Carter Budget Begins Battle Over Fiscal 1980 Spending
The 605 page budget outlines a $531.6 billion spending plan for fiscal year 1980 with a $29 billion deficit and 7.7 percent spending rise. Kennedy and O'Neill counter the cuts as unfair to the poor and urban communities.
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Soviet Link With Iran's Future
A Paris based Khomeini aide Sadegh Ghotbzadeh, tied to a Soviet financed spy network, faced expulsion from France after Giscard d Estaing reviewed his file. The shah sought to avoid blame, while Ghotbzadeh served as Khomeini’s liaison to Western press amid Tehran's power shift.
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Whither All the Handmaidens
A satirical riff on conservatism notes the scarcity of liberals and handmaidens in a shifted political climate. The piece visits Nelson Rockefeller and references figures like Podhoretz and Buckley to lampoon ideological shifts and the emptiness of triumph.
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Everett McKinley Dirksen
Icy Roads Prompt Calls For New Winter Tactics
January weather turns local roads slick with ice. Drivers mourn worn tires and ponder steel belted radials or even dog sleds. The piece humorously suggests radical shifts in winter mobility as storms lash area limbs and lines.
Doonesbury venom sparks editor letters on Warner Senate win
A reader letter in The Star defends Virginia Senator John Warner amid Doonesbury venom. The writer, Joseph H. Ball of Front Royal, credits Warner's victory by under five thousand votes to strong campaigning and praises his and Byrd's congressional representation.
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January Blow Torches and Icy Driveway Woes
A whimsical note on winter hazards and quirky remedies as January chill stiffens driveways and sidewalks. The column muses on frozen cars paint damage from slush and boots with poor grip, suggesting humorous alternatives like skates or improvised heel taps.
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