Stennis pressuring Navy to buy Beech CTX planes
Senate Armed Services Chairman John Stennis used private letters to push the Navy toward a $21 million Beech Aircraft CTX contract, urging no competitive bidding. Beech consultant Bill Spell aided the effort, while Stennis claimed cost containment and open bids.
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Navy
Stennis
Beech
Senate Armed Services
Pentagon
Beech Aircraft Corp
Bill Spell
Beech Aircraft
Washington
Senate
CTS
Marc Smolensky
Defense
Donald Rumsfeld
R.L. Brace
Naval Air Systems Command
Spell
Congress
Goldwater
The Times Record Editorial Staff and Affiliation
The Times Record lists Troy Publishing Co as publisher and The Sunday Record as sister paper. It names Joseph A. Cooley Warliam J. Bush as vice president general manager and Frank H. Dobisky as managing editor. The paper is a member of the Associated Press and the Audit Bureau of Circulation.
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Troy Publishing Co
Sunday Record
Broadway
Troy
New York
Associated Press
Rensselaer County Historical Society Seeks Public Support
The Rensselaer County Historical Society, founded in 1927 and now AAM accredited, seeks $300,000 to restore 59 and 57 Second Street properties and up to $500,000 for long term growth. A $100,000 Howard and Bush Foundation challenge grant is matched by public contributions, with NEH grants of $42,500 needing a 3 to 1 match. $93,500 of $127,500 has been raised. Public support is urged to complete the fundraising goals.
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Rensselaer County Historical Society
Rensselaer County Historial Society
Historical Society
New York
American Association of Museums
The
Second Street
Second
Howard and Bush Foundation
Howard and Bush
National Endowment For the Humanities
National Endowment
Politics and the Press in the Carter Era
Washington in 1977 frames President Carter's relations with the press as a central political question. James Reston probes Carter on media criticism, and the piece analyzes how coverage shapes policy, public perception, and the balance between appearances and substance in American government.
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Washington
Carter
Oval Office
New York Times
James Reston
Anwar Sadat
Reston
Russell's riles by Mark Russell
A satirical column asserts a research group links Korean money to corruption in lawmakers. It mocks energy bill maneuvering in Congress and alleges oil company pressure on senators. It claims Republicans plan to hire Gordon Liddy for a break in and lowering a thermostat. It mentions Larry Flynt forming a new church.
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Gordon Liddy
Democratic
Pulse of the People Letter Policy Notice
The Pulse of the People will publish only letters bearing the writer name and address. Names may be withheld on request. Short, to the point letters preferred. The right to shorten libelous or tasteless letters is reserved.
Letter criticizing conduct at Pattison information meetings
A reader from Averill Park deplores rudeness at Pattison's Panama Canal Treaty information sessions. The letter urges residents to approach hearings with open minds and to thank the congressman for providing a participation opportunity rather than ridicule.
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Pattison
29Th Congressional District
Averill Park
Resident criticizes Pattison canal meeting at Shenendehowa High
A Brunswick resident from the 29th District laments out of area speakers and Washington officials at Congressman Pattison’s Give Panama our Canal meeting in Shenendehowa High School. The writer questions Pattison’s stance on communism and notes an anti‑canal activist from Latham.
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Brunswick
29Th Congressional District
Panama
Canal
Pattison
Shenendehowa High School
Washington
Ned
What's Your Beef Letters to The Times Record
Readers submit brief beef letters capped at fifty words and mail to What's Your Beef care of The Times Record 501 Broadway Troy NY 12180. The best entry wins ten dollars.
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Care of the Times Record
Broadway
Troy
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Ohio
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Arthur Burns
Capitol Hill
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Clifton Park
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