Saratoga contract debate centers on cost and yard capability
The fight over a $500 million Saratoga modernization pits Newport News against the Philadelphia Navy Yard. Virginia Rep. Paul Trible argues Newport News would win any Kennedy class carrier bid due to capability, while Sen. Schweiker presses political deals. Carter budget plans may sideline the Kennedy class.
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Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Saratoga
Philadelphia
Navy
Newport News
Richard Schweiker
Walter Mondale
Sen. Schweiker
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Congress
Rep
Trible
Carter
Rep. Trible
National Nothing Day and Printing Ink Day Observed
The piece notes National Nothing Day sponsored by the National Nothing Foundation as a respite from national celebrations. It remarks that observers still continue to observe, honor, and celebrate various days, while also noting that today is National Printing Ink Day.
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National Nothing Foundation
Leif Ericsson
Saccharin Debate Fades as Academy Declares Carcinogenic Risk
The New York Times editorial notes the NAS panel found saccharin carcinogenic at low potency, with bladder tumors in rats and potential cancer-promoting effects. It reviews uncertain benefits, rising consumption, and options Congress faces from bans to warning labels, hoping for a safe alternative.
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Food and Drug Administration
Congress
National Academy of Sciences
Academy
The Lesson of Vietnam Reconsidered in Cambodian War History
A 1979 essay argues new evidence shifts understanding of Cambodia and Vietnam War history. It asserts Vietnam invaded Cambodia in 1970 and U S bombing targeted an aggressor, not peaceful Cambodians, with wider implications for domino theory and American power.
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New York Times
Washington
Vietskreig
Vietnam
Cambodia
Elizabeth Becker
The
Washington Post
Kampuchea
Becker
Richard Nixon
Cpenehams Party
COSM
U.S
Kent State
South Vietnam
Camia
Sihanouk
United States
Saigon
Laos
Thailand
Malaysia
Asia
Mideast
Leopold von Ranke
Lance Grand Jury
Billy Carter
Yankee Press
Lance
Bringing Home the Davis Bacon
Washington analyst James J. Kilpatrick argues to repeal the Davis Bacon Act as wasteful and outdated. He cites GAO figures and 사례 where federal wage rules raise costs and aid unions, urging action despite political risk to Carter.
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Washington Star Syndicate Inc
Washington
Capitol Hill
James John Davis
Pennsylvania
Robert Law Bacon
New York
Bacon
Bostonborn
Harvard Law
Davis
Wales
Pittsburgh
Iron, Steel & Tin Workers Union
Harding
Coolidge
Dickson
Tenn
Nashville
Labor Department
Nashville Union
GAO
Davis- Bacon
Jerry Brown Stroke of Genius Sparks White House Euphoria
White House cheers Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr. balanced budget move as a possible bid for GOP support sets Brown against Carter. Analysts warn Democratic voters may view the plan as conservative or extremist even as some moderates praise the strategy.
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Field Enterprises, Inc
Edmund G. Brown Jr
White House
Jerry Brown
Carter
Brown
U.S
George McGovern
Democratic Research Organization
California
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SHA
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Hoover
Senate
Secretary of Labor
General Accounting Office
Orrin Hatch
Utah
Organized Labor
By Roland Evans
Robert Novak
James Jones
Oklahoma
Welights
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James Clark
Maryland State Senate
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