Senator Scott Seeks Congress Led Budget Control Move
A Virginia senator and fellow Republican urge shifting the Office of Management and Budget from the Executive to the Legislative branch to empower Congress with a joint committee and a legislative OMB. They argue this would reclaim constitutional control over spending, curb deficits, and set national priorities, facing the political hurdle of House and Senate reform.
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William L. Scott
Office of Management and Budget
OBM
Virginia
Congress
Scott
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Senate
Legislative Office of Management and Budget
Legislative Omb
Harding
Coolidge
General Accounting Office
United States
GAO
Lomb
Legislative Branch
LCMB
House
Hercules
Augeas
Elis
Howell signals possible endorsement by Virginia Democrats
Lt. Gov. Henry Howell stated he would welcome endorsement of his independent gubernatorial bid by the State Democratic Executive Committee, which meets on Sunday. Howell effectively controls the committee through its ten district chairmen plus the state chairman and secretary, with allies Rawlings and Fitzpatrick as close lieutenants shaping any endorsement.
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Henry Howell
Virginia
Democratic Executive Committee
Howell
George Rawlings
Joseph Fitzpatrick
Virginia Democrats Crown Howell as Standard Bearer
Russell Kirk leads party machinery in Virginia as Howell is declared the public face and candidate of the reformed McGovern era Democrats. Sunday chieftains Howell Rawlings Fitzpatrick and Mrs Charity will reveal that Howell embodies the party today and will seek endorsement to formalize allegiance to his bid.
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Virginia
Democratic Executive Committee
Howell
McGovern-reformed
Democratic Party
Rawlings
Fitzpatrick
Mrs. Charity
Nixon yearns for days of outspending and outpublicizing
The piece recalls a moment when Richard Nixon faced dissent from Rep. John Ashbrook and defecting Rep. Pete McCloskey. It contrasts past concerns with present pressures from dissident rightists and leftists, noting how the political landscape shifts over time. Nixon reflects on those earlier “good old days” and the focus on public và outspending tactics.
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Washington, D.C
Richard Nixon
Rep
John Ashbrook
Pipeline delay pits Alaska project against eco foes
A coalition of Midwestern lawmakers delays the trans Alaskan pipeline amid fights in committee and on the floor. They press for quicker access to Alaska North Slope oil while critics warn of environmental risks and legal obstacles. The piece contrasts Canadian alternatives and critiques HEW spending and welfare programs, arguing for prompt development.
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Washington
Middle East
United States
Alaska
North Slope
U.S. Court of Appeals For
District of Columbia
Valdez
Mike Gravel
Ted Stevens
Department of the Interior
House
Ottawa
Nixon
Congress
Schools politicized by teachers unions warn of control
The May Bulletin of the Council for Basic Education argues that teachers unions NEA and AFT push for power over policy, curriculum, and finance, sidelining local school boards. It cites state wide bargaining in Michigan and potential agency shop dues up to 50 million, warning of a political shift harming children.
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Mortimer Smith
Bulletin of the Council For Basic Education
Mr. Smith
American Federation of Teachers
National Education Association
Washington
AFT
NEA
David Selden
United Automobile Workers
Selden
Michigan
Detroit
Michigan Education Association
Council For Basic Education
CBE
Fifteenth Street
N.W
Washington, D.C
Council
Jim Dandy origins and Southern slang rise to fame
The term Jim Dandy evolves from a fop to a universal praise across the South, with a 1880 fictional hero and later uses in songs and regional sayings. It competes with phrases like deus ex machina and trackerjack, while Jim jam reflects 1950s jazz slang and earlier nerves.
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Jim Dandy
Louisiana
South
Anacia
Carolina
Sauce Supplies and Puzzling Gags In The Press
A collage of quirky notes references soaring champagne and caviar prices. Homemakers threaten to picket gourmet shops with help from butlers. Bonnie and Clyde's car, full of bullet holes, is up for sale as transportation. A damp spring spurs basement mushrooms and debate over value. The British glare at colonial ties while Watergate jargon drifts into common speech. A thrift minded housewife praises recycled hash as protein.
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Bonnie and Clyde
French government subsidies spark art and crime debate
The author traces the idea of the artist as criminal from Sade to Genet and mocks public funding of revolutionaries. He recalls Druon’s stance against subsidizing pornographers and revolutionary workshops, drawing a parallel with the US National Endowment for the Humanities and Baudelaire’s insurrectionary gun incident.
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Marquis de Sade
Baudelaire
Rimbaud
Genet
Maurice Druon
Paris
Flowers of Evil
France
Ministry For Culture
Druon
Psst
National Endowment For the Humanities
Mao
Che
Fanon
Goebbels
Hilter
England
General Aupick
Ministry of Culture
Danville Register subscription rates and notices
The Danville Register lists subscription terms with daily and Sunday rates, in city and suburbs. Carrier delivery is 50 cents a week, single copies 10 cents, Sunday edition 20 cents, by mail one year 20 dollars, six months 10.50, three months 5.25, one month 1.75, and reminds readers renewal notices are mailed 10 days before expiration.
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Senator Scott
Labor of Hercules
Potomac
Capitol Hill
Russell Kirk
Holmmes
Alex Hew
Dod
Pete McCloskey
Yesteryear
Ellen
Don
Lisa
James J. Kilpatrick
Walter Mondale
Minnesota
Adlai
McCloskey
Ashbrook
American Conservative Union
M. Stanton Evans
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
GOP
Truman
General Eisenhower
HEW
Department of Defense
ACU
Battleline
America
Bill Chappell
D-Fla
Bob Huber
R-Mich
Madison Avenue
Office of Economic Opportunity
Great Society
Brookings Institution
State of Welfare
Gilbert Steiner
MEA
Lansing
Raleigh
Senator Soaper
Jeffrey Hart
Danville
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