.
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Nikita Khrushchev
Washington
Eisenhower
United Nations
White House
Afl-Cio
National Review
Hungary
Soviet Union
Khrushchev
Baltika
Leningrad
East River
James Burnham
New York
Park Avenue
Disneyland
Ike
Berlin Wall
Cuba
Brezhnev
Czechoslovakia
South Vietnam
Laos
Cambodia
Jane Fonda
Afghanistan
Poland
Ronald Reagan
Federal Printers Wasting Millions
A government printing dispute reveals GPO prints overstaffed unions causing wasteful practices. Tape proofs are destroyed and retyped to preserve union jobs while officials study long term needs. Dan Sawyer pursues pay cuts to align salaries with private sector and reduce costs.
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Washington
Government
GPO
Legislative Branch
Columbia Typographical Union
Dan Sawyer
Reagan Administration
Congress
Union
Sawyer
Joint Committee On Printing
JCP
Augustus Hawkins
Dcalif
Joseph Gaydos
D-Pa
William Boarman
CTU
Florida
Capitol Hill
Wally Lattimer 100 Years Young From Lyons Kansas
A Lyons Kansas neighbor profiles Wally Lattimer who turned 100 and remains vigorous Farming since 1913 he tends five bedrooms white house and grows vegetables and peonies He rises at 430 AM keeps a lean diet of fish or chicken and avoids meat He has outlived two wives and maintains a busy work ethic with a calm temperament while appearing much younger than his age.
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Sterling College
Kansas
Cow Creek
Paul Harvey
Wally Lattimer
Lyons
Wally
Tahiti
Hawaii
New Zealand
Panama Canal
White House
Johnny Carson
Carson
Washington
Reagan
President's Council On
Commerce Department
Sherman Funk
Funk
Air Force
Baldrige
Tucson
Ariz
National Association of Business Economists
Capitol Hill
Tulsa
Okla
Joseph R. Wright Jr
Peter Grant
Nancy Deane
Commerce Secretary
Internal Revenue Service
Labor Department
IRS
San Francisco
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Bluefield Baily Telegraph
Hugh Shott
Richard Wesley
Berry's
NEA
William F. Buckley
Boston
59Th Street
Civil Aeronautics Board
Providence
Versailles
Security Council of United Nations
Jack Anderson
Donald Lambro
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