Davis Bacon Fatback Award targets wage rules in Congress
Two Republican congressmen push repeal of the Davis Bacon Act and inaugurate the Davis Bacon Fatback Award a pig statue to mock wasteful wage practices. Labor Secretary Marshall cited a $284 000 overrun on an Oklahoma City project as a prime example while Exon proposes raising the contract threshold to $50 000 to cut Davis Bacon coverage.
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Tom Hagedorn
Minnesota
John Erlenborn
Illinois
Davis- Bacon
Ray Marshall
Oklahoma City
General Accounting Office
Davis-Bacon
Labor Department
Marshall
Congress
Rep. Hagedorn
Nebraska
Exon
New jobs strategy amid recession and training debate
The piece argues that a sustained, bipartisan push for job training could rebuild a self sufficient workforce by the late 1980s. It notes 6 million unemployed lack skills for simple roles and warns against government overreach, urging private sector led training to avoid inflation while protecting workers during a five year period of high unemployment.
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Great Britain
Feldstein
Time Magazine
Oil-dependence peril in public view
Roscoe Drummond argues Americans overlook a real energy peril the Carter era faces. He says the crisis lies not in current oil shortages but in dependence on Middle East imports and potential Arab blackmail that could force policy concessions including toward the PLO and Israel.
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Carter
Middle East
United States
Strauss Under Pressure as Carter Aide Faces Setbacks
Washington report notes Robert Strauss doubts over U.S. policy and his authority after Cairo talks reveal Sadat and Israel opposition to a new move. His status as key trade negotiator is questioned as Brzezinski's influence and security concerns limit his room to maneuver.
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Washington
Robert Strauss
Carter
Strauss
U.S
United Nations
Cairo
Anwar Sadat
Israel
Sadat
Mideast
Zbigniew Brzezinski
Cyrus Vance
Andy Young
U.N
NBC
Vance
A Dubuque Father’s Quiet Triumph on a Sunday Picnic
The narrator recalls his father, an office manager who lost status in the 1930s depression. At a Dubuque fairground Sunday school picnic, the father won the Drake Relays 100 yard dash with a powerful late surge, defying poverty and earning pride over money. The memory lingers as a question of value beyond wealth and a son’s wish to tell him his true success.
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Dubuque
First Congregational Church
Middle West
Unhelpful hydrozoan by Carl Kane
The author discusses Diana Nyad and the plural of Portuguese man of war. He questions editorial standards and dictionary usage while speculating Nyad may have been stung by more than one creature. He notes reporting details about stings and raises language concerns.
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Diana Nyad
Bahamas
Florida
Nyad
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J. F Hladky
Art Heusinkveld
John Donnelly
John Robertson
Capitol Hill
Wisconsin
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Harvard
Martin Feldstein
Roscoe Drummond
Camp David
Mr. Carter
King Khalid
Saudi Arabia
Palestine Liberation Organization
Palestine
PLO
Canada
Tel Aviv
Jerusalem
Los Angeles Times Syndicate
Bob Strauss
Business
Labor
Democratic Party
White House
Hamilton Jordan
California
Brzezinski
Dallas
Field Newspaper Syndicate
By Tom Braden
Adelaide Proctor
Mother
Carl Riblet Jr
By Carl Kane
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