Library research service prompts questions on use by lawmakers
The Washington Merry-Go-Round reports the Library of Congress CRS handles 300,000 inquiries yearly at about 20 million dollars in taxpayer cost. Some requests appear improper or personal, including schoolwork for lawmakers' relatives and even requests for speeches and foreign pen pals.
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Jack Anderson
Les Whitten
Washington
Library of Congress
Thomas
Tip
O'Neill
Hudson Valley
Hamilton Fish, Jr
R.-N.y
Ronald Bo Ginn
D.-Ga
Walter Mondale
Daniel Flood
D.pa
Wyoming Valley Catholic
Congress
CRS
Robert Byrd
D.w.va
Research Service
Georgia
United States
Herman Talmadge
D.ga
Robert Dole
R.kan
Tip O’neill
O’neill
U.S
Bermuda
Britain
Mondale
Switzerland
Elliott Levitas
Easter Seal Society
Wyoming Valley Monument
Wyoming Valley Catholic Laymen’s Retreat League
Hubert Humphrey
D.minn
CBS
Lise Nickerson
Humphrey
National Association of Secondary
Grave site desecration sparks protest over university building
Reader letter cites Major David Underhill Revolutionary War service and local history in Norwalk. It condemns construction on university grounds near graves, recalling Underhill lands and early town settlement, and pleads for respect of ancestral resting places.
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David Underhill
Ira Allen
Ethan Allen
Green Mountain Boys
Huron River
Norwalk
Ridgefield
Underhills
David
Mary
Willie
Jerry Warner
Mary L. Underhill Sullivan
Ohio
Do Many Women Just Pretend in Marriage
Readers share candid memories of unhappy or unfulfilling sex lives, stressing love as the core of marriage. Several letters describe preferring affection and tenderness over sexual activity, while others acknowledge discomfort, pain, or unfamiliarity with sex and the pressure to perform. The column invites more responses and offers Abby’s contact details.
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Abby
O.K
Television Schedule Highlights and Classic Film Lineup
Televation presents an 8:00 P.M. block featuring Eight Is Enough with Joannie’s blackmail twist and guest stars Peter Coffield and Molly Dodd. The 9:00 P.M. slot airs Charlie Chan In London, then Dillinger with Warren Oates and Ben Johnson. Late programs include Lieutenant Schuster's Wife and Shoot Loud, Louder. Don't Understand, followed by Where the Action Is with Edd Byrnes.
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Tom
Joannie
Peter Coffield
Molly Dodd
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Purvis
Richard Dreyfuss
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Harry Stanton
Schuster
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