Choosing Priorities In Federal Spending Debate
A round-table observer notes the need for federal recognition of priorities to curb inflation through ending deficit spending. The focus targets foreign aid while domestic spending also fuels the imbalance, with executive and legislative branches accused of catering to favored programs. The piece discusses a cooperative approach to fiscal sanity and weighs health care reform as a potential priority, noting costs and public satisfaction while advising it be placed on the back burner for now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Executive Branch
Congress
Anthony Harrigan
United States Industrial Council
Gerald Ford
United States
Harrigan
Edward Kennedy
Wilbur Mills
Pres. Ford
Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr
Journal
Private Practice
Rockwell
Ford
Duke Power's Night Time Rates Could Change Household Use
Turning The Night Switch Revelation by Duke Power Co explores a two tiered rate plan to reward households running appliances like dryers at night. It argues electricity cannot be stored, forcing peak demand and idle downtime, and notes the public may not grasp this. it warns against overreliance on projections of savings from such a system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duke Power Co
Duke
Mrs. R. K. Stewart Remembered As High Point Luminary
Obituary honors Mrs. R. K. Stewart nee Nannie Carr Wood who died at 91, marking the end of an era. Her life blended gracious social culture with public service through the Public Library, Red Cross, church, garden club, and performing arts, leaving a lasting influence on High Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
R.K. Stewart
Nannie Carr Wood
Red Cross
The 100th Meridian and the Great Plains Drought
A survey traces the 100th meridian as the drought line across the Great Plains. It reports 1974 crop declines in corn soybeans and milo with wheat near last year, noting cyclical droughts and limits of technology against weather. It cites FAO head and Secretary Butz on food reserves and warns policies can’t alter nature.
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Laredo
Rio Grande
Panhandles
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Nebraska
Dakotas
Great Plains
Pacific Mountain Ranges
U.S. Geological Survey
Great American Desert
Addeka Boerma
U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization
Earl L. Butz
Cyprus Cease-Fire Pledge Seen as Pure Hokum
A Washington column argues that Turkey Greece and Britain signed a Geneva Cyprus cease fire only while planning to attack. It cites a document titled Operation Order No 1 dated July 30 detailing Turkish tactics near Kyrenia, with Turkish officials denying comment.
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Turkey
Washington
Geneva
Britain
Greece
Cyprus
Ankara
Kyrenia
Turan Gunes
State Dept
Pentagon
Amine
Joe Spear
Turkish Offensive Plans and Ceasefire Fallout in Cyprus
The document outlines a July 30 31 Cyprus assault plan by the 28th Division with units moving along roads Sisklipos Kyrenia and Lapithos areas supported by armor and amphibious regiments. It notes Turkish forces captured Lapithos and Karavas within three days after Geneva, amid global denunciations but apathetic US reaction. It also reports on Pacific Telephone price hikes and a consumer advocate suit to roll back rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lapithos-Dass Sisklipos
6Ist
Sisklipos
Karavas
Lapithos-Karavas
Sisklipos Pass
Lapithos
Tax Prosecution Of Nixon Suggested As Justice
The author argues against a full Watergate trial for Richard Nixon, proposing instead administrative action for tax evasion. He frames Nixon as a problematic figure whose continued presence in politics would wound the nation, and notes public appetite to move on from the scandal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Nixon
San Clemente
Nixon
White House
Bahamas
Ford
United States
Daniel Ellsberg
Pentagon
Justice Department
Berrigan
St. Augustine
Key Biscayne
Kissinger bluff on Europe and Turkey backs fires
A critical look at Turkish military influence over government, Greek fortitude, and Kissinger’s Europe claim. The piece cites Mondale’s stance, the Cyprus coup, and a U S ambassador recall as Washington bluffs unravel.
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Sen. Mondale
Turkey
State Dept
Senate
Mondale
Ankara
Washington
Cyprus
Kissinger
Mack Sennett
U. S
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Joe Brown
R. K. Stewart
Vera Idol
Stewart
America
U.S. Department of Agriculture
California
Washinton
Robert Anderson
Bell Ringer
Ma Bell
Pacific Telephone
Bell System
Levi Strauss
Allstate Insurance
Pacific
California Public Utilities Commission
David Wilner
Law and Order
John Mitchell
Daniel Elisberg
The
United
Athens
Sparta
Mussolini
Delphi
Italy
Henry Kissinger
Europe
London
Paris
Bonn
Rome
Israel
Metternich
Walter Mondale
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