Commentary on lobbying report misstates expenditures
Don Oakley denounces a Washington lobbying expense story as inaccurate and sensational. He argues most lobbyists represent legitimate groups and urges readers to question figures misread from financial statements and avoid repeating a harmful mischaracterization.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
Congressional
Adolf Hitler
Argentina
American Postal Workers Union
National Association of Letter Carriers
Common Cause
House of Representatives
Senate
Trusts for Presidents Raise Ethical Questions
Three weeks into Carters presidency the White House declared most personal assets would sit in a trust to avoid conflicts. The Senate committee drafts a law requiring truly arm's length trustees, potentially disqualifying close friends like Carter’s adviser Charles Kirbo. Past presidents Johnson and others used similar trusts, while Carter’s OMB chief Lance also relied on a longtime associate, Thomas Mitchell, as administrator.
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Washington
NEA
Jimmy Carter
White House
Carter
Senate
Len Abraham
Ribicoff
D-Conn
Charles H. Kirbo
Atlanta
Charles H Kirbo
Robert J. Lipshutz
Kirbo
Lipshutz
Lyndon B. Johnson
A W. Moursand
Johnson
Office of Management and Budget
Thomas B
Bert) Lance
Dalton
Thomas Mitchell
Georgia
Alan K. Campbell
Civil Service Commission
Campbell
Moursand
Mitchell
Housing market optimism clashes with rising prices
AP reports that US housing shows strong demand with 1.5 million single family starts slated for 1977 and about 3.4 million resale homes expected to change hands. Michigan survey cites 62 percent see favorable buying conditions while median new house prices near 50,000 and resale around 37,300 as buyers gain confidence despite inflation and income constraints.
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New York
University of Michigan
National Association of Realtors
Public Forum Thanking Helpers For June 19 BBQ
A Mayfield Harris note thanks friends for supporting the annual June 19 barbecue for children. About 225 served before food ran out. The writer praises donors and helpers and plans another event on June 19, 1978 if the Lord is willing.
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Mayfield Harris
Today in History June 30 1977 highlights and birthdays
June 30 marks 181st day of 1977 with 184 remaining. Truman ordered US troops in Japan to aid Korea in 1950. Other items include events in 1777 New Jersey evacuation, 1934 Indian Territory creation and Hitler purge, 1936 Haile Selassie appeal, 1946 Bikini atomic test, 1971 cosmonaut deaths, space program notes, Social Security rise, Mars photographs, and birthday of Juan Bosch.
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Republic of Korea
New Jersey
Staten Island
N.Y
Indian Territory
Adolph Hitler
Germany
Empeor Haile Selassie
Ethiopia
League of Nations
Geneva
Bikini
Marshall Islands
Congress
Mars
Juan Bosch
Dominican Republic
Cyrus Vance Keeps Quiet Yet Active Abroad
Washington notes Cyrus Vance has logged extensive overseas travel since becoming secretary of state. He delegates broadly, unlike Kissinger, and maintains a cautious, on the record style. Vance works with subordinates like Habib and Lake while avoiding Kissinger’s dramatic press flair.
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Cyrus Vance
Jimmy Carter
Henry Kissinger
Vance
Carter
Kissinger
Middle East
Moscow
Peking
Iran
Spain
Organization of American States
State Department
Zbigniew Brezezinski
Walter Mondale
Andrew Young
Philip Habib
Anthony Lake
Longstanding Childress newspaper and regional notes
The Childress Index published in Childress Texas details its history and rates while noting local corrections policy. The piece also excerpts Kissinger's international diplomacy plans, drought water-saving in Alameda County and San Francisco, and playful intercity tourism stones exchange between Mackinac Island and Put-In-Bay with a box of stones sent to lure tourists.
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Alameda
Bay
Ohio
Midwest
Mackinac Island
Mich
Put-In-Bay
Mackinac
Kendra Larcey
The
Chamber of Commerce
Mackina
Robbery at Good Body Health Food Store In Tulsa
AP report notes no suspects yet in the Good Body health food store robbery in Tulsa. Manager Alan Spooner inventories missing items including 12 cans of ginseng tea and cashew butter while joking about the aphrodisiac claim. The piece also mentions Northern California water officials calling for conservation to curb drought.
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Tulsa
Okla
Good Body Health
Alan Spooner
Spooner
Public hearing on revenue sharing funds set for July 11 1977
County Judge Harper Knight announces a public hearing July 11 1977 at 10 a.m. in the commissioners’ courtroom to discuss allocation of revenue sharing funds. All interested persons urged to attend and express views. (Childress County Texas)
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Commissioners
Harper Knight
Childress County
Texas
Missouri parks see 1976 gains in camping and visits
Department of Natural Resources figures show camping up 13 percent and visitation up 1 percent across Missouri state parks and historic sites in 1976.
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Missouri
Department of Natural Resources
Division of Parks and Camping
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