Interstate Highway System nears completion amid cost and maintenance concerns
After 25 years and 79 billion dollars spent on the nations giant road network, the Reagan era pushes to finish by 1990 for 31.5 billion. Yet maintenance remains uncertain as inflation, environmental rules, and evolving traffic needs threaten ongoing funds and future reliability. The system's expansion transformed commerce and suburbs but drew debate over urban disruption and safety gains.
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Washington
Alaska
Federal Highway Trust Fund
Reagan Administration
Transportation
Drew Lewis
Federal Highway Administration
Highway Agency
Dwight D. Eisenhower
John J. Pershing
Cumberland Farms Fights Maine Milk Price Rules Twenty Years On
Cumberland Farms battles Maine Milk Commission price controls for two decades claiming consumer overcharges amount to about 200 million dollars. The Canton based chain argues Maine consumers pay higher milk prices while defending its New England roots and profitable business model.
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Cumberland Farms
Maine
Frank N. Alger
Canton
Mass
Alger
Maine Milk Commission
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Horatio
Vasilios
Aphrodite Haseotes
Cumberland
R.C
Haseotes
Bellingham
Laun
Purist Pen Repairman Clips to Yesterday in City
Levi Brooking, 76, runs a Pen and Lighter Repair shop in Oklahoma City five mornings a week. Once a bustling hub for pens from eight states, it now sees few customers as the era of disposable ballpoint pens grows. Brooking cherishes antique pens and lifelong gun collection, noting he may retire only if his firearms are safe at home.
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Oklahoma City
Levi Brooking
Brooking
California
Navy
Michigan
Lydie
Goodrich as Leading Candidate for Navy Undersecretary Post
James F. Goodrich, former Bath Iron Works chairman, is the leading candidate for undersecretary of the Navy per Reagan administration sources. A 1937 University of Michigan naval architecture graduate, he has advised Secretary Lehman and chairs the Navy-GD review committee to fix performance issues at Electric Boat. Robert J. Murray remains acting undersecretary until a Senate-confirmed successor is named.
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Copley News Service
Washington
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Navy
University of Michigan
Naval Architecture
Goodrich
John F. Lehman Jr
Pentagon
Lehman
Navy-General Dynamics Review Committee
Electric Boat Division
Groton
Conn
Robert J. Murray
Senate
Califano defends Great Society legacy in Capitol talk
In Washington Joseph A Califano Jr touts the Great Society programs he helped create as durable, defends his HEW tenure, and notes a shift toward private health care and slower national health insurance plans. He also reflects on Carter's welfare stance and his book criticism of the former president.
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Washington
Joseph A. Califano Jr
Art Buchwald
Joe Califano
HEW
Califano
Lyndon Johnson
Jimmy Carter
Health
Health and Human Services
Carter
Edward M. Kennedy
Dmass
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