Hooky-Playing Senators and a Baltimore Baseball Move
The piece argues the Senate rests too much on speaking engagements and slow work on key financial and energy bills, while Baltimore’s Orioles face possible sale and relocation amid big-money bids and mayoral pressure to keep the team in the city.
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Senate of
United States
Senate
Robert C. Byrd
Ford
Byrd
Senate Finance Committee
Congressional Record
Finance Committee
Washington
H.R
Dirksen
Bob Byrd
Russell Long
Baltimore
Orioles
Newark
Toronto
Als
St- Louis Browns
Connie Mack
Philadelphia Athletics
Kansas City Athletics
New Orleans
N.O
Mississippi
William Donald Schaefer
Goldwater Sounds Alarm On 94th Congress
Senator Barry Goldwater claims the 94th Congress is probably the most dangerous in U.S. history. He criticizes Senate leadership by Majority Leader Mike Mansfield and warns the House, led by inexperienced members, risks military spending cuts. He compliments Mansfield personally but blames Byrd for many Senate faults. He notes attacks on seniority and fears national weakness abroad.
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Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Senate
Mike Mansifield
D-Mont
House
Goldwater
Mansfield
Robert C. Byrd
D-W. Va
Buckley column sparks reader letter on modern faith
Mrs. Smith of Atherton California sends a blunt reply to a Buckley piece on liturgy and self love within the church. The letter recalls a recalled priest figure and mocks modern psychological self focus while noting the author’s critique of contemporary Catholic trends.
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D. W. Smith
Atherton
California
Ernest Palmisano’s Supper Club Winds Shreveport Revival
A profile of Ernest Palmisano, owner of Ernest’s Supper Club on 516 Commerce Street, detailing his climb from boy dishwasher in New Orleans to a renowned Shreveport restaurateur. The piece links his success to hard work, fresh seafood, and a revived waterfront, noting use of a six hour nightly trout haul to New Orleans and back. It stresses quality over speed and urges readers to book two weeks ahead to dine.
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Shreveport
Ernest Palmisano
Ernest
Commerce Street
San Antonio
Denver
Atlanta
Shreve Square
New Orleans
Hack
Dallas
Memphis
Jackson
Louisville
Ernests
Feds
Ernest's
Imperfect Hosts Palm Beach estate debate stirs balancing act
The Palm Beach estate willed to the federal government by Mrs. Marjorie Post faces cost worries as the Park Service and Secret Service clash on use for dignitaries. A broader satire blends with local anecdotes from Atlantic Journal Chapel, recounting a risqué retreat experience and reflections on luxury for visiting heads of state.
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The
Park Service
Palm Beach
Marjorie Post
Secret Service
CIA And FBI Under Fire In Drive To Disable Them
Ralph de Toledano argues that a national push to cripple the CIA and FBI is intensifying. He contends critics accuse the FBI of keeping dirt on lawmakers to blackmail them, while the CIA faces charges of domestic interference. He defends agency work against Soviet subversion and condemns Agee’s disclosures as sabotage.
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Washington
Central Intelligence Agency
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
Bureau
Congress
CIA
United States
KGB
Secret Police
Parade
Philip Agee
England
Agee
Kremlin
Colorado governor-elect Lamm climbs Pike's Peak in vow
The report notes Gov elect Richard D. Lamm of Colorado, famed for mountain climbing, reaching Pike's Peak in isolation to work on his inaugural address. He has summited 36 Colorado peaks above 14,000 feet and trekked 888 miles during the campaign, a symbol of a new politician era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tarzan
Richard D. Lamm
Colorado
Pike's Peak
Lamm
Power Pricing Critique of City Electric Department
A VEPCO customer argues city owned electric rates discriminate by customer type, urging public policy review. He contrasts private firms with public utility pricing, praises public officials for raising the issue, and calls for transparency and SCC oversight. He questions tax implications and impact on local growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Electrical Department
SCC
Department
Gatewood
Reynolds
VEPCO
Most Reliable Allies To the Editor
The Ford Administration has approved a $95 billion defense budget, yet inflation makes it inadequate. Soviet Russia’s military strength grows daily, while US machinery and wheat sales to Moscow bolster its economy. Urges Congress to raise defense funds and oppose such sales, support captive nations, and reinforce nationalist movements in the Soviet Union. Dr. Alexander V. Berk, Farmville.
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Ford Administration
Soviet Russia
Congress
U. S
Soviet Union
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Chardin
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Zanes
James J. Kilpatrick
Atlantic
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Josie Schmidt
Germany
Mary
Graf Spee
Ralph de Toledano
U.S
Pals
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