Budget outlook: deficits persist despite restraint
The article argues federal spending will rise for fiscal 1977 despite calls to cut deficits. Deputy Director Paul O Neill says no big spending reductions are planned while automatic program growth from cost of living tied benefits continues. Treasury Secretary Simon and others voice cautious optimism about a $60 billion deficit target and the need for broader fiscal restraint to avoid debt and deficits.
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Potomac
Washington
Paul O'Neill
Office of Management and Budget
Fedral
O’neill
Congress
Ford
Treasury
William E. Simon
Simon
Gagging on Election Reform in the Watergate Era
Washington columnist James J. Kilpatrick surveys the post Watergate push for election reform. He critiques the vast law, the Federal Election Commission, and a flood of advisory opinions, noting added costs, accounting burdens, and potential traps for candidates, while questioning the law’s necessity and impact on political campaigns.
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Washington
Lord Macaulay
Congress
Federal Election Commission
K Street
Commission
Veterans of Foreign Wars
VFW
Cleveland
Bo Callaway
President Ford Committee
U.S. Court of Appeals
District of Columbia
James L. Buckley
New York
Eugene McCarthy
Supreme Court
Whale protection debate faces embargo and quotas
Editorial notes Ford administration fears economic retaliation from embargoes aimed at curbing whaling. IWC quotas for 1975 76 set at 32578. U S bans and moratorium active. House hearings reveal broad support for protection, sharp debate on trade restrictions, with lawmakers urging economic pressure against Japan and the Soviet Union to halt whaling.
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FORD
United States
International Whaling Commission
IWC
Congress
Budget Making-2 Seeks Better Control Over Federal Budget
Congress adopts new procedures to enhance oversight of the federal budget with an emphasis on fiscal responsibility. The Office of Management and Budget issued a detailed circular guiding agencies on spending programs, current services budgeting, and five year projections as preparations proceed toward 1976 funding.
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U.S. Congress
Washington
Office of Management and Budget
OMB
Congress
Congressional Budget Office
Local respiratory disease toll and TB rate noted
From the Star Files ten years ago in 1965 health data show over 2,900 local residents hospitalized annually for respiratory diseases. Winchester reports a higher TB new case rate than Virginia in 1964. Fort Collier Farms had 112 animals classified for body type by the Holstein-Friesian Association of America.
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Health Association of Northern Virginia
Winchester
County commences bid for permanent market at parking lot
The Frederick County Home Demonstration and Curb Market Community appeared before the Board of Supervisors for the second time seeking a permanent market at the County Parking Lot. Also noted is a major historic earthquake event with elusive epicenter reports.
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Frederick County
Board of Supervisors
Knowledge Quiz Challenge Questions
A set of trivia prompts covering geography politics and history. Questions include Clearwater coast location the only U S president with two nonconsecutive terms the origin of Americas name Bodily mentions of Honduras Guatemala and Columbus era narratives and a puzzle with garbled cipher-like text.
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Clearwater
Florida
U.S
Honduras
Guatemala
America
New National Park
Washington
Cumberland
Maryland
Soong Mei-Ling
Gibraltar
Kokomo
Night on the Andrea Doria and Stockholm in July 1956 fog
Inside the Belvedere lounge aboard the Andrea Doria passengers enjoyed cognacs and music as fog cloaked the sea. The Stockholm steamed northeast on its first New York to Copenhagen voyage while both ships neared New York, with customs awaiting at dawn.
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Belvedere
Arriverderci
Roma
Andrea Doria
New York
Stockholm
Copenhagen
Tragedy at Sea as Andrea Doria Sinks After Collision
The Andrea Doria and Stockholm collide off Massachusetts near Nantucket. Survivors, including Linda Morgan, endure nightmarish scenes as the vessel lists and sinks at 10 09 a.m. on July 26 1956. Fifty-one lives lost. rescue vessels recover nearly all of 1650 aboard. Reporter Harry Trask from the Boston Traveler captures the tragedy with a Beechcraft Bonanza and a Speed Graphic.
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Stockholm
Kille
Andrea Doria
Harry Trask
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Patricia Forkan
Fund For Animals Inc
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City University of New York
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Tokyo
James T. Lynn
R Calif
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