Governor Godwin Urges Austerity And Law Order For Virginia
Governor Mills E. Godwin addressed the Virginia Legislature calling for tighter spending to balance the budget and slower governmental pace. He urged stricter penalties for violence, reiterated support for the death penalty, opposed public employee bargaining, and declined new taxes or bonds. The speech drew applause and aimed at a positive, realistic program.
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Mills E. Godwin
Virginia
Godwin
Virginia General Assembly Opens 1975 Session
The Virginia General Assembly begins its 1975 session with 140 lawmakers. About 110 bills were pre filed and 300 from 1974 carryovers, plus 1,000 new drafts. A call to pass fewer bills and oppose two Senate measures on alcohol purchases by check or credit.
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Virginia General Assembly
Commonwealth
Virginia
Alcoholic Control Board
ABC Board
Senate
Oppose Prison Sentences for Watergate Conspirators
Stephen T. Willingham of Berryville Virginia argues against prison for Watergate conspirators. He attacks Nixon’s nonprosecution and proposes fines plus a year of volunteer service with a Quaker medical team in Vietnam, memorial visits, War Resisters League events, and study at the Institute for Non Violent Research in Palo Alto.
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the Star
Richard Nixon
American Friends Service Committee
The
American Indian Movement
Quaker
Quan Ngai
South Vietnam
Thieu
Fred Hampton
Mark Clark
Kent State
War Resisters League
Institute For Non-Violent Research
Palo Alto
Calif
Stephen T. Willingham
Berryville
CIA Involvement in Campus Spying Under Huston Plan
The CIA participated in a 1970 White House project to intensify undercover actions against campus protesters and dissidents. Richard Helms and three others signed a top secret 25 June 1970 report to President Nixon that helped launch the Huston Plan, which proposed electronic surveillance and illegal mail Intercepts. The plan, ordered July 23 1970, was rescinded five days later by Attorney General Mitchell, though parts may have been carried out unofficially.
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Washington
Central Intelligence Agency
CIA
White House
Richard Helms
Nixon
Interagency
Huston
Tom Charles Huston
Atty
John N. Mitchell
Kent State University
New Left
U.S
United States
Conciliation over Confrontation Drives Ford Poverty Bill Move
President Ford signed the anti poverty bill amid a strategic push from moderates to avoid a veto and a possible clash with a Democratic Congress. Key figures include Rep. Albert Quie and former Florida Rep. William Cramer backing passage, while HEW chief Caspar Weinberger pressed for ending federally funded Community Action.
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Washington
Ford
Congress
Albert Quie
Minnesota
Nixon
Caspar Weinberger
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
Mr. Ford
William Cramer
Florida
Quie
Cramer
Jerry Ford
Weinberger
Domestic Council
Kenneth Cole
William Timmons
Timmons
Capitol Hill
Democratic Congress
Treasury
William Simon
White House
Hideborn
Office of Management and Budget
OMB
Paul O’neill
Office of Economic Opportunity
OEO
O'Neill
Roy Ash
Rig Eee Council
Barber Conable
New York
House Republican Policy Committee
Conable
John Ruskin a Life of Art and Social Reform
A portrait of John Ruskin highlighting his wealthy upbringing, education, and shift from art and architecture to social and economic critique in later life. He donated most of his fortune, lived on royalties, and chose burial near his home over Westminster Abbey, reflecting his lifelong battle against injustice.
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John Ruskin
Westminster Abbey
Ruskin
Week of National Events and Sports Preview
January 12 to 18 calendar lists political broadcasts with Byrd and Grasso, a Senate and House lineup, Supreme Court resumption, and stock option trading. Major sports include Super Bowl IX on Jan 12 in New Orleans Steelers vs Vikings.
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Robert C. Byrd
W. Va
Senate
Abc-Tv
Ella T. Grasso
Conn
Nbc-Tv
Meet the Press
Association of American Colleges
Washington, D.C
New Orleans
Pittsburgh Steelers
Minnesota Vikings
House Democratic Caucus
Democratic
Ways and Means Committee
Wilbur D. Mills
D Ark
Supreme Court
American Stock Exchange
Interior Department
Alaska
Department
Federal Power Commission
Spokane
Wash
Bismarck
N.C
Reno
Nev
House of Representatives
Louisiana
New Hampshire
John A. Durkin
Louis C. Wyman
N.H
Harry F. Byrd
Ind. Va
Senate Armed Services Committee
Byrd
Albert Schweitzer
Irish Republican Army
Northern Ireland
Provisionals
Bill Moyers
Lyndon B. Johnson
Public Broadcasting System
National Automobile Dealers Association
San Francisco
International Kitefliers’ Association
Sarasota
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Winchester Evening Star
Clive Duvall
Dfairfax
ABC
Berry's
By Frank van der Linden
By Rowland Evans
Robert Novak
Hoover
Helms
Defense Intelligence Agency
Donald V. Bennett
National Security Agency
Noel Gaylor
House Judiciary Committee
Soviet Committee For State Security
KGB
Senate Rules Committee
Durkin
International Mone Fund
Martin Luther King Jr
Department of Defense
General Dynamics
Northrop
Thomas J. Byrd
Lewis H. Ebert
David H. Smith
Douglas B. O'Connell
Eugene P. Miller
Winchester
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