Skimping on science R and D financing trends
Washington reports America will spend less in real terms on scientific research and development this year than a decade ago. Federal and private funds shrink while industry absorbs more, threatening the pace of 1980s recovery and limiting future scientific gains.
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Reform Bills Stir Debate in Congress Across Terms
Ray Cromley notes a season of ambitious reform ideas in Congress aimed at curbing entrenchment. Proposals include limiting committee chair terms and restricting overall service, with hopes of turnover, though likely facing stiff incumbency resistance and low passage chances.
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Mountain Statesman Notes Subscriptions and Political Reform
Berry's World column in the Mountain Statesman Gratton WV lists subscription rates and address for subscriptions while critiquing S 495 reform proposals. It argues real change requires new lawmakers and cites low primary turnout as evidence of indifference to congressional reform.
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Don Oakley wins Rabbit race in Pennsylvania deal
Volkswagen Werk A G officials in West Germany expect to start minicar production at a New Stanton Pennsylvania plant by mid 1977 if the state legislature approves a $260 million package of loans tax abatements and training grants. Ohio offered incentives including a tank plant in Cleveland but lost the bid. White Motor Corp faces near bankruptcy, with critics arguing against government bailouts and noting limits of free competition while Chrysler GM and American Motors would not face similar treatment.
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Today in History June 15 1976 Chronicle
June 15 marks events from Magna Carta signing in 1215 to Franklin’s kite experiment in 1752 and Washington’s 1775 command. Notable items include Arkansas statehood in 1836, the General Slocum disaster in 1904, Hoover nomination in 1928, and Pentagon Papers litigation in 1971. Birthday: Billy Williams aged 38. Bicentennial note on French protest over arms sales to Americans.
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Matrimonial Survival and Odd Facts Across a Turbulent Era
A collage of quips and questions spans marital advice amid construction, fever and medicine, giraffe horns, pay toilets, and gender pay gaps. Notable lines include a marriage remark about enduring strain, a medical view on fevers, and a Springfield debate on restroom coinage with a quip about exact change.
Church report pins Congress on CIA budget control
The Church committee wrapped up its external intelligence study with a landmark but split conclusion on revealing total CIA and allied budgets. It notes roughly 4.7 billion direct expenditures and about 9.4 billion when including broader military and service costs, urging stronger congressional oversight while facing resistance from armed services and rules committees.
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