Budget Surpluses Hint at Future Virginia Fiscal Struggles
Virginia faces projected 1978-80 surpluses while warning signs emerge. VSRS reforms loom after costly breaches and fraud losses. a new system design may be needed to align with federal Social Security changes. Lawmakers debate funding needs and potential tax implications for the pension agency.
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Dalton
Commonwealth
Virginia
Hew
General Assembly
Virginia Supplemental Retirement System
VSRS
USRS
Board of
Erwin H. Will Jr
In Defense of Trappers Letter to the Editor
A reader argues that responsibility for a family dog’s death lies with owners and the dog’s roaming, not trappers. He defends hunters, condemns self harm, urges seeking help for mental distress, and signs as James Lamar Hopkins from Stephens City.
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the Star
Winchester Evening Star
James Lamar Hopkins
Rt. 2
Stephens City
Shadows Over the Persian Gulf threaten Western oil supply
The piece argues the Soviet Union and Cuba are expanding influence from Afghanistan toward Iran and Pakistan, aided by Cuban troops in Kabul. It claims the West, especially the Carter administration, has failed to counter these moves, risking oil security and shifting power balance in the Middle East.
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Field Enterprises Inc
Washington
Soviet Union
Afghanistan
Iran
Pakistan
Carter
Kabul
Aoa Sea
New York Times
Reader’s Digest
Defense
Melvin Laird
Cuba
Tehran
India
Moscow
U.S
Arabian Sea
CENTO
Saudi Arabia
Persian Gulf
Israel
Egypt
Middle East
Turkey
Anwar Sadat
A Conservable Christmas List 1978
A Washington Aide outlines a conservative gift guide for former progressives. The list covers magazines like The Public Interest and Commentary, bestsellers such as In Search of History, and non fiction on politics, with notes on expected readers and political aims. It advocates familiar names, a dash of culture, and a shift toward antigressivism.
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Times News
Washington
New York
Bristol
Pittsburgh
The
New Republic
Whitinsville
Mass
Martin Peretz
American Spectator
Sixth St
Bloomington
Ind
Esquire
Madison Ave
New York City
Forbes
Fifth Ave
Business Week
Theodore White
William Manchester
Douglas MacArthur
Herman Wouk
Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Suzanne Weaver
Henry Kissinger
Rambouillet
Everett Carll Ladd Jr
Fortune
Oxford
Frank Gannon
Ray Price
Diane Sawyer
Conservables
Laurence Urdang
Essex
Conn
Williard Espy
Parker
Labor's Ugly Image and Sad Reality at Hillsdale
Hillsdale College students study why organized labor lost clout in the 95th Congress. The piece links labor's falling union membership and failed reforms to a damaging public image of coercion and corruption, noting uneven union discipline and media portrayals.
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Mes
J. Kilpatrick
Washington Star Syndicate, Inc
Hillsdale, Mich
Hillsdale College
America
White House
Oval Office
Carter
Ohio
Missouri
New York
Pennsylvania
House
Afl-Cio
Consumer Protection Agency
Hillsdale
Organized Labor
Miami Beach
Teamsters
Illinois
Meany
von Hoffman
Labor
J.P. Stevens Textile Company
National Right To Work Committee
Andrew Biemiller
Washington Star
Democratic Party
Winchester Star Staff Roles and Contact Info
Roy E Potts II is editor in chief at the Winchester Evening Star with Lewis H Ebert as Advertising Director Eugene P Miller and David O Loomis as Wire Editor. The publication is printed from 2 North Kent Street Winchester Virginia 22601 with telephone 6672.
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Roy E. Potts II
Lewis H. Ebert
Eugene P. Miller
David 0. Loomis
Winchester Evening Star Inc
Kent St
Winchester
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Allen R. Boyd
Bull
By William Safire
Ken Khachigian
Howard Ruff
Ruff Times
James Earl Carter
Peter Meyer
Nicholas von Hoffman
Oval
Maurice Stans
Carl Bernstein
William S. Cohen
Maine
Gene McCarthy
Mao Tse-tung
Foxes’ Union
Scrabble
James J
Ford
Senate
Harper's
George Meany
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