Federal pay raise stirs public ire over lawmakers earnings
Taxpayers condemn a proposed 28 percent rise for federal officials amid a 60 percent cost of living spike. Polls show broad opposition as critics cite conflicts of interest and wage comparisons with private sector pay. Proposals for ethics rules and income disclosures surface to restore trust and ease the raise.
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St. Petersburg Times
Maryland
White House
Washington, D.C
Congress
Senate
House
James B. Allen
D - Ala
Clean up trek to Everest aims to curb mountain damage
Mountain Travel Inc organizers a month long Nepal trip starting Feb 18 to remove litter and fix sites on Everest slopes. Climbers will carry gear, collect debris, and dig disposal pits as part of a broader effort to protect alpine environments.
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Mount
Everest
Mountain Travel Inc
Albany
Calif
Nepal
George Leigh Mallory
E.R.R
The Innocent Bystander The Femmie Plot
Arthur Hoppe satirizes FBI infiltration of the Women’s Liberation Movement with quotes from J Edgar Hoover and a claim of 205 card carrying women in the State Department. He notes Hoover’s 1970 memo and mocks the subsequent halt after his death in 1972 while mentioning Barbara Herwig’s 1972 FBI appointment.
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FBI
Women’s Liberation Movement
WLM
J. Edgar Hoover
United States
Hoover
Ag Ghde
State Department
National Council of Churches
Barbara Herwig
Carter changes at White House prompt hook line fence reuses
The Nixon era fence around Key Biscayne is to be moved and reused around the Carter compound in Plains Georgia as a cost saving measure. Betty Ford and Ann Compton discuss White House changes while Pat Nixon jokes with shoppers and Midge Costanza promotes Carter's inclusive approach. The Carters plan broader guest lists and a more homey, churchgoing family image with all three Carter sons baptized in Plains.
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Richard Nixon
Key Biscayne
Fla
Jimmy Carter
Woodland Drive
Plains
Nixon
Secret Service
Betty Ford
Ann Compton
White House
ABC TV
Ann
Carter
Pennsylvania Avenue
Gerald Ford
Midge
Rochester
N.Y
Buffalo
Upstate
New York
Chip
Carters
Baptist Church
Amy
First Lady's
Warnke Nomination Sparks Intense Senate Debate
The opposition to Paul Warnke as Carter's arms control chief grows beyond policy. Critics like Rep. Stratton and Paul Nitze question his views while debate signals a new militant security coalition including allies for Israel, defense hawks, and the military intellects allied with the Committee on the Present Danger. Carter defends Warnke and reaffirms support, noting MIRV lessons and the need for verifiable limits in a tense superpower balance.
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Paul Warnke
Carter
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Warnke
Rep
Samuel Stratton
Paul Nitze
Pentagon
Senate
Soviet Union
Vietnam
Israel
U.S
Henry Jackson
Daniel Patrick Moynihan
The
New Republic
Committee On
John Connally
Lane Kirkland
AFL - Cio
Norman Podhoretz
Commentary
Saul Bellow
Ussr
Gresham
Stratton
Stansfield Turner
CIA
James Schlesinger
John Kennedy
Diary of Oliver Scott Reveals 1896 Rural Life and Politics
The diary of Oliver Scott, grandfather of County Commissioner Minor Scott, outlines farm life on 300 acres at Table Rock in 1896. It covers weather, crop milestones, family events, church activities, store thefts, guardian duties, and Republican political notes, with details on harvests and prices.
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Oliver Scott
Minor Scott
Table Rock
Beckie
Nora
Hinton
Forest Hill
Ed. Meador
Meador
Bond
Scott
Lew Redden
Prince
Mat Redden
C. P. Stover
House of Delegates
Harvey Cook
Geo. Bailey
Jno
Lacy Harper
Fayette Kidd
Henderson Shumate
Chicago
Bryan
Bland
Grandview
Milton Curtis
A. P. Farley
Sam Burdette
Add Hanna
Charleston
McKinley
William
Raleigh
Jnc
F. Davis
Bailey
Isadore Meadows
Harper
W.va
Ragland Industrialist Tom Rush Ragland Dies at 79
The nation mourns the death on January 18 of Tom Rush Ragland a noted industrialist aged 79 of Beckley West Virginia The Raleigh Register notes Ragland was a prominent figure in industry with wide influence across the sector and region.
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The
Nation
Tom Rush Ragland
Beckley
Winding Gulf road to close all summer 50 years ago
Residents in the Abney to Pemberton area face a summer road closure with only one exit via Farley's Hill. The steep, muddy route needs improvements to be passable in winter, and work is urged to create a winter-safe path.
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Gulf
Abney
Pemberton
Farley's Hill
What Other Newspapers Are Saying on National Energy Policy
The Houston Chronicle notes long debate over a national energy policy. It questions consolidation of power among Interior, Transportation, Commerce, Agriculture and agencies like EPA, FPC, NRC. It warns centralized control may not promise efficiency and highlights bureaucratic resistance and complexity.
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Pope
America
Houston Chronicle
Maine
Carter
Gerald Ford
Richard Nixon
Departments of Interior, Transportation, Commerce and Agriculture
Environmental Protection Agency
Federal Power Commission
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Department of Energy
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Femmie
Arthur Hoppe
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Backstairs
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UPI
Washington
Ford
Cheryl Arvidson
Joan Mondale
Cheryl
Walter Mondale
Mondale
California
Pat Nixon
Bullock's Department Store
Margaret
Costanza
ARMES
Oliver Scott Kind
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