Unkept Promises for the Cities
At the National League of Cities meeting in San Francisco more than seven thousand municipal officials fault President Carter for failing to deliver on urban policy promises. He pledged jobs programs housing transit aid and reforms but the record shows limited action since 1976.
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Washington Star Syndicate Inc
San Francisco
National League of Cities
Jimmy Carter
Carter
United States Conference of Mayors
America
White House
Jerry Wurf
American Federation of State
League
Mr. Wurf
Phyllis Lamphere
Seattle
Patricia Harris
Housing and Urban Development
Mr. Carter
HUD
Nicholas R. Carbone
Hartford
United States
Union Pro
Detroit
Baltimore
Congress
County considers road standards for large-lot subdivisions
Frederick County Board of Supervisors backs an emergency ordinance requiring large-lot subdivisions to meet state secondary highway standards with 50-foot right of way 24-foot pavement and max 10 percent grade. A public hearing and adoption are scheduled after Oct. 24.
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Frederick County
Board of Supervisors
Hidden Lincoln Letter Found in Attic Treasures
Massachusetts Historical Society uncovered an eyewitness account of Lincoln's assassination by Augustus Clark who lived near Ford's Theater. He helped carry Lincoln from the theater and wrote the account two days later for his nephew. Additional recent discoveries include a Declaration of Independence copy and Leonardo da Vinci manuscripts misfiled for centuries.
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Massachusetts Historical Society
Abraham Lincoln
Augustus Clark
Ford
Washington
Lincoln
Leonardo da Vinci
Gas Deregulation or Nothing c 1977
Washington insiders warn Energy Secretary Schlesinger that without natural gas deregulation the energy bill may fail. Conferees inch toward phased deregulation while liberals demand strict controls and President Carter weighs liberal backlash and political risk.
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Washington
Energy
James Schlesinger
Schlesinger
Jimmy Carter
Carter
Dr. Schlesinger
White House
Bennett Johnston
Louisiana
John Dingell
Michigan
Moffett
House
Toby Moffett
Back to Basics With Old Fertilizer in Water Policy Shift
Congress and the EPA back land treatment of wastewater as a fertilizer. Wastewater nutrients nitrogen and phosphorus can be sprayed on fields, reducing costs and supporting crops, with pre treatment and federal standards guiding adoption amid state resistance and public skepticism.
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Congressional Quarterly
Washington
People’s Republic of China
Congress
Environmental Protection Agency
House
Senate
EPA
Bill Whittington
Muskegon
Mich
Maryland
Rebirth of the B-1 bomber in debate over defense policy
A bipartisan House coalition challenges President Carter’s cancellation of the B-1 and other decisions. They warn cuts threaten US security. debate cites SALT II limits, Triad viability, and the need for two additional planes to complete research data and potential savings.
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United States Press Inc
Washington
House of Representatives
Carter
House
Senate
Congress
Mapas
Bikini
Eniwetok
Moscow
Soviet Union
New House
Pennsylvania
Richard Schulze
Pentagon
House Armed Services Committee
Melvin Price
Illinois
United States
Bob Sikes
Florida
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