Costly Noses and Census Improvements Raise Budget Hopes
The GAO says the 1980 decennial census could reach $1 billion, far above the 1970 outlay of $222 million. It attributes the rise to so called improvements aimed at reducing undercounts, especially among minorities, though the GAO cautions many planned coverages overlap and gains may be uncertain.
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General Accounting Office
Congress
GAO
Federal Census Bureau
Census Bureau
Wayne Whitham visits Winchester retirement marks long service
Wayne Whitham former Winchester councilman and Virginia’s first secretary of transportation returns for holidays. His career includes 1964 council election as the first Republican, eight years on council, planning commission work, directing the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival and chairing campaigns. His state roles under three governors are noted. Ann Whitham also served on the Winchester School Board.
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Winchester
Wayne Whitham
Virginia
Shenandoah
Rep
J. Kenneth Robinson
House of Representatives
Commonwealth
Whitham
Wendell L. Seldon
Ben Dutton
Mr. Whitham
Mr. Dutton
Transportation
Ann Whitham
Local job market concerns in Winchester prompt call for action
A Winchester reader laments a stagnant local economy with scarce opportunities for graduates. The letter criticizes city and county leadership for not pursuing business growth and a new mall, urging aggressive action to attract firms and create local jobs.
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the Star
Winchester
Teng Hsiao-ping on US talks and China’s strategic aims
Teng Hsiao-ping outlines terms for U S Taiwan relations and the defense treaty while weighing American concessions and risks. He predicts Carter will yield on most points and argues for maintaining force limits and continued American troop presence to counter Moscow and safeguard regional security.
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New York Times
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Taiwan
U.S
China
Hua
Kuomintang
Chiang Ching-kuo
Jimmy Carter
Peking
Middle Kingdom
Moscow
Mr. Carter
Chiang
Russia
Hanoi
Vietnam
Cuba
Finland
Washington
Teng Hsiao-ping
Chou En-lai
South Korea
Japan
Egypt
Iran
Soviet Union
Nixon
Kissinger
Deteriorating U S Korean ties deepen amid troop withdrawal doubt
Rowland Evans and Robert Novak report that misread signals from Washington on the 1982 deadline for troop removal strain the U S Korea alliance. Seoul questions Washington's commitment while Park Chung Hee avoids pressing the issue, amid a cooler U S stance and a wary view of nuclear umbrella reliability.
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Seoul
Koreagate
Harold Brown
Brown
Park Chung Hee
Carter
U.S
South Korea
Park
Western Pacific
Kim Il Sung
Washington
William Gleysteen
Blue House
Gleysteen
Korea
Patricia Derian
Jimmy Carter
District Six and South Africa's Influx Controls Legacy
District Six in Cape Town, once a vibrant colored neighborhood near Table Mountain, was erased by the Group Areas Act with bulldozed Victorian homes and forced migrations. Migrant workers fill Crossroads squatter camps with dire conditions, while Mitchell Plain offers expensive housing, highlighting the housing gap and urban policy failures.
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South Africa
District Six
Table Mountain
Crossroads
Vry Grand
Mitchell Plain
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