Christmas reflections amid conflict and recession in 1974
A Christmas editorial notes Bethlehem patrols, Irish ceasefire, and a U S recession. It honors the Lamb poem, cites Nixon's resignation, Watergate, and energy crises, and praises Winchester area leadership while urging spiritual guidance and ethical resolve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethlehem
Holy Land
Martin Luther
Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
England
Edward Heath
Congressional Joint Economic Committee
America
Winchester
Congress approves jobs program and highway bill vote tally
Washington reports roll calls December 12 to 18. House approves HR 16596 creating 330000 public sector jobs and extending benefits to about 12 million workers and funding major public works. Senate backs the plan and sends it to President Ford amid inflation worries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HOUSE
Senate
Ford
Dominick Daniels
D-N.j
John Hammerschmidt
R-Ark
William Wampler
Thomas Downing
William Whitehurst
David Satterfield
Robert Daniel
W.C. Daniel
Caldwell Butler
Kenneth Robinson
Stanford Parris
Joel Broyhill
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
Caspar Weinberger
Louis Stokes
Ohio
Stubborn senators win veto over Exim Bank Soviet deals
In Washington, the Senate imposes veto power over Exim Bank credits for Soviet oil and gas projects. The bill extends Exim life to four years with a 25 billion lending cap, bans aid for Soviet energy processing and distribution, and sets 40 million and 300 million ceilings for energy and exports. Congress must pre-approve loans of 25 million or more for Soviet energy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Soviet Union
Senate
Exim
House
Adlai Stevenson III
Illinois
U.S.S.R
Sen
Hubert Humphrey
Minnesota
Kremlin
Frank Church
Idaho
Exim Bank
Yakutsk
North Star
Siberia
United States
Church
Russell Long
Louisiana
Levi Nomination Faces White House Incompetence Dilemma
Rowland Evans and Robert Novak analyze President Ford's Levi nomination as Attorney General. Conservative opposition, Senate misgivings, and timing threats loom while Ford skis in Colorado. Levi, a nonpartisan scholar, faces a bruising confirmation amid White House agency errors and internal doubts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ford
Vail
Edward H. Levi
White House
Colorado
Levi
Senate
University of Chicago
Elliott Richardson
Richardson
Richard M. Nixon
John Mitchell
London
Senate Judiciary Committee
James Eastland
Mississippi
Roman Hruska
Nebraska
John Tower
Texas
Republican Policy Committee
Eastland
Hruska
Capitol Hill
Schossing
Winchester Evening Star header and masthead
The Winchester Evening Star periodical masthead lists staff roles and pricing schemes for daily and Sunday editions. It notes the newspaper’s founding date, local mailing details, and subscription rates by carrier and mail with annual and semiannual options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas T. Byrd
Lewis H. Ebert
Douglas B. O'Connell
Eugene P. Miller
Winchester
Byrd Speaks on Soviet Loan Ceiling in Export-Import Bank
In a Senate speech on December 20 1974 Senator Harry F Byrd Jr argues for a two piece ceiling on Soviet loans through Eximbank and trade bill Byrd notes State Department displeasure Kissinger veto hints and asserts US control of credits and interest rate impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Harry F. Byrd, Jr
Department of State
Senate
House
Soviet Union
State Department
Henry Kissinger
Senate of
United States
United States Congress
Russia
House of Representatives
White House
State Kissinger
West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd
Finance Committee
Russell B. Long
Washington, D.C
Virginia
Export-Import Bank
Congress
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Winchester Evening Star
William Blake
Marjorie Holt
R-Md
Whitehurst
Satterfield
W. C. Daniel
Robinson, Wampler
Broyhill
Norris Cotton
R-N.h
William Scott
Harry Byrd
Adlai Stevenson
D-Ill
D-La
IRS
Byrd
Scott
Land and Water Conservation Fund
LWCF
James McClure
Frank van der Linden
Long
Chile
Middle East
Cuba
Harry F. Byrd Jr
Virginia Independent
By Rowland Evans
Robert Novak
Tower
Ed Levi
Levi's
Big Jim Eastland
Judiciary Committee
Eximbank
Senate of the United States
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