Virginia Debates Borrowing as Gov Godwin Clashes With Democrats
Virginia Governor Mills Godwin advocates fiscal conservatism and heavy cuts in the 1974 76 budget while Democrats push for emergency short term borrowing to sustain highway health and local grants. Republicans propose up to 125 million in bonds for public works though Godwin denounces borrowing as reckless. The dispute centers on solvency, revenue forecasts, and voter approved debt versus direct spending cuts.
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Mills Godwin
Virginia
General Assembly
Assembly
Godwin
House Democratic Caucus
House
James Thomson
Alexandria
Thomson
GOP
Senate
William B. Hopkins
Roanoke
Mr. Godwin
San Francisco Tales of the 1906 Earthquake Nightlife Placed Under Fire
Patrolman Leonard Ingham buys a $2,000 policy after dreaming of fire as the 1906 quake hits at 5 12 a m. Enrico Caruso Elsa Maxwell John Barrymore guests at local hotels as San Francisco endures three days of fire and ruin. The city’s water fails, five square miles burn, 700 die and 250000 become homeless before rain ends the disaster. The San Andreas fault remains the looming question for future history.
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Leonard Ingham
San Francisco
Palace Hotel
Metropolitan Opera
Enrico Caruso
Zinkand’s
Elsa Maxwell
St. Francis Hotel
Actor John Barrymore
Nob Hill
Barbary Coast
Chinatown
Ingham
San Andreas
Straitjacket for the CIA Tightens Congress Oversight
Senate and House foreign affairs panels gain access to CIA covert operations under the Ryan amendment. Ford must report each secret mission and justification to Congress, risking security leaks amid post Watergate mistrust. Critics warn it could cripple clandestine activity and threaten national security.
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Washington
Central Intelligence Agency
CIA
Congress
Leo Ryan
California
Ford
Senate
House
Department of
Armed Services and Appropriations
Gerald R. Ford
John Sparkman
Alabama
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Sparkman
Mittee
Ryan
Armed Services
Appropriations
White House
House Conference
Death of Flight 514 prompts nationwide air safety hearing
The 727 crash near Bluemont Virginia on December 1 1974 killed 85 passengers and seven crew. Investigators sought voice and data recorder evidence while the five day NTSB hearing in Arlington reviews air traffic control crew training and procedures to prevent a recurrence.
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Trans World Airlines
National
TWA Flight 514
Robert Brock
al Kreschek
Thomas Safranek
Los Angeles
Calif
Virginia
Flight 514
Dulles
Blue Ridge
Rt. 601
Indianapolis
Ind
Columbus
Ohio
Bluemont
National Transportation Safety Board
Pentagon
Arlington
U.S
Federal Aviation Administration
NTSB
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The
John Quincy Adams
Doug
Alleghenies
Dulles International Airport
Chantilly
National ‘Grid
Virginia Horse Country
O'Connell
Winchester Evening Star
Thomas T. Byrd
David H. Smith
Eugene P. Miller
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