Consensus Emerges as Bipartisan JEC Issues Unified Economic Report
The Joint Economic Committee produced a unanimously agreed 20-year record, endorsing Carter budget cuts, prioritizing inflation control, and urging private sector job growth. It marks a rare, unified stance across liberal and conservative voices amid congressional power shifts. Rep. Clarence Brown calls it convergence of economic thought.
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Brooks urges cutting back federal revenue sharing funds
Rep. Jack Brooks fronts a push from the Joint Economic Committee to reduce or end the 6.8 billion dollar revenue sharing program. He tells county officials that federal spending must be cut as deficits rise, while local leaders oppose any cuts to this funding.
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Puzzling Omission Letter to the Editor
A reader urges The Star to restore the puzzle section amid budget and travel news. A. H. Wilson of Gore requests retaining the educational word puzzle to aid vocabulary and mental focus despite federal budget debates.
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Walter Mitty in the White House
A Washington analysis recounts the Carter administration’s Yemen crisis response. It portrays the Situation Room briefing by Stansfield Turner and Gen. Davey Jones, the rushed arms shipment, and doubts over advisers and congressional oversight, with broader critique of U S foreign policy.
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Walter Mitty on the Tube fantasy in a Billy show
In a TV essay the author bubbles with empathy for the Billy program about a 19 year old dreamer imagining heroic feats. Walter Mitty in the piece drifts through wild visions from tailgaters to Manhattan, with encounters including Candice, Beethoven, Jimmy Connors and Farrah, ending with a self aware line about the show.
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Carter Embraces Drama in Middle East Policy Shift
Washington notes say Carter embraces Brzezinski driven drama to sharpen policy toward Sadat Begin and Saudi Arabia. The plan calls for confronting allies with potential failure to display U.S. willingness to back strategic moves and deter Soviet influence in Yemen and South Yemen.
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