New Passport Design Provokes Congress Debate
The United States considers a Bicentennial passport redesign with a blue vinyl cover and silver foil Great Seal. Proposals include a smaller machine readable passport and magnetic encoding, sparking privacy, identity card fears, and a congressional fight over $1 million in funding and feasibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
Congress
Passport Office
International Civil Aviation Organization
Senate
House of Representatives
It’s Your Business Meetings This Week
A schedule of public agency meetings across Linn and Cedar Rapids areas listing times, dates, and venues for boards and commissions including Linn supervisors East Central Iowa, Cedar Rapids city council, Linn health, Juvenile services, planning, zoning, airport, education, and crime commissions with venues such as Linn Health Center and City Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn Supervisors
Iawa Boards of Supervisors
Purple Cow
North Liberty
Linn Commission of Veteran Affairs
Linn Health Center
Third Avenue
Grant Wood Area Education Agency
Joint County
Sixth Street
Linn Board of Health
Linn Health Department
Center Point Road
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids City Planning Commission
City Hall
Kirkwood Community College Board of Directors
Linn Hall
Linn-Mar Community School Board of Education
Ramada Inn
Money to burn and battles that shaped history
A collage of notes on U S finance and history. It notes 16 billion in deficits last year and that 2 874 tons of worn currency were pulped in 1974 for uses including drilling lubricant. It also recounts Burgoyne Gates at Saratoga in 1777 and how the victory influenced Franco American alliance negotiations. It explains note destruction, print volumes, and life spans for dollar bills.
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United States
Hudson River
John Burgoyne
Horatio Gates
Saratoga
Burgoyne
Europe
France
National Geographic Society
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John Brannon
Albright
N.Y
Senate-House
Frances G. Knight
PSL Sao
McOmml
SAO XV
Sheffield
Mirren
Depen At
Astro
Che Yow
Sage
Sino
Phas Meewday
Crazy Top Shop
Resentes
fAjhe
Place Dnevety
Centeni
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!