Preservation of the Spark Faces Meals on Wheels Shift
The editor surveys federal plans to federalize Meals on Wheels under the Older Americans Act with a $75 million 1980 budget proposal and projected rises to $120 million by 1981. It warns austerity, urges Congress and the Administration on Aging to protect volunteer delivery efforts, and appeals for local support for Winchester Meals on Wheels Inc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Administration On Aging
AOA
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Congress
Winchester’s
Administration On Aging
Winchester Meals On Wheels Inc
Federalizing Meals on Wheels By MICHAEL BALZANO
A 25th anniversary note argues Congress created a federal Meals-on-Wheels program with aims to use private networks, but regulation may push private programs out. It contrasts volunteer driven charity with a government funded model offering paid staff and free meals, risking competition against private providers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Administration On Aging
Local volunteer Meals on Wheels seeks donations to survive
In Winchester Virginia neighborhood Meals on Wheels asks individuals churches and organizations to donate to cover rising meal costs and declining private funding. The piece warns that without support a federal program could replace the local volunteer effort and urges private solutions.
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Karen O. Shipp
Winchester
Frederick County
Teamsters strike ends with 30 percent wage rise over three years
The nine to eleven day walkout ends with a 30 percent gain in wages fringes and cost of living benefits over three years far surpassing the Carter administration 7 percent yearly guideline. The deal prompts questions about policy and future labor talks and hints at a new push for trucking deregulation.
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Teamsters
Demagoguery Yes Leadership No
James Kilpatrick critiques President Carter's windfall profits speech as demagoguery. The column defends oil companies, analyzes profits, taxes, and potential effects on investment, while likening the President to Alcibiades and dismissing the speech as theatre. It argues Congress controls policy and political games shape outcomes.
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Washington Star Syndicate
Inc
Washington
Alcibiades
White House
Carter
Pitta-patta
Jimmy
Mr. Carter
United States Congress
Congress
American Petroleum Institute
Plea for Quiet After Lawrence Thomas Trial
Letters to the editor flood the Star as the Lawrence Thomas case stirs emotions. A reader requests people stop writing until the trial concludes to avoid bias and possible change of venue.
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the Star
Lawrence Thomas
Winchester
Sth
Winchester Evening Star Inc Personnel Listing
Winchester Evening Star Inc of Winchester Virginia appoints Thomas T Byrd as general manager and Roy E Potts II as managing editor with Lewis H Ebert serving as advertising director.
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Thomas T. Byrd
Roy E. Potts II
Lewis H. Ebert
Winchester Evening Star Inc
Kent S. Winchester
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Federal
Impact On
Meal On Wheels Inc
Michael Balzano
Mrs. Shipp
Winchester Memor Hospital
Treasury
Open Forum
James J. Kilpatrick
Neighborhood Meals On Wheels Inc
Winchester Area
America
The
American Enterprise Institute
Washington, D.C
House
Alfred Kahn
By James J. Kilpatrick
Evening Star
Thomas
Millie Putman
Larry Thomas
Ms. Putman
Thalia H. Sempeles
Madame Librarians
Handley Library
Margaret Newsom
Franklin Street
Coors and Christians
Virginia
Doris Brown
Massie St. Stephens City
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