Our Daily Bread on Carter's federal reorganization
The piece argues Carter’s plan to reorganize the federal bureaucracy aims to slim an unwieldy, protective system rather than fire many jobs. It notes Congressional oversight, the scale of agencies, and the potential clash over efficiency versus oppression in a long reform battle. It cites U.S. News & World Report and the American Management Association on agency numbers and regulatory costs.
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Jimmy Carter
Civil Service
Carter
Congress
Ralph Nader
Consumer Protection Agency
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Consumer Product Safety Commission
U.S. News & World Report
American Management Association
General Motors
U.S
Trapped Bank Robbery Ends in Double Tragedy in Arizona
In Yarnell Arizona FBI reports a thwarted bank robbery ended in a murder suicide. William Buffington 31 of Liberty Texas and Johnna Jessee 22 of Spokane Washington died after authorities freed bank manager Norma Dunne. The couple demanded 25000 dollars and a helicopter and talked with a reporter by telephone for hours before the gunfire. Buffington expressed a wish to be buried near Jessee and to have both buried together. Jessee and Buffington were found with head wounds as officers entered the Valley National Bank.
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Yarnell, Ariz
FBI
William Buffington
Liberty
Tex
Johnna Marie Jessee
Spokane
Wash
Valley National Bank
Phoenix
Norma Dunne
Buffington
Miss Jessee
Mrs. Dunne
Claudine Longet Proclaims Innocence After Conviction
In Aspen Colorado Claudine Longet insists she is not guilty after a jury convicted her of criminally negligent homicide in the March death of Vladimir Spider Sabich. She faces up to two years in jail and a $5000 fine with sentencing set for January 31.
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Aspen
Colo
Claudine Longet
Andy Williams
Williams
Vladimir ‘Spider’ Sabich
Charles Weedman
Las Vegas
Boston Faces Bankruptcy Threat Amid Stiff Tax Burden
Boston struggles with a 15 million dollar current deficit and heavy reliance on property taxes facing potential default or bankruptcy within a decade. City and state officials seek tax reform and outside help, with Mayor White pushing layoffs and school-cost controls as banks demand assurances from Dukakis and the Legislature.
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Boston
New York City
Richard Hill
First National Bank of Boston
John Delaney
Boston Municipal Research Bureau
New York
Detroit
Newark
St. Louis
University of Chicago
Hill
Kevin White
Tion
Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation
White
Michael Dukakis
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
James Young
Young
Obituaries for Capps and Boyd in Murfreesboro area
Jess David Capps aged 83 died Thursday in a Nashville hospital. Funeral at 10:30 a.m. Saturday Latimer Funeral Home chapel with Rev. James Phifer presiding. burial Mount Tabor Cemetery near Murfreesboro. John Wilton Boyd aged 71 died Tuesday in Murfreesboro. services 2 p.m. Saturday Herndon chapel, burial Pleasant Home Cemetery near Murfreesboro. Herndon Funeral Home in charge.
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Jess David Capps
Nashville
Latimer Funeral Home
James Phifer
Mount Tabor
Murfreesboro
John Wilton Boyd
Herndon Chapel
Pleasant Home Cemetery
Herndon Funeral Home
Arkansas ERA voting bill gains traction in legislature
Momentum grows for Rep. Boyce Alford's bill to hold a popular vote on ratifying the Equal Rights Amendment. Pro ERA groups, lawmakers, and opponents weigh political impact and timing as the deadline for ratification nears.
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Little Rock
Boyce Alford
Pine Bluff
Arkansas
Alford
Lloyd George
Danville
George
Boyce
Alice Glover
Er-Arkansas
Cold temperatures cause Saenger roof to crack
The roof of the Saenger theater split open during rain Thursday night due to a sharp cool wave in Arkansas. The incident drenched part of the audience at the film In Search of Noah's Ark. Theater manager Mrs. Henry W. Seamans said repairs would be finished today. The movie has drawn record box office and will be held over through Sunday.
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Arkansas
Saenger Theater
Henry W. Seamans
Miss Your Paper Delivery Instructions
City subscribers told how to reach the Star if a paper is missing. Call times are Monday through Friday 6 to 6 30 pm and Saturday 3 38 to 4 pm. do not call outside these hours.
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Times
Trucker Ronald Cook Dies In Ice Accident On Hwy 67
Ronald Cook 27 of Indiana died when his truck skidded on an icy bridge and plunged into a creek on Highway 67 west of Hope. He was thrown from the vehicle and pinned underneath, dead on arrival at a local hospital.
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Ronald Cook
Indiana
Highway 67
Hope
Cook
Swedish Viscount crash kills 22 at Bromma Airport
A four engine Viscount chartered by Linjeflyg crashed in a parking lot near Bromma Airport Stockholm killing all 22 aboard. Police said no one on the ground was hurt and an ambulance driver noted immediate deaths. A resident said the pilot attempted to avoid hitting a nearby apartment building.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Linjeflyg
Bromma
Lars Goransson
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Alex H. Washburn
Amarillo
Whiskey
Smith & Wesson
Jessee
Miss Longet
Daniel DeWolfe
Ashley Anderson
Sabich
Spider
Longet
DeWolfe
First National Bank
Ark
Jim Harris
Jess D. Capps
Arkansas Democrat
ERA
House
Bill Beaumont
Carolyn Pollan
Fort Smith
Beaumont
Glover
Saenger
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