Texas Senate Race Sets Early Record For Spending
In Texas, Republican John Tower aims to defend his Senate seat against Democrat Robert Krueger as campaign budgets surge past 6 million dollars. Tower nears 3 million with broad donor support and 62,500 small contributors, while Krueger trimmed his general-election budget to 1.5 million after a costly primary. The current national record, 4.2 million, was set in 1976 for Pennsylvania.
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Congress
Texas
John G. Tower
Robert C. Krueger
Tower
Ower
Krueger
Joe Christi
Ate
Thersruever
House
Pennsylvania
H. John Heinz II
Governors Not Amused At National Conference Jibe
Maine Governor James Longley, seen as an odd man out, upset colleagues at the National Governors Conference in Houston by accusing others of double standards over federal inflation policies. He noted dues have risen from about 100 dollars per state to around 20 000 annually, prompting Pennsylvania Governor Milton Shapp to defend state funding of the conference.
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Retkins
Maine
James Longley
Hoston
Longley
National Governors’ Association
Myesearch
Milton Shapp
Pennsylvania
Gary Wenglowski
Goldman Sachs Research Group
Wenglowski
Savings and Loan
Uncle Sam
Strong housing market puzzles buyers and savers
AP analysis explains why households shift spending over saving in inflationary times. Buyers load into bigger homes and embellish homes despite rising costs and higher borrow rates, seeking to preserve or grow value. Inflation erodes traditional financial returns, making real estate appear a better hedge than savings accounts or stocks.
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John Cunniff
New York
Today in History for September 19, 1978
Highlights include Garfield’s death in 1881 from July wounds, the 1777 Saratoga victory, 1870 Versailles surrender, Hauptmann’s 1934 arrest, Peron ouster in 1955, U S. embassy microphones in Moscow in 1964, and royal install in Sweden in 1973. Birthdays noted for Harold Brown, Lewis Powell, and Rogers Morton.
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Associated Press
James Garfield
Baltimo
Maryland
Saratoga
New York
Versailles
Bruno Hauptmann
Charles Lindbergh
Juan Peron
Argentina
U.S
Moscow
Sweden
Carl Gustaf
Rogers Morton
Charles Dickens
Popularity before integrity among retiring lawmakers
Three retiring legislators from the Senate and House condemn the push for re election as eroding principles. Lloyd Meeds John Moss and James Abourezk say political expediency trumps conviction, urging reforms like rotating committee chairs to curb special interests and long tenures. They warn that staying in power too long weakens integrity.
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Washington
NEA
Congress
Lloyd Meeds
D-Wash
John E. Moss
D-Calif
James G. Aboureze
D-S.d
Abourezk
Meeds
Moss
Capitol Hill
Aboureze
House
Senate
Ralph Nader
Public Citizen Forum
Federal contracts fuel through Mansfield coroner’s lab scrutiny
Washington column outlines how Dr. Raymond Thabet, Mansfield Ohio coroner, used Automated Medical Services to win about a million dollars annually from FAA EPA and Air Force contracts despite prior poor results. Investigations by GAO FBI and congressional inquiries probe consent issues and lab reliability amid broader LEIU data concerns.
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Jack Anderson
Washington
Raymond Thabet
Mansfield
Ohio
Uncle Sam
Thabet
FBI
Justice Department
General Accounting Office
Federal Aviation Administration
FAA
R. Bruce Carter
Navy
Carter
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Harold Volkmer
D-Mo
Air Force
Planned Parenthood
Indiana
Michigan
Habet
Vicki Warren
David Kane
Law Enforcement Intelligence Unit
LEIU
United States
Canada
American Indian Movement
Students For A Democratic Society
Black Panthers
SEIU
Steven Bertucelli
Deborah Goldberg
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