Winchester Blood Drive Faces Shortfall Yet Eyes Hope
Winchester community groups including the Rotary Club strive to meet Washington Regional Blood Center quotas as low donor turnout reduces local collections. The Tuesday drive at Episcopal Parish House aims for about 175 pints from roughly 200 donors, with top donors like Charles Zuckerman and Maurice Blosser cited as local exemplars.
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Washington Regional Blood Center
Roanoke
Winchester Rotary Club
Rotary Club
Robert L. Baldwin
Baldwin
Episcopal Parish
Boscawen
Washington Sts
Auto Park
Charles M. Zuckerman
Maurice Blosser
Sarah Marks
Taxpayer tribute to wasteful federal spending in 1978
A look at 1978 federal waste and fraud across agencies, including GSA, HEW, and GAO estimates. The piece argues taxpayers paid a $25 to $50 billion price tag, notes lavish costs such as HEW's $150 000 party, and questions whether tolerance for such spending will endure.
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Internal Revenue Service
General Services Administration
General Accounting Office
GSA
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Civil Service Commission
GAO
Elmer B. Staats
Congress
Small Business’ Administration
Veterans Administration
Departments of Labor, Agriculture, Transportation
Housing and Urban Development
Jay Solomon
Senate
Staats
United Press International
Uncle Sam
George Washington
Daniel Webster
Interior
Albert B. Fall
Teapot Dome
Jerry Brown’s New Hampshire Test of Guts and Resolve
Rowland Evans and Robert Novak analyze Gov. Ed mund G. Brown Jr.’s post NH setback. Brown cancels testimony on a constitutional amendment then seeks backdoor talks with William Loeb while facing hard nosed New Hampshire pols led by Chris Spirou. The piece questions Brown’s toughness to challenge Carter and hints the crisis reveals inner weaknesses.
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New Hampshire
Edmund G. Brown Jr
William Loeb
Manchester Union
Jimmy Carter
Brown
Loeb
Concord
Chris Spirou
House of Representatives
Jerry Brown
Eugene McCarthy
Ronald Reagan
Linda Ronstadt
California
Carter
Jerry
Spirou
The
White House
Los Angeles
Sam Yorty
Steve Kemisi
Spider
Hugh Gallen
Gallen
U.S
Custer
Gene McCarthy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Robert F. Kennedy
McCarthy
Pragmatism and plans shape Brown's balanced budget stance
California governor Jerry Brown champions long term investment in technology energy and human equity while advocating a balanced federal budget. The piece weighs how his push for renewables space development and public investments sits with deficit discipline and political backlash from liberals and conservatives alike.
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New York Times
Sacramento
California
Jerry Brown
Brown
America
Lyndon Johnson
LBJ Ranch
Founding Fathers in Heaven on a Portrait Controversy
In a Heaven scene Washington rides a white horse while Jefferson and Hamilton debate the Smithsonian bid to buy two Gilbert Stuart portraits in Boston. They clash over central power versus local culture and reference Dolley Madison and a national standard, ending with Washington on a cloud.
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New York Times
Heaven
George Washington
Alexander Hamilton
Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson
Smithsonian Institution
Washington
D.C
Boston
Gilbert Stuart
Martha
Hamilton
Tom
Stuart
White House
Dolley Madison
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Winchester Evening Star
Sleental
Winchester
Thomas T. B
Achester Evening Star
Wwe
Edmor
By Rowland Evans
Robert Novak
Field Enterprises, Inc
By Tom Wicker
By William Safire
Juring
Beiings
National Portrait Gallery
Uallen
Plymouth
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