Governors urge stronger state role in federal aid
In letters to President Carter and OMB director James McIntyre, the National Governors Association urged more state control over federal aid and a streamlined system to ease budget cuts. They called for preserving state leadership in health care education and transportation while reducing bypass of states by 38,000 local entities. They also suggested consolidating 15 health programs into a single grant to cut duplication.
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Washington
White House
Carter
Statehouse
National Governors' Association
James T. McIntyre Jr
Office of Management and Budget
Congress
New Year Resolutions From Ridgefield AP Reporter
Hugh A. Mulligan lists humorous long term goals as the decade nears, including quitting junk food, learning to ski, tackling Henry James, taking up tap dancing, increasing sit up counts, rereading 1984, swimming symbolic waters, learning to change a typewriter ribbon, celestial navigation, socializing with yachts, enduring Wagner, reading Castro, shaving the mustache, buying a new suit, finishing a bogged down autobiography, widening the driveway, and losing 15 pounds to justify the new attire.
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Henry James
George Orwell
Hellespont
Byron
Grand Canal
Greek Isles
Lesser Antilles
Wagner
Shaw
Fidel Castro
Liberals Blast 95th Congress in Annual ADA Review
Americans for Democratic Action labels the 95th Congress one of the worst sessions for women minorities and the middle class. ADA faults tax and energy laws, Humphrey Hawkins, and presidential leadership while noting mixed scores for lawmakers and high praise for a few.
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Washington
Americans For Democratic Action
Leon Shull
ADA
America
Carter
Congress
Shull
Shirley Chisholm
D-N.y
Robert Drinan
D-Mass
Elizabeth Holtzman
Theodore Weiss
Sidney Yates
Thad Cochran
R-Miss
Dan Daniel
R-Va
Louis Frey
R-Fla
Eldon Rudd
H- Aviz
Howard Metzenbaum
Ohio
Edward Kennedy
Dick Clark
D-Town
Paul Barbanes
D-Ma
Maryon Allen
D-Ala
James McClure
Idaho
Rudd
George Archibald
Congress warns of drug use by U S troops in Germany
A congressional task force surveyed 626 enlisted personnel aged 17 to 25 at 13 German installations. About half admitted marijuana use on duty, 10 percent heroin, and 58 percent monthly use of marijuana or hashish. Cocaine 9 percent, pep pills 13 percent, depressants 17 percent.
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Washington
U.S
Germany
Congressional
Glenn English
D-Okla
Double Charge Tax Burden Faces Kansas Cities
Kansas lawmakers consider ending double charges on city costs by exempting government agencies from licenses permits and fees. Budget impact debated as officials push bills to shield cities from federal grant administrative take and motor fuel tax for government vehicles. Proponents argue small fees add up while opponents warn of revenue loss but support replacing it with higher income taxes.
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Cindy Schwartz
Kansas
Topeka
Ernest Mosher
League of Kansas Municipalities
Bert Chaney
Hutchinson
Chaney
Department of Revenue
Division of Accounts and Reports
City
Kansas Association of Counties
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