SPEDY Program Aids Disadvantaged Youth in Winchester
A town letter praises the SPEDY program under CETA for teens 14 to 21, offering federally funded first jobs with daily performance checks. It argues the private sector should lead, but asserts the program helps youth gain attitude and motivation while calling for continued support and oversight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
SPEDY
Feds
Council of Alcoholism
Lord Fairfax Community, Inc
Our Town
CETA
James J. Kilpatrick
Virginia Employment Commission
Commonwealth
Nit-Picking OSHA Must Stop By Franks Van Der Linden
A Senate approved small business exemption would shield firms with ten or fewer workers from OSHA inspections and routine paperwork if their injury illness rate stays under seven percent. The measure targets nit picking visits while preserving safeguards for mining petrochemical and construction sectors.
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United States Press
Ine
Washington
House
Senate
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
OSHA
Sen
Dewey Bartlett
Oklahoma
Congress
Bartlett
Bob Dole
Kansas Republican
Eula Bingham
Labor
Sen. Bartlett
Dr. Bingham
Afl-Cio News
Idaho
Frank Church
Debate Over Volunteer Army Faces Critical Scrutiny
The article surveys the 1970s shift to a volunteer force, citing RAND findings and Senate interest in a National Service option. It weighs higher education levels, morale, and leadership in the Seventh Army against costs, recruitment challenges, and racial representation concerns, noting the ongoing push for or against a return to conscription.
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New York Times
Drew Middleton
Senate Armed Services Committee
Rand Corporation
United States
West Germany
Republic
Vietnam
Seventh Army
Germany
William A. Steiger
Wisconsin
Army
Volunteer Army
Officer Corps
Navy
George Blanchard
Air Force
National Guard
Edward Kennedy
Senate Armed Service Committee
GOP Backing Helps Carter On Key Foreign Policy Votes
Republican support aided President Carter on several major foreign policy measures this year including Panama Canal treaties and arms deals. The Senate saw bipartisan backing, while the House offered tougher votes on lifting Turkey’s embargo and Rhodesia sanctions amid party divides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congressional Quarterly
Washington
Jimmy Carter
Soviet Union
Carter
Saudi Arabia
Turkey
Senate
Rhodesia
House
John H. Chafee
R.I
Charles McC. Mathias Jr
James B. Pearson
Kan
Robert T. Stafford
Clifford P. Case
R-Ill
Edward W. Brooke
R-Mass
Senate Gop
GOP
Jimmy
Republican Party
Swit
Arms Embargo Lifted for Turkey After House Vote
The Richmond News Leader notes a 208-205 House vote to rescind the arms embargo on Turkey and a 47-42 Senate tally confirming the move. The piece details Cyprus tensions, NATO concerns, and Senator Byrd Jr. support for lifting the ban to encourage negotiations and stabilize the region.
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Richmond
Carter
House of Representatives
Turkey
Senate
Virginia
Harry F. Byrd, Jr
Cyprus
Congress
U.S
NATO
Bulent Ecevit
Moscow
House
John Brademas
Indiana
United States
Byrd
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Winchester Evening Star
The
Star
By Frank van der Linden
Marine Corps
Bernard Rogers
Huago Trin
Body Shop
GOP Stable
John J. Rhodes
R-Ariz
Rhodes
Thomas T. Byrd
Roy E. Potts II
Lewis H. Ebert
Eugene P. Miller
Winchester Evening Star Inc
Kent St
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