Editorials oppose federal regulation of youth camps
The piece denounces HLR 6761 the Youth Camp Safety Act arguing federal bureaucrats should not regulate youth camps already overseen by state and local authorities. It asserts stricter rules would raise costs, reduce campers, and push children to riskier non camp environments, while noting injury rates in everyday childhood. It questions if Congress seeks a risk free society and warns of eroding childhood freedoms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
House Education and Labor Committee
House Rules Committee
National Safety Council
HEW
Government spending 47 percent of income in 1977
The 10th edition of Facts and Figures in Government Finance shows total U S government spending at 719.7 billion in 1977, averaging 9 607 per household for 74.4 million households, with federal outlays at 447.3 billion and state local spending the rest. Tax Foundation president Willard F Rockwell Jr notes rising taxes and urges voters to demand spending cuts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Willard F. Rockwell Jr
Man of the Non-Profit Tax Foundation, Inc
New York
U.S
Panamas Torrijos Linked to Libyan Ties Under Scrutiny
Washington circles allege Omar Torrijos met Muammar Qaddafi in Tripoli to pledge allegiance and plan economic and military cooperation. A secret Panama document dated April 28 1977 hints at excluding Zionists from Libyan financed projects and a broader anti Jewish campaign. Reports mention a Libya linked one hectare land grant in Panama and a $100 million Arab bank used to aid terrorist groups.
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Washington
Panama
Omar Torrijos
Libya
Muammar Qaddafi
Americas
Arsb
Qaddafi
Uganda
Idi Amin
Torrijos
Tripoli
United States
Cyrus
Vance
Benjamin Rosenthal
DNY
Torrijns
Pawan
Richard Stone
D-Fla
Ile
Redouti Hae
Glen Oy
Ende
HSS Qiarree
Call for a Broad Special Prosecutor on Congress Corruption
The piece urges President Carter to appoint a special prosecutor with a wide mandate to probe all forms of corruption among congress members, not just the Korean payments case, and even suggests a joint commission on reform with broad hearings and an up or down package for reform. It argues such action could restore public trust and deter abuse.
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Washington
Carter
Congress
Howard Baker
R-Tenn
Baker
Cor
Archibald Cox
Justice Department
Ceres
Executive
Officiousness and junior police on a Southern California beach
The author recalls a winter 1976 77 scene near a military academy where a young cadet patrolman in a helmet liner and white leggings directed traffic. He reflects on early discipline, hall monitors, and fondly recalls his own brief, uneventful stint as a student substitute monitor, noting the humor and inevitability of officious behavior.
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ST. Paul
Minn
California
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Vk Laderson
Ces Whiten
Gi Bailey
Bitura
Teat IG
George Patton
Patton
William G. Sumner
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