Virginia eight congressmen split on food stamp amendments
Virginia lawmakers voted on two amendments to HR7171, the Agricultural Act of 1977, both rejected. Eight VA congressmen supported restricting food stamps for strikers and instituting a token payment, while two dissented opposed taxpayer funding and free benefits.
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Virginia
Robinson
Trible
Whitehurst
Butler
Wampler
R. Daniel
W.V. Daniel
Satterfield
Rep
Fisher
Harris
Common Sense
Floyd Fishian
Congress
Cuomo questions NYPD no-shoot order during blackout
Three weeks after the 1977 blackout, mayoral hopeful Mario Cuomo presses whether police were restrained by a no-shoot order on July 14. He cites lack of plan to protect property, absenteeism, and absence of state police back-up, while Beame cites city mismanagement and demoralization.
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New York
Mario Cuomo
Cuomo
Abraham Beame
City Hall
Washington
Ford
Carter
Bella Abzug
Beame
Consolidated Edison
Edward Koch
Koch
Manhattan
National Guard
New York Times
The Sock Mystery and the Crazy Laundry Theories
A humorous survey traces sock disappearance theories from Arlberg’s lab studies to Klosson CIA experiments and Elmendorf’s satire fueled by Buckley. It ends with the unresolved question of where missing socks go and the unlikely role of washing machines in grand schemes.
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N.Y
New York
Arlberg
Klosson
CIA
Richard Helms
Central Intelligence
Helms
Berkeley
Livermore Starch
Leonid Brezhnev
Kremlin
Klossen
Brezhnev
South America
Elmendorf
Gestalt Laundry
William F. Buckley, Jr
United States
Pentagon
Aptheker
Washington
Gray
City Faces Mayoral Race Over Crime and Blackout Looting
Voters fear crime and looting after a blackout as Beame Abzug Koch and Cuomo tout hard line and public safety plans. Polls show 32 percent undecided while police shortages and weak crowd control amplify the demand for decisive action.
Public Works Project Held as Barge Fee Standoff
The Senate and the Carter administration hold a high stakes dispute over a waterway user fee to finance inland waterways. House leaders push counteroffers as August adjournment nears to resolve how barge operators should share federal upkeep costs.
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Congressional Quarterly
Washington
Capitol Hill
Senate
House
Locks and Dam 26 debate links fees to river traffic
Environmentalists and railroad interests clash over replacing Locks and Dam 26 with a $421 million project while lawmakers from barge dependent states push for a funding plan. Domenici ties the project to a proposed user fee, but House rules and leadership slow action, raising stakes for farmers and the inland waterway industry.
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National Committee On
Pete V. Domenici
R N.M
Congress
Senate
Ullman
Columbia River
Mississippi
American Waterways Operators
AWO
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Inside Report
By Rowland Evans
Robert Novak
Field Newspaper Syndicate
Wyman
Rigk
Sam
Law and Order
Evans—Novak
By Ann Cooper
Mississippi River
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Is Transportation
Brock Adams
Domenici
al Ullman
Ways and Means Committee
Transportation Department
U.S
Ways and Means
Thomas P. O'Neill Jr
D Mass
House Public Works
Harold T. Johnson
Calif
John Lambert
Lambert
Senate Finance
Russell B. Long
Winchester Evening Star
Thomas T. Byrd
Roy E. Potts
Ill
Lewis H.ebert
Eugene P.miller
Winchester
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