Billion-Dollar Congress: Capitol Budget and Growth Examined
Washington faces a growing legislative bureaucracy as Congress reports a 1.1 billion fiscal plan Ju l y 1977. Rep. Glickman highlights elevator operators and staff expansion while figures show salary hikes and office-building growth across Capitol Hill, with total expenditures masking its true size.
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Ford
Congress
House Legislative Appropriations Subcommittee
George E. Shipley
Minois
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Library of Congress
Botanic Garden
A Bicentennial Cross Across America Idea
Clinton W. Trowbridge proposes a nation wide human chain linking New York to San Francisco to symbolize unity. He imagines 3 million participants spanning Route 80 with synchronized noon joining hands. The plan relies on coordinated mobilization of scouts, boaters, travelers, and transport networks for a festive Independence Day tribute.
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Potomac
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San Francisco
George Washington Bridge
Poconos
Youngstown
Cleveland
Toledo
Gary
Chicago
Des Moines
Nebraska
Wyoming
Utah
Nevada
Salt Lake City
Reno
Winneba
Mense National Park
New York
Clinton W. Trowbridge
Supreme Court signals restraint on death penalty reach
The Supreme Court, in a term marked by tied to premeditated murder limits, appears ready to strike down many death penalty statutes not tied to murder while allowing some capital cases to proceed. A 7 to 2 ruling struck down Georgia rape death penalties, with Justices White and others urging narrower use of death as punishment and emphasizing aggravating factors. The decision follows prior rulings limiting mandatory penalties and reflects ongoing feminist and legal debates over capital punishment.
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Washington
Supreme Court
United States
Gary Mark Gilmore
Utah
Glimore
Georgia
Byron R. White
Lewis Powell Jr
Warren E. Burger
William H. Rehnquist
Louisiana
Corry Evening Journal Publisher and staff list
The Corry Evening Journal lists George R. Sampin as publisher and William Karen as managing editor with John McLaughlin as pressroom foreman. It notes AP news use rights and general circulation details including mailing and carrier rates.
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Corry
Proposed Pennsylvania disaster aid amendment would ease timing
State lawmakers push a constitutional amendment to cut the six month delay in aid for flood and other disaster victims. Sponsored by Speaker Irvis and Majority Leader Manderino, the plan lets the governor and president declare emergencies and grants general assembly power to pass targeted relief laws for individuals, nonprofits, and nonpublic schools for one year with safeguards.
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House
K. Leroy Irvis
Pittsburgh
James Manderino
Monessen
Manderino
United States
General Assembly
Harrisburg lawmaker also serves on school board raises conflict questions
In Harrisburg, James Golden says a state constitution bars legislators from holding another paid office while William O. Shuman, a long-serving House member, has been elected to a hometown school board. Shuman argues the dual roles are ethical and beneficial, noting many lawmakers have similar ties. The piece discusses common conflicts across professions and the need for oversight of dual duties.
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Commonwealth
William O. Shuman
Shuman
Franklin
Fulton
Shuman Mimns
Smany
Pennsylvania
U.S
Congress
State Sunset Law could reform stalled Harrisburg Bureaucracy
The piece argues Pennsylvania lawmakers overstate a bloated state payroll while ignoring the need for real oversight. It contends Sunset would force agencies to prove necessity or be dissolved, improving governance rather than merely cutting size. It criticizes licensing boards and urges consumer-focused funding and action by the General Assembly.
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