Capitol Hill panel to abolish itself and overhaul printing
Editorial notes surprise: Rep Frank Thompson Jr and Sen Claiborne Pell propose ending the Joint Committee on Printing and replacing it with a seven member board to oversee the Government Printing Office. Board members would be public, industry, library, and labor appointees, hired for meeting-day work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capitol Hill
Joint Committee On Printing
Government Printing Office
Frank Thompson Jr
D-N.j
House Senate Committee
Claiborne Pell
D-R
Printing Industry
Information Industry
Autobahn Speed Limits Stir German Public Fury
The Bonn government contemplates a maximum speed limit to save energy, proposing 130 kmh about 80 mph. German drivers auto clubs manufacturers and politicians react with outrage as the state backs away, warning of potential protests as Americans observe 55 mph.
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Ukraine
Bonn
West
Changes may come to troubled economy
AP reports with the economy weakening and Carter facing an election, speculation swirls about expansionary fiscal measures, tax cuts, and easier credit. Budget aims for a balanced 1980, but advisers hint at delay or energy spending shifts while White House bets on restraint and no price controls. The question centers on whether politics will override economics before the election.
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John Cunniff
New York
Carter
James McIintyre
Conference Board
Citibank
Camp David
Federal Reserve
White House
Richard Nixon
Nixon
Today in History Highlights Across Centuries
July 12 marks events from 1804 Hamilton dies after duel with Burr at Weehawken to birth of Julius Caesar in 100 B.C. It notes 1957 Aga Khan accession, 1960 US Monroe Doctrine shift, 1972 McGovern nomination, 1960 Franco-African independence pacts, and recent dissident trials and human rights actions.
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Alexander Hamilton
Oa Burr
Weehawken
B.C
Julius Ceasar
Harvard
Prince Karim
Aga Khan
Nikita Khrushchev
United States
Latin America
France
Dahomey
Niger
Upper Volta
Ivory Coast
Chad
Central Africa
Congo
Miami Beach
George McGovern
South Dakota
Soviet Union
China
Far East
Peking
White House
John Ehrlichman
Daniel Ells Berg
Carter
Anatoly Shcharansky
Universal Human Rights
The Three Faces of Carlos Marcello in the JFK Plot
Washington reports that Carlos Marcello faces three public tests as investigators link him to organized crime from New Orleans to Dallas. The House Assassinations Committee will examine ties to Oswald and Ferrie, with witnesses detailing meetings and contacts amid a web of circumstantial evidence.
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Jack Anderson
Washington
Carlos Marcello
Underworld
Justice Department
New Orleans
Dallas
Marcello
Hugh J. Brien
House
John F. Kennedy
Lee Harvey Oswald
Oswald
David Ferrie
Ferrie
Civil Air Patrol
Clinton
Camp Street
Kennedy
Jack Ruby
Ruby
Nofio Pecora
Tropical Court
Pecora
Jean West
Cabana
Joe Civello
Civello
FBI
Kennedys
Blind delegates push end to subminimum wage rule
Three thousand National Federation of the Blind delegates in Miami Beach urged abolition of the federal subminimum wage exemption for blind workers. They cited pay as low as 58 cents per hour versus the $2.90 minimum, and asked the NLRB to uphold rights of blind workshop employees to unionize.
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Miami Beach
Fla
National Federation of the Blind
NFB
National Labor Relations Board
Weighing risk taking in Mirex ban debate
The EPA banned Mirex in 1977 due to cancer risk, prompting a House vote on whether federal action should outlaw a useful pesticide. The case raises a conflict between immediate fire ant control and long term cancer danger to bystanders in the southern states. Environmental groups push alternatives as lawmakers weigh public health against pest management.
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Washington
NEA
Environmental Protection Agency
House of Representatives
EPA
Mirex clash pits Congress against agencies over fire ant controls
In Washington a split over Mirex usage pits Rep. Dawson Mathis and Farm Bureau backers against Rep. Foley Waxman and others who warn of health and environmental risks. The Agriculture Committee favors a temporary lift until 1981, triggering broader debate on legislative veto power and executive agency judgment in federal policy.
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Dawson Mathis
D-Ga
American Farm Bureau Federation
House Agricultural Committee
Thomas S. Foley
D-Wash
Agriculture Committee
Foley
Henry A. Waxman
D-Calif
Health and Environment
Waxman
House
Charles Whetstone
Mississippi Farm Bureau
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Utah
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Delite
NEA, Inc
Merry
Richard E. Cohen
Federation
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