Proxmire Urges Trim of Royal Trappings in Presidency
Senator William Proxmire calls for scaling back presidential pomp and costly costs. He proposes cutting 600 Washington limousines, reducing presidential jetliners and airlift use, and auditing gift exchanges while limiting gift values to 50 dollars. He urges redirecting funds to core government needs and defense.
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Proxmire
Andrews Air Force Base
Shah of Tran
General Accounting Office
State Department
Diplomatic and Consular Affairs Fund
Fight for Maps: San Antonio Defends Ft Sam Mapping Agency
A San Antonio Councilman urges backing of the Defense Map Agency at Ft Sam Houston amid a Midwest Research Institute study on consolidation. Local 18 employees rely on the agency, and officials argue the mapping office serves military and community needs, urging its continued operation in San Antonio.
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Alamo City
Defense Map Agency
Ft. Sam Houston
Henry Cisneros
Midwest Research Institute
Cisneros
Washington
San Antonio
Central Mapping Agency
Defese Map Agency
Reagan Ford Ticket Watchdog Picks Unorthodox VP Choice
Buckley analyzes GOP paths to the vice presidency with Ford as presumptive nominee. He dismisses Rockefeller and Reagan, endorses James Schlesinger as an expedient, unconventional pick to appeal to Reagan supporters and broaden appeal in a contested convention scenario.
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Rockefeller
Ford
Reagan
Kansas City
Ronald Reagan
Carter
Sun Belt
Midwest
Lyndon Johnson
Joh Kennedy
James Schlesinger
Defense
William Miller
Goldwater
Mitch Siporin Remembered as Brandeis Faculty Artist
Mitchell Siporin, a distinguished American artist and Brandeis University faculty member for 17 years, was laid to rest in a plain wooden coffin. Friends recall his vibrant teaching, wit, and vast range, with memories of the early Brandeis days, Yiddish culture, and a famed floating poker game among colleagues.
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Mitchell Siporin
Brandeis University
Mitch
Johnnie
Will Toach
Abram $Achar
Bean
Irving Howe
City College
Philip Rahv
Chicago School of Hard Knocks
Phi Bets Kappa
New York
Milne
Yussel
Mitchele
Chaim
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William F. Buckley Jr
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Nelson Rockefeller
Gen. Sherman
Barry Goldwater
Rockefelter
California
Stis
Buckley
John P. Roche
Siporin
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