Byrnes Pushes 60 Day Maryland Legislature Idea
Maryland delegate William Byrnes proposes cutting the General Assembly to 60 days to save nearly $800,000 yearly and simplify chores. He cites Virginia and West Virginia as models and notes current session costs exceed $2 million this year. Opposition warns of too little time for important bills.
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Sill Byrnes
Maryland General Assembly
Wiliam B Byrnes
Alegany
Garrett
Maryland
Byrnes
General Assembly
Department of Fiscal Services
Virginia
West Virginia
Media campaign targets Marcos over U S bases in the Philippines
The author argues that the campaign to topple Ferdinand Marcos stems from a hidden motive to protect U S military bases at Clark Field and Subic Bay. The piece warns that removing Marcos would weaken American credibility in the Pacific and leave the United States dependent on remaining allies as the Soviet Pacific Fleet expands its reach.
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Washington
United States
Soviet Union
Red China
Nicaragua
Philippines
Somoza-Debayle
Somoza
Central America
America
Ferdinand Marcos
Marcos
U.S
Clark Field Air Force Base
Subic Bay Navy Base
Pacific
Taiwan
Japan
Subic Bay
Nixon Relocation Strains Secret Service and Taxpayers
Washington columnist notes ex president Richard Nixon faces high costs as he moves from Saddle River New Jersey to a Manhattan cooperative. Secret Service space must be found near the new home with projected costs reaching hundreds of thousands yearly, while budgeting remains opaque. The piece also mentions Nixon’s upcoming library hearings and Angela Buchanan’s cross country marriage in political notes.
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Washington
Richard Nixon
Nixon
Secret Service
White House
San Clemente
Saddle River
N.J
Manhattan
General Services Administration
Vicki Warren
Congress
GSA
New York City
Glenn English
Dokla
Angela Buchanan
Bill Jackson
California
Billy
Pop
Billy Jr
Jackson
Ms. Buchanan
Nixon Campaign Cash Toll and Mondale Care
Nixon's latest move will cost taxpayers money as recalls show. Mondale's caution earns praise while his team uses formal titles. A computer game named Nomination lets players campaign against four candidates, simulating press conferences and fund allocation through 1982.
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Nixon
Mark Cohen
United Feature Syndicate Inc
Weather slips to subzero as February ends in Frederick County
The cold snap returns, with Frederick at 2 above, the airport 2 below, and Sabillasville sanitorium 1 below. About 50 people including Farm Bureau women and families planned a Wayside Inn dinner marking the 1933 Frederick County Farm Bureau Women's Market anniversary, described as a successful project.
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Frederick
Sabillasville
Farm Bureau
Wayside Inn
Frederick County
Windobona Rest Home joins Maryland Blue Cross program
Windobona Rest Home at Braddock Heights becomes the sole Western Maryland facility in the Maryland Blue Cross Senior Citizen Program. The plan’s 70 day version adds benefits for cars in contracting skilled nursing facilities. Hyatitown Fire Company sells dinners and distributes emergency phone stickers for Montgomery County residents.
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Windobona
Braddock Heights
Maryland
Maryland Blue Cross
Blue Shield
Hyatistown Fire Company
Montgomery County
Emergency Fire Board
Democrats seek Mussolini style industrial policy, critics warn
DOUG BANDOW argues that Democratic contenders push industrial policy and a subsidized economy, citing Lane Kirkland Felix Rohatyn and Edward Kennedy. He says such plans echo Mussolini era state control, would politicize the economy, and fail to solve real manufacturing needs. He cites rising output and jobs since 1950, arguing free markets deliver prosperity.
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Washington
Benito Mussolini
Democratic Study Committee
Afl-Cio
Lane Kirkland
Felix Rohatyn
Edward Kennedy
Robert Samuelson
Samuel Bowles
David Gordon
Thomas Weisskopf
Robert Reich
J. Morton Davis
America
Atari Democrats
Labor
Capital eye on policy clashes and Japan's growth model
Columnist Doug Bandow argues against federal intervention and subsidies, highlighting costly U S programs and farm surpluses. He contrasts U S restraint with Japan's approach, noting smaller government intrusion, freer enterprise, and growth, urging tearing down restraints rather than expanding them.
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Reconstruction Finance Corp
Democratic National Committee
Synthetic Fuels Corp
Export- Traport Bank
Economic Development Administration
Federal
U.S
Europe
United States
Britain
West Germany
Sweden
Japan
Ministry of Inter
Honda
Sony
Japanese Development Bank
Washington
Educators blamed as education falters in 1960s 70s debate
Lynne Wells of Walkersville criticizes reforms and social programs in education. She cites Wilson Quarterly concerns about teachers unions, desegregation, and nonacademic subjects, arguing that academic excellence must return before expanding social duties and 100 hour community service mandates.
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Wilson Quarterly
David Hornbeck
Stude
State Board of Education
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