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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1978
Page
4
A World Bank study projects a 250 percent population rise in 200 years to about 10 billion. India could reach 1.6 billion, China 1.4 billion, and America 255 million, amplifying hunger, unemployment, and inflation concerns while underscoring limited living space.
The ERA supporters seek a 39 month extension to reach three fifths approval across 50 states, with the House voting 223 to 189 for the stay and Virginia Republicans split 7 2 1. Senate opposition threatens a filibuster as critics demand restart criteria and state vote rights before the March 1979 deadline.
The House and Senate Judiciary Committees consider bills to shield Pfizer, American Cyanamid, and Bristol-Myers from lawsuits by foreign governments over antibiotic price fixing. The measures, tied to a 1977 Supreme Court ruling, would allow foreign suits for damages with conditions and aim to overturn the Pfizer decision. Critics call the amendments a shield for price fixers and warn they could delay vital antitrust enforcement.
Brzezinski learned via a Washington Post headline that the Commerce Department approved a $140 million oil drilling technology plant for the Soviet Union. The episode shows top administration ambivalence over using U S technology as a political lever against Moscow.
A 1978 New York Times Service column skewers the Senate’s plan for a nine story, $135 million office complex with 100 members in mind. It warns of cost overruns up to $200 million and mocks perks like a private rooftop restaurant. It links Congress’s expansion to Moynihan and Moynihan’s critique of imperial Congress and notes pressure from Sen. John Chafee to halt the project. The piece connects budget excess to national debates on federal spending and governance.
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Editorial reprint argues the federal debt is rising despite a pause in U S savings bonds. Virginia Senator Byrd cites the insatiable government appetite for spending and foreign holdings as debt grows. A Byrd amendment seeks a balanced budget starting 1981, but House action remains uncertain.
The piece argues against public employee strikes as summer wage talks rise. It cites stoppages across cities and endorses a New York Times editorial claiming the public does not owe striking rights to public workers, urging fair pay without work stoppages to protect efficient government.
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