Salt in the Wound Editorial on Public Pensions
A Washington report shows the Pentagon pays more to retirees than the Army spends on active duty hardware, while California teachers face an $8 billion pension deficit and the Nation’s Business notes rising tax demands to fund public plans. The piece argues federal and state pension unfunding burdens taxpayers and calls for reform.
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Washington
Pentagon
Army
Air Force
Navy
Sacramento
California
Nation’s Business
Ford
Civil Service
Elmer B. Staats
Board OF Actuaries of the
Federal Retirement System
Leave Her Alone Amy Carter Starts Public School Day
Nine year old Amy Carter, daughter of the President, begins public school in Washington DC making headlines as cameras and reporters swarm her first day. Media coverage follows her lunch, class exit, and a push to photograph every move. Critics urge normalcy and minimal disruption to her education.
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Amy Carter
Washington, D.C
Amy
Clarification on Common Cause ballot financing claim
V Faure Rilliet of Common Cause informs that an Associated Press story incorrectly stated the group is circulating a ballot initiative for public financing of elections in California. The note notes the AP report was used in an editorial opposing aspects of public financing.
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V. Faure Rilliet
Common Cause
Associated Press
California
California clout in Congress centers on Cranston in Carter era
A Washington aide notes California's influence hinges on Alan Cranston, the Senate whip, while Gov Merry Brown's access fades. Hayakawa and Burton face hurdles, Mineta gains power as House public works chair, and California seeks more leverage with ten percent of the population but few major voices in Washington.
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Washington
California
Alan Craiston
Congress
Cranston
Edmund G. Merry Brown Jr
Brown
Senate
Amd
Carter
Alan Cranston
S.J. Hayakawa
House
San Joaquin Valley
Phillip Burton
San Francisco
Norman Mineta
San Jose
House Public Works
Washington Post
Ken Gray
Gray
Capitol Hill
Mineta
Ad Gray
Elizabeth Ray
Potomac River
Carter must nominating outsider to control CIA
The rejection of Theo Sorensen leaves President Carter needing an outsider, Senate confirmable and loyal to law, not the old intelligence network. It stresses civilian control, congressional oversight, and a firm stance against concessions to hard liners, urging time to select and fight a capable reformer.
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New York
Theodore Sorensen
CIA
Carter
Sorensen
Senate
Intelligence Committee
Congressional
Congress
Sorenson
Out of Touch White House Cabinet Walks The Nation
President Carter laments no shows at a Cabinet meeting and jokes about staff misdirections. Hamilton Jordan explains officials wandered across Washington on foot, from Vance to Brzezinski, while others were delayed or arrested for minor traffic issues.
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Carter
Capitol
White House
Hamilton Jordan
Jordan
Harold Brown
Secretary of Defense
Pentagon
Air Force
Richmond
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury
Mike Blumenthal
CIA
Langley
Zbig
Zbigniew Brzezinski
Walter Reed
Hamilton
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Our Nations Bureau
Tom Wicker
State Department
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Fogey Bottom
New York Times News
Onice
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Califano
Russell Baker
Independent Press-Telegram
Pine Avenue
Herman H. Ridder
Daniel H. Ridder
Miles E. Lines
David Levinson
Don Ohl
Bert Resnik
Don Nutter
E. H. Lowdermilk
Milton A. Lomas
Eeeaet Yen
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