Sunset law aims to trim bloated state agencies in Colorado
The piece compares Muskie’s call for quadrennial agency reviews and Carter style zero base budgeting to Colorado’s proposed sunset law that would automatically shut agencies every seven years unless lawmakers reinstate them. It notes bipartisan support and echoes a federal push to simplify paperwork as Congress considers reforms to curb government bloat.
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Washington
Edmund Muskie
Georgia
Jimmy Carter
Colorado
Bicentennial road fears and Nicaragua IBM bribery tale
A Pennsylvania op ed condemns state transport policy ahead of the Bicentennial with Route 426 as a symbol of neglect and warns visitors of dangerous roads. It also recounts IBM official Arthur Watson's 1973 Nicaragua graft claim against Somoza and notes a $24.4 million IDA loan proposal for a Managua beltway.
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Corry
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Paul Revere
Titusville
Penndot
Pennsylvania
Commonwealth
Milton Shapp
Nicaragua
Anastasio Somoza
Watson
Anastasio
Luis
Anastasio Sr
Attempted bribe scheme tied to Somoza land and IDA loan
A dubious proposal details a 60 percent long term loan to Nicaragua from IDA for a Managua Beltway crossing Somoza property. The plan would raise dictator Somoza's asset value, involve cement blocks from his owned National Cement Co, and face tax law hurdles to avoid "unjust enrichment." Separately ERDA faces critique for sc ant solar bias while pushing nuclear power, and Congress weighs oil industry breakup with proposals to separate drilling, pipelines, refining, and stations to boost competition and lower prices.
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IDA
Managua Beltway
Somoza
National Cement Company
Nicaragua
Food Stamp Reform Battle Stirs U.S. Policy Clash
Sylvia Porter warns the Ford administration is pushing executive rules to cut 5.3 million Americans from food stamps and reduce benefits for 5 to 6 million more, while Congress drafts a new law. She argues this double overhaul could create chaos and harm needy individuals dependent on benefits.
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Agriculture Department
Congress
Senate Agriculture Committee
Food stamp reform proposals debated in Senate and White House
The piece discusses Ford administration plans to adjust food stamp rules including using official poverty lines, past three month earnings, and asset limits, plus potential consequences for unemployed and working poor. It notes Senate committee splits on eliminating the stamp purchase requirement and granting USDA authority to tighten assets tests, with a call to freeze current rules pending study. It also mentions a TV casting note about Steve Railsback starring as Charles Manson in Helter Skelter airing April 1–2.
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USDA
New York
Steve Railsback
CBS
Charles Manson
Sharon Tate
Los Angeles
Railsback
Manson
Helter Skelter
Railsback as Manson: fears rumors and stagecraft clash
Actor Railsback recalls rumors about threats during Helter Skelter filming and notes varied public reactions to a TV dramatization of the Manson case. He studied Manson's gaze and facial shifts, saying the killer is a man of a thousand ages whose eyes seemed to burn during conversations.
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Florida
Railsback
New York
Manson
Rallsback
California
H Dian
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