White House pressure to fund Panama Canal push exposed
U S. Times report details how the Carter White House pressed bankers and corporate figures to donate large sums for a 600000 dollar media blitz. Lee Kling formed Americans for the Canal Treaties Inc using Reed Shaw and Stenhouse as a mail drop, with private receptions at Robert Strauss's apartment and a White House dinner for big donors.
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Y. Times
Washington
White House
Carter White House
Lee Kling
Democratic National Committee
Robert Strauss
Americans For the Canal Treaties, Inc
Reed, Shaw, and Stenhouse
International Insurance
Occidental Petroleum
Braniff Airways
Averill Harriman
Kling
Presiden
Carter
Watergate
Strauss
Occidental
Braniff
Conrad Trahern
Trahern
FBI
Carlyle
Ozark
Acapulco
Social Security Tax Hike Hits Paycheck This Jan
A columnist argues that a January payroll tax increase has reduced take home pay and criticizes Congress for delaying broader Social Security tax hikes until 1979. The piece accuses lawmakers of hypocrisy for exempting themselves and federal workers, urges taxpayer engagement, and notes upcoming re elections.
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Social Security
Congress
Publication notice from Winchester Evening Star
The Winchester Evening Star Inc publishes notices from 2N Kent Street Winchester Virginia with contact telephone 667-100 for intake and subscriptions.
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Winchester Evening Star
The
Winchester Evening Star Inc
Kent St
Winchester
Thomas T. Byrd
Carter's New Year Economic Outlook From 1978
A New York Times summary notes rising Social Security and minimum wage taxes, higher Medicare costs, and a looming wellhead tax on oil as part of inflation. It critiques Carter's energy bill progress and outlines unemployment, inflation, and policy options with Miller's Fed chairmanship seen as a potential plus.
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N.Y. Times News Service
New York
Medicare
Carter
Congress
U.S.A
National Alliance of Businessmen
Miller
Reconstruction Finance Corp
Jimmy Carter
Let Voters Initiate Federal Legislation
Congressional Quarterly reports a push for a constitutional amendment to allow national popular voting on issues like abortion and gun control. Backers see increased voter participation and truthfully reflecting public opinion, while critics warn of mob rule, demagoguery, and constitutional risks to federalism.
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Congressional Quarterly
Washington
Congress
Birch Bayh
D-Ind
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee
National Initiative
Ralph Nader
Peter Bachrach
Temple University
Peter G. Fish
Duke University
Letters to the Star Editor on cheating and Social Security tax
A reader argues cheating is not a local problem but warns teachers face a lax attitude toward education. A second letter condemns a 1985 Social Security tax increase, criticizing unfair treatment of federal employees and the income base, urging editors and politicians to take a stand.
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the Star
Virginia Journal of Education
Virginia
Madeline Wade
Box
Winchester
Congress
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Fatents
State Department
Bob Strauss
Editoriale Mondiy
Roy E. Potts I
Lewis H. Ebert
Fugene
P. Miller
Edward P. Offley
Wire Ealtor
Come
G. William Miller
Federal Reserve Board
Arthur Burns
By Rhodes Cook
James Abourezk
D-S.d
James R. Jones
Dokla
Guy Vander Jagt
R-Mich
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Rep
D-Oklaw
President Johnson
Vietnam
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