Government must curb bureaucracy and waste, Carter era debt
This article argues the U S government consumes 40 percent of G N P and has expanded with 240 new agencies in 15 years. It condemns excessive forms and advisory committees, cites a Lockheed Navy cost of 644.44 for a simple armrest, and notes a pay scheme for deserters while urging restraint and efficiency.
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Washington
Carter
Ders
Lockheed Corporation
Navy
Lockheed
Middle East
Carter Administration
Federal Energy Administration
Support Sheltered Workshops in County Budget
A community tally protests a 7 percent cut to DESARC Sheltered Workshops for the coming year. About 200 adults with disabilities attend daily. a 7 percent reduction could force around 45 to quit, leaving many at home without work or meaningful activities. The writer cites their daughter as among those affected.
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County Council
Desarc
You and I
Council
Pennhurst
Today in History highlights from December 16, 1978
On December 16 1773 American colonists dumped 342 chests of tea in Boston Harbor in protest, the Boston Tea Party. Beethoven was born in 1770 and Napoleon divorced Josephine in 1809. Rasputin was murdered in 1916 and the Battle of the Bulge raged in 1944. Edward Kennedy left a hospital in 1963, and a 28 nation UN committee approved a space rescue treaty in 1967.
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Associated Press
Boston
Ludwig van Beethoven
Napoleon Bonaparte
Josephine
Grégory Rasputin
Belgium
Edward Kennedy
Massachusetts
United States
Soviet Union
Richard Nixon
Henry Kissinger
Israel
Golda Meir
Middle East
Menahem Begin
Carter
Transcendent faith amid winds and life’s pruning
essay notes a California Santa Ana wind season and pruning as metaphor for personal growth, urging transcendent faith to restore order. It cites the idea of God guiding life, mentions birthdays and a Thought for today, and comments on deinstitutionalization increasing workshop clients and DESARC’s sheltered workshops needing funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Santa Ana
Sinai
Egypt
West Bank
Gaza Strip
James Roche
George Schaeffer
Samuel Johnson
Public energy furor and oil myth rattle American readers
A lengthy, skeptical rant questions energy fears and claims, arguing America has vast domestic resources while criticizing Carter era policies. It mocks media sports obsession, cites MIT and LSU experts on methane and fossil fuels, condemns political manipulation, and urges production and conservation.
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Stanford
Stefan Possony
United States
Paul Jones
Louisiana State University
Une Hidghal
Symms
America
Preston Lake skating noted a century ago in Chester
In Other Times column recalls skating on Preston Lake in Chester 100 years ago with a small fee to enter. Mentions include cleaner lamps by Penn Globe Gas in Chester, a 21 pound snapper feast at John Stewart’s Market Street home, a broken leg incident near Front Street, and Edison light speculation alongside Keely Motor.
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Penn Globe Gas Company
Chester
John Stewart
Market Street
James Schofield
Front Street
Thomas Edison
Preston Lake
A. C. Barlow
Brookhaven
George Giles
St. Paul’s Guild Athletic Association
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Jimmy
Fort Worth
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Treasury Department
Health, Education and Welfare Department
State Department
U.S
William Lyon
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Air Force
Lyon
Larry Flynt
Library of Congress
Flynt
Pentagon
Congress
Congressional
Congressional Clearinghouse
Jack Anderson
Daily
Potters Times
Robert Schuller
Morris Adelman
MIT
President Carter
Anwar
Begin
Camp David
Tom Snyder
Bill Moyers
Moyers
Thomas Gillespie
Rev
Morris M. Sapovits
Providence
Clyde Seitz
Parkside
P Fire Co
Philadelphia Flyers
York Rangers
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