Virginias Bridge Approvals Bog Down With Agencies
A Virginia debate targets the 30 agencies and 40 offices reviewing bridge projects across the state. Critics question how much of a 2.5 million annual bridge budget is consumed by paperwork rather than concrete while disputing bridge safety metrics.
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Virginia
Zepp
Coal Mine Hollow
Buffalo Gap
Frogtown
State Department of Highways and Transportation
Shenandoah Valley
University of Virginia
F.H. Stairs Jr
Highway Department
Education Aid Shifts Draw Battle Over Welfare Counting
Legislation in the House to amend the ESEA would count all welfare children for funding, boosting New York and Michigan while trimming Texas and other Southern states. The Senate measure also counts welfare families but excludes the 1976 poverty survey.
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Congressional Quarterly
Washington
House
ESEA
California
Northeast
Congress
House Education Committee
New York
Michigan
Texas
Great Lakes
Rhode Island
Great Plains
Florida
Elmore
Department of Education proposed as federal expansion warned
A Senate committee's plan to create a new Department of Education would merge 23 000 employees with an 18 billion dollar budget and federal control over many programs. Critics warn it accelerates centralization and higher taxes while underscoring past lessons from the Department of Energy. A second note praises Frederick County Parks and Recreation for hosting a successful Slow Pitch Coed Softball Tournament at Clearbrook Park.
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Washington Star Syndicate, Inc
Washington
Senate
Congress
Department of Education
Department of Energy
Senate Committee
Munity
Office of Civil Rights
Division of
University of Oregon
Wayne Morse
National Education Association
the Star
Frederick County Parks and Recreation Department
Clearbrook Park
Kennedy for President in 1980
Washington observes a Kennedy 1980 bid emerging as Ted Kennedy fractures with Carter over national health care. The piece notes a reform coalition collapsing amid defeats on welfare, labor, and campaign finance while Byrd doubts a challenge, yet primaries in the North could threaten Carter.
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United States Press, Inc
Washington
Ted Kennedy
Massachusetts
Carter
Democratic Party
Kennedy
White House
Chappaquiddick
Senate
Robert C. Byrd
Byrd
Johnson Sdid
Bobby Kennedy
Eugene McCarthy
Presidential Party Power On Decline
Washington observes a waning executive grip as Congress grows independent and reform reduces chairmen’s leverage. The piece notes rising incentives for incumbents, new lobbying power, and a tougher path for Carter era initiatives amid more primary funding and TV driven campaigns.
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N.Y. Times News Service
Washington
John C. White
Democratic National Committee
Carter
White
Congress
Youngstown Sheet and Tube
Congressional “Steel Caucus
House
Frank Moore
Capitol Hill
Policy Editor's Note on Letters to the Editor
The notice invites signed letters with address and telephone, limited to 350 words. Typed or double spaced preferred, authentication required. Editing may occur and unverified letters will not be used.
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