The 1978 Assembly Editorial Review
Winchester Evening Star lauds the 1978 General Assembly for a conservative tone, praising the 1978 80 state budget handling and no tax increase. It criticizes proposed reorganizations, annexation plans, and the Hopkins Commission while noting close votes and mixed outcomes on ERA, elections, and public employee bargaining. It also notes a 98 0 House vote to revise the fuel adjustment clause.
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Assembly
Virginia
Metrorail
General Assembly
House
State Senate
House of Delegates
Senate
Coal Strike Delays Labor Bill in Senate Logjam
The coal strike and Senate gridlock threaten final passage of the labor law reform bill. Byrd delays action while Panama Canal treaty ratification looms, and public pressure on union backed measures grows amid potential coal mine seizure. Baker warns of a major filibuster battle as cloture votes hinge on undecided senators. Meany leads the push for new organizing powers despite opponents and budget constraints.
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United States Cross Inc
Washington
Senate
United Mine Workers
Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Panama Canal
Panama
Byrd
Congress
Howard Baker
Tennessee
National Right To Work Committee
Committee
Reed Larson
James Lasser
Lawton Childs
Florida
Joe Biden
Delaware
Bob Packwood
Oregon
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Union
Meany and Company
Carter
National Labor Relations Board
Harrison Williams
New Jersey
Williams
Siegel Departure Highlights Tensions in Carter White House
A long profile on Mark A. Siegel notes his split with President Carter over Mideast policy and the broader clash between Carter insiders and reformers. It details distrust from Jody Powell and Tim Kraft, Siegel's ambivalent role at the DNC, and the fragile loyalty within the White House as Siegel resigns amid contention over internal party democracy and Zionist/stability concerns.
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Rowland Evans
Robert Novak
Field Enterprises Inc
Washington
Mark A. Siegel
Carter
Mideast
White House
Walter Mondale
Democratic Party
Siegel
Wicked Witch
Jimmy Carter
Hubert Humphrey
Humphrey
Jody Powell
Tim Kraft
Kraft
Mark Siegel
Carter Friendsist
Fur
Jordan
Powell
Democratic National Committee
Kenneth Curtis
Maine
New England
Richard Moe
National Committee
Moe
Curtis
Mr. Carter
Carter Mideast
Influence of mass mail on Congress over B-1 and labor bills
A Midwest congressman received 400 prepaid postcards urging B-1 bomber development just as a Rockwell contractor produced them. Senate mail volume tops 150000 daily amid Panama Canal treaty and labor reform battles, with Robotypers and Autopen signatures. The piece weighs how leaders balance personal judgment with constituent pressure in a democracy.
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Y. Times News Service
New York
House of Representatives
Admiral
Rockwell International
Capitol Hill
Congress
Senate
Burke
A Pothole Chronicle From New York City
A humorous history of the pothole craze in New York recounts Dr. Miller Mulgar's imagined inventions from pot handles to pot humps and pot holders. The essay claims potholes save street cleaning costs and end with praise for New York’s pothole leadership versus national figures.
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Times News
New York
Fiorello la Guardia
Mulgar
Dr. Mulgar
Striding
la Guardia
Earth
New York City
Manhattan
Mrs. K
Brooklyn
C.K
Jimmy Carter
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Wicker
Robotypers
Autopen
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Omega
Newark
Thomas T. Byrd
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Roy E. Potts III
Lewis H. Ebert
Eugene P. Miller
Edward P. Offley
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