Odessa American Capsule Policy Editorial Stance
The Odessa American outlines a voluntary spending philosophy urging individuals to keep what they earn rather than share it involuntarily. It states permission to reproduce editorials originated by the paper with proper credit.
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Odessa American
Visions of power by little tyrants in regulation maze
Dr W Clarke Wescoe accepted the Midwest Research Institute citation and railed at a growing regulatory maze. He warned that consumer protection could be hollowed by ever more laws while government inefficiency and drug lag persist. He urged free enterprise and science to unite to curb bureaucratic overreach and restore power to the people.
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W. Clarke Wescoe
Midwest Research Institute
Washington
Wescoe
United States
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Vesco case stirs White House inquiry amid odd Georgia ties
Washington observes a growing flap over whether Carter aides and Georgia lawyers intervened to aid fugitive financier Vesco. Key figures James Lee IV Harden Kirbo Jordan and Bell face questions as details about a cryptic Carter note surface and White House explains the unclear memo.
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Washington
Carter
White House
Justice Department
Georgia
Robert Vesco
Griffin Bell
FBI
Vesco
United States
W. Spencer Lee IV
Albany
Lee
Hamilton Jordan
Richard Harden
Harden
Jordan
Atlanta
Charles Kirbo
Robert Herring
Kirbo
Jody Powell
Bell
Powell
Costa Rica
Spencer Lee
Rex Graham
Crane Amendment pushes limits on federal spending
The Crane Amendment aims to cap annual federal outlays at one third of the three year average gross national income. Proponents argue expenditure control is essential to balance the budget, while critics warn against growth stagnation and inflation from deficits. The piece cites Rep Philip M Crane and Rep Jack Kemp and discusses broader tax limitation as part of fiscal reform.
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D. Engelmayer
Robert Wagman
Congress
JJ Jack Kemp
Letters to the Editor Guidelines Published Here
The newspaper invites timely constructive letters of up to 500 words bearing a real signature home address and phone number. Only the writer's name and hometown will appear, and personal attacks or slander will not be considered for publication.
Scrounging for voters and the DC franchise debate
An op ed argues Congress uses rights rhetoric to extend voting to District of Columbia residents via a constitutional amendment. It warns this shifts power to DC, reduces accountability, and risks a government ruled by those who withhold participation while claiming popular legitimacy. The piece urges readers to reject forced expansion and to consider voting as a check on government.
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Congress of the
United States
Congress
District of Columbia
States
Washington
1.C
German influence in Africa sets new danger, not ethnicity
The piece argues that East Germany and allied Soviet blocs push arms and troops into Africa and across the Middle East, asserting German strategic skill in this conflict. It notes East German paratroops in Angola, Cuba and Soviet instructors, and warns of their aim to defeat Western interests in Africa.
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America
Africa
Andrew Young
Ian Smith
East Germany
South Yemen
Gulf of Aden
Horn of Africa
Palestine Liberation Oganization
Libya
Ethiopia
Angola
Katanga
U.N.S.T.A
Sunday Times of London
Namibia
Fidel
Clausewitz
Napoleon
German East Africa
Tanzania
Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck
Germany
Europe
Rhodesia
Kasama
Argentina Exports 8.9 Million Gallons Wine in First Half of 1978
Argentina exported 8.9 million gallons of wine during the first half of 1978 valued at over 641 million dollars. About 356 percent of the table wines went to the United States, reflecting shifting trade patterns in the period.
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Argentina
United States
Crossword Puzzle Clues Summary
A list of crossword clues with numbers ranging from 44 to 54 across including entries for actions like get-up and go, decrying loudly, overdue debts, and various noun and verb clues tied to common words. includes references to people, places, and objects across themes such as French WW premier, mountain ridge, dry gulch, stock- ings, and nativity.
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Freedom
Permian Basin
James Weighart
Anthony Harrigan
U.S
Philip M Crane
Kemp
Alice
USA
Robert Lefevre
Michael Kilian
Togo
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