Editorials on Working Euphemisms in Congress
Washington readers learn that district work periods often mask re election aims as lawmakers travel abroad for junkets and media events. Martha Angle and Robert Walters note Rep Butler Derrick exemplifies this with a typical Easter schedule of interviews, speeches, plant tours, and constituent meetings. They detail a pattern across six district sessions, totaling two and a half months plus inter sessions before the next January start.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Angle
Robert Walters
Washington
NEA
Congress
Capitol Hill
Butler Derrick
D-S.c
Derrick
Chamber of Commerce
Anderson
S.C
Bush Geared to Announce 1980 Presidential Bid
George Bush plans a formal announcement May 1 at the National Press Club in Washington as a GOP candidate for the 1980 presidential nomination. He joins six declared contenders and has built a team including James Baker, David Keene, and Peter Teeley as he positions for a credible campaign.
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George Bush
National Press Club
Washington
John Connally
Illinois
Phil Crane
Connecticut
Lowell Weicker
Harold Stassen
Benjamin Fernandez
Bush
Texas
U.N
U.S
China
CIA
GOP
Ford
James Baker
Reagan
David Keene
GOP National Committee
Peter Teeley
Economic advisors claim recent success in job growth
AP report notes 10 million new U S jobs since 1973-75, 3.6 million added last year, and unemployment at 5.7 percent in March 1979. But structural unemployment and skilled-labor shortages pose future risks, with wage pressure possible and policy challenges to wage guidelines. Birthdays: Shirley Temple Black 51. Bernadette Devlin McAliskey 32. Thought: facts persist despite ignoring them.
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Chet Carrier
NEW York
United States
Carol Brock Kenney
Leslie J. Moran
Wall Street
Loeb Rhoades, Hornblower & Co
Chicago
Continental Bank
Shirley Temple Black
Bernadette Devlin McAliskey
Today in History April 23 highlights from years past
On this date in 1838 the Sirius and the Great Western began regular trans Atlantic service to New York. Shakespeare born 1564 and died 1616. George Washington moved into the first presidential mansion in New York City in 1789. A 1940 dance hall fire in Natchez killed 200 plus. King George II fled Crete in 1941. Soviet Union launched its first communications satellite in 1965. Sirhan Sirhan sentenced to death in 1969. Hungary ended consumer subsidies in 1989. Historical events span birth, war, aviation, politics, and legal milestones.
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Sirius
Great Western
New York
England
William Shakespeare
Stratford-on-Avon
George Washington
Franklin and
Cherry Streets
New York City
Nachez
Miss
George II
Greece
Crete
Thermopalace Pass
Soviet Union
Washington
Vietnam
Los Angeles
Sen
Robert Kennedy
Sirhan B. Sirhan
U.S. Supreme Court
Hungary
Endangered public ed warns of private school rise
Public education faces a rising private school migration across the nation. A Senate hearing notes the danger to public schooling if this trend continues, with private enrollment estimated at about five million in 1977 and Catholic schools forming the largest segment. Public opinion shows declining confidence, while discipline, drugs, funding, integration, and curriculum are top concerns.
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Washington
NEA
New York City
California
Los Angeles
Ernest L. Boyer
U.S
Senate
Gallup
North
Iran Arms Buyout Sparks Navy Costly Bailout Plan
The Pentagon moves to rescue manufacturers stuck with over 10 billion dollars of canceled Iran bound arm contracts. If Congress backs a buyout, the Defense Department would take on production costs totaling about 2 billion dollars. The plan faces scrutiny over obsolete and unnecessary items, notably four Spruance destroyers valued at 1.3 billion dollars plus refit costs.
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Jack Anderson
Washington
Pentagon
Iran
Congress
Defense Department
Defense
Administration
Senate Armed Services Committee
Navy
Graham Claytor
U.S
John Stennis
D-Miss
Ingalls
Litton Industries
Mississippi
Litton
Hughes Aircraft Co
Sen
Edward Kennedy
D-Mass
White House
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
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