Amtrak Faces Senate House Clash Over 1979 Funding Plans
Amtrak battles Congress and the Carter administration over a 1979 operating subsidy of 510 million, with Senate backing while House panel funds the railroad but blocks route cuts. Secretary Brock Adams seeks to pare 27,000 miles to 18,900, citing cost savings amid rising federal subsidies.
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Brock Adams
Amtrak
House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee
Dave Stockman
Michigan
James M. Collins
Texas
Joseph Skubitz
Kansas
Edward Madigan
R-ill
Office of Management and Budget
Madigan
Frank R. Myers Publisher-General Manager Jim Mills Managing Editor
Frank R. Myers serves as publisher and general manager with Jim Mills as managing editor, outlining key leadership roles at the publication. The note highlights executive positions guiding editorial and business operations.
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Frank R. Myers
Jim Mills
OPEC price freeze eases US gasoline costs for six months
The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries approves a six month price freeze reducing immediate oil and heating costs for American consumers. Critics warn the dollar’s erosion and possible future price spikes, noting Saudi Arabia and Iran push for stability while Western economies bear the risk. Ali Jaidah cites currency concerns as US oil imports worsen the balance of payments, and urges policy action to curb looming energy shortages and economic influence declines.
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Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
OPEC
Saudi Arabia
Iran
Ali Jaidah
Qatar
U.S. c
Jaidah
Congress
U.S
Quote on sufficiency and faith in perilous times
A reflection on limits and abundance cites words from William Blake and Hebrews 13 5 6 as guiding statements. The text emphasizes trust in divine support and the idea that true sufficiency comes from spiritual assurance.
Experience to remember at Buckeye Girls State
Letter thanks the American Legion Women’s Auxiliary unit 218 for allowing participation in Buckeye Girls State. The writer describes lasting friendships and learning about Ohio government, notes city elections on June 18, and recalls losing mayoral race but choosing perseverance. Karen Trowbridge named city mayor and Polly Coddington chosen for Girls Nation.
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American Legion Women's Auxiliary
Unit 218
Buckeye Girls State
Rhodes
Capitol
Ohio
Middletown High School
The
Legion's Women's Auxiliary
Karen Trowbridge
Polly Coddington
Girls’ Nation
Washington
Shrine Hospital Day a Success in Middletown
Shrine Club of Middletown thanks citizens for a successful Shrine Hospital Day. Hundreds of Southern Ohio children received free treatment. Twenty one hospitals in the United States Canada and Mexico will continue to care for any child from birth to 15 regardless of race color or creed.
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Shrine Club of
Middletown
City
Ohio
United States
Canada
Mexico
Reflections on the 1960s and Dartmouth reunion
A Dartmouth class of 1968 reunion provokes measured views on the decade. The writer recalls dangers of drugs and war, then credits openness to modern multiplicity, sexual freedom, and stylistic revolutions, while praising intellectual hunger and seeking enduring ideas from figures like TS Eliot and R P Blackmur.
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Dartmouth
TS. Eliot
Lionel Trilling
F.R. Leavis
William Empson
RP. Blackmur
Allen Tate
John Crowe Ransom
Eliot
Lewis
R.P. Blackmur
Days of whine and rollers in Nantucket recall mutiny tale
AP report reflects on old Nantucket clam chowder house place mats mentioning a mutiny aboard the whaler Globe in 1828. The piece blends historical note with literary asides about Melville and sea lore, recounting across seven days at sea and a later Long Island journey.
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Nantucket
Mass
Larchmont
N.Y
Ishmael
Melville
Moby Dick
Queeg
Bligh
Saul Pett
Long Island Sound
Port Jefferson
Pet
Middletown News Journal Subscription Rates Notice
The Journal Published daily by the News Journal Inc Middletown Ohio outlines home delivery and motor route rates for weekdays Sundays and calendar month options The notice lists prices for in paper newsstand copies carrier home delivery motor route and mail subscriptions with annual and monthly figures Foundeo in 1857.
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The
News Journal, Inc
S. Broad
First Ave
Middletown
Ohio
U.S.A
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Robert Estill
Copley News Service
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Senate
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General Accounting Office
DOT
House
Journal
Elwood Richardson Business Manager
W.A. Oo Sr
Paul J. Day
Alaska
North Sea
William Blake
Dennis the Menace
Joey
Shrine’s Hospital
Jeffrey Hart
North Vietnam
Southeast Asia
Academy
Europe
Paul Tillich
Hannah Arendt
Ernst Cassirer
Hugh Mulligan
John Masefield
K. Fuller
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