Schaefer Faces Pressure Over Waste Conflict and Spending
Gov William Donald Schaefer pushes bold fixes while clashing with agencies and lawmakers over state funding, lawsuits, and foreign steel use. He backs down after scrutiny, yet remains active, seeking faster building funding, staff charity help, and tougher procurement. His approach contrasts with former Gov Hughes’s laid back era.
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Schaefer
Salisbury
Harry Hughes
William Donald Schaefer
Why Americans Embrace Summer Vacation Pain
Robert C. Reid laments how July and August turns Americans into vacation masochists. He traces the rise of fast travel, interstate roads, and crowded resorts since 1956, noting population growth and longer trips. He recalls Cape Cod crowds in recent Fourth of July weeks and jokes about family packing and road misadventures citing Lindbergh.
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Earth
America
Burras
Williamsburg
Cape Cod
Massachusetts
Glenn to Press GAO Audit of CIA and NRC
Senator John Glenn urges GAO oversight of the CIA and NRC amid concerns over covert operations and cozy industry ties. He proposes new inspectors general, a Treasury undersecretary for financial management, and safeguards for sensitive activities while defending civil servants as the government's institutional memory. He weighs a possible 1988 presidential bid against debt and name recognition.
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CIA
Glenn
GAO
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Commission
NRC
Thomas Roberts
Louisiana
Nuclear Commission
The
Treasury
Office of Personnel Management
Federal Emergency Management Agency
White House
U.S
Libya
Muammar Gaddafi
Tripoli
National Security Agency
Gadhafi
Gaddafi
Inka Dinka Doo
United States
Boulder Marking Dynamite Bend Location Draws Crowds
Fifty years ago on August 15 1937 a large boulder was placed to mark Dynamite Bend true location. Charles L White and Farm Neighbors League members flew circulars to press for Thurston Road improvements and vowed the stone would be inscribed at the site of the historic automobile blasting. The dedication plans included state officials clergy and military. The piece also notes a Frederick County funeral for Leon M Estabrook a Washington explorer and critic of the New Deal. a Markell home sale at 112 West Patrick Street for $9500. the Renner family eighth reunion. a Frederick County Board of Education decision naming a new western school Waverley. Ernest C Webb named Eastman Kodak Service Division manager. and Brunswick Maryland drought restrictions on outdoor water use.
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Bay
Cape
Massachusetts
East Wareham
Buzzards Bay
Bourne
Mississippi
Cape Cod
Dave
Disney World
Florida
Juan Ponce de Leon
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Dynamite Bend
Charles L. White
Farm Neighbors League
Thurston Road
White
Frederick County
Ernest C. Webb
Frederick
Eastman Kodak Company
Webb
Kodak
American University
Los Angeles
IMS
Rochester
N.Y
Veteran nurse leads push to reform VA appeals process
Stephen Green Ashington and Mary R. Stout recount a Vietnam era memory as Stout becomes president of the Vietnam Veterans of America. She fights the Iron Triangle of Congress and VA to allow judicial review and remove a $10 attorney fee cap, arguing veterans deserve equal access to courts.
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Ashington
Mary R. Stout
Vietnam
Stout
Vietnam Veterans of America
Veterans
House Veterans Affairs Committee
Veterans Administration
Iron Triangle
Veterans fight VA bias in bid for judicial review rights
Vietnam veterans challenge VA hewing to a policy that denies claims and rejects paperwork while destroying records. They press for court review of VA decisions, argue time and public sentiment favor them, and accuse the agency of retaliation against supporters.
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San Franccisco
Stout
San Francisco
Senate
House Veterans Affairs
House Committee
Unraveling Far Reaches of Knowledge and Joe Niekro Scandal
Andy Rooney reflects on confusion over Middle East history and oil, wonders about Persian civilization, and questions sports integrity after Joe Niekro was caught with sandpaper. He critiques stock brokers for unreliable market forecasts and notes public puzzlement with current events and ethics.
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Middle East
Iran
Tehran
Joe Nickro
Niekro
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