Blocking a Blunder in Panama Canal Negotiations
The editorial opposes ceding U.S. sovereignty over the Panama Canal Zone arguing the canal remains vital to U.S. security and economic interests. It cites Gen Omar Torrijos threats, congressional amendments restricting funding for surrender, and calls for Senate action to uphold treaty rights.
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State Department
Canal
Columbia
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Latin America
Soviet Union
Caribbean Sea
Cuba
Henry A. Kissinger
U.S. Senate
United Nations
New Hampshire Senate Fight Ends In Runoff Plan
The Senate, blocked by a southern Republican bloc, agrees to a September 16 special election between John Durkin and Louis Wyman to resolve the disputed New Hampshire seat. Durkin steps back with the seat vacant August 8 while Norris Cotton serves temporarily.
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Washington
Senate
John Durkin
New Hampshire
Durkin
Louis Wyman
Mike Mansfield
Wyman
Mansfield
Norris Cotton
Meldrim Thomson
Middletown Fire Company Thanks Supporters for Carnival
In bicentennial year the Middletown Volunteer Fire and Rescue Company thanks individuals businesses radio stations and newspapers for their carnival success. Carnival chairman Neil A. Stallings notes community cooperation strengthened mutual understanding and local recreation despite tougher economics.
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Middletown Volunteer Fire and Rescue Company
Neil A. Stallings
Food Stamp Reform urged as biggest federal rip off
James J. Kilpatrick argues the food stamp program grown from a modest aid to the needy has become a major entitlement. He notes rising costs, broad eligibility, and fraud. Buckley and Michel push for reform without abolishing the program. He urges constituents to demand changes during August recess.
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Washington
Senate Agriculture Committee
Congress
Herman Talmadge
Georgia
Helsinki
Ford
Congres
Buckley
Michel
Lawmakers Pass Pay Raise and Picketing Bills in July Actions
House approved H Res 653 to grant first federal pay raises since 1969 for judges and top officials, with October effective date likely. The vote followed debate on tying salaries to Civil Service hikes and included support from administration allies and opposition from fiscal conservatives. A separate measure, HR 5900, passed to allow on site construction picketing, arguing for equal union rights, while critics warned of broader labor implications. Senate also advanced a companion pay raise package attached to HR 2559, sending the bill to President Ford. Additional actions covered NATO ties, Turkey arms policy, and Diego Garcia base plans, with mixed votes on each.
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Ford
Edward Derwinski
R-Ill
Department of Labor
U.S
E.G. Shuster
R-Pa
Washington
Thomas Downing
Herbert Harris
Joseph Fisher
William Whitehurst
David Satterfield
Robert Daniel
W.G. Daniel
Caldwell Butler
Kenneth Robinson
William Wampler
Supreme Court
Turkey
Cyprus
NATO
William Broomfield
Benjamin Rosental
D-N.y
Elizabeth Holtzman
Satterfield
W.C. Daniel
William Scott
Harry Byrd
Federal Aviation Administration
New York
Kennedy Airport
Dulles
Byrd
Scott
Diego Garcia
Pentagon
Indian Ocean
John Stennis
Dmiss
Department of Defense
Winchester Evening Star Establishment Note
The Winchester Evening Star lists staff and contact details with an edit page editor and news editor among the staff. Advertising director Douglas B. O'Connell, David H. Smith as news editor, and Eugene P. Miller on wire duties are included along with telephone and subscription rates.
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Douglas B. O'Connell
Editerici
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David H. Smith
Eugene P. Miller
Wire
Three Dimensional Journalism Star City Editor Pat Robinson
Pat Robinson, The Star's city editor, directs a seven person staff and makes swift deadlines from 7:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. He stresses accuracy and objectivity, with opinion on the editorial page. Robinson, 32, has steered the paper since 1973 and twice left to work with the AP and Virginia General Assembly. He hails from Winchester, studied at Handley, Blue Ridge Country Days, Hill School, and VPI, and is married to Sue Ann Clevenger. He once led a mobile campaign unit for his father, Congressman J Kenneth Robinson, during reelection.
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City Reporter
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Richmond
General Assembly
Winchester
Handley School
Blue Ridge Country Days School
the Hill School
Pottstown
Virginia Polytechnic Institue
Sue Ann Clevenger
VPI
Virginia Tech
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J. Kenneth Robinson
U.S. Congress
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David Smith
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By Frank van der Linden
Mansfield and Company
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North Carolina
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Lawton Chiles
Florida
Sam Nunn
Bennett Johnston
Louisiana
By James J. Kilpatrick
James L. Buckley
Robert H. Michel
Illinois
Talmadge
Carl Perkins
D-Ky
John Erlenborn
Harris
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Downing
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