Name Game in Virginia Senate Race Mixes Howell and Miller
Virginia politics centers on names as Andrew Miller distances Henry Howell while Howell speaks for Miller at fundraisers. Miller repeats Howell is not his spokesman, a semantic dispute that tests voter perception in a tight campaign.
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Virginia
U.S. Senate
Thomas Jefferson
Senate
Andrew P. Miller
Henry Howell
Miller
Winchester
Howell
Mr. Howell
Mr. Miller
Virginia Governor pushes limits on federal grants
Virginia faces rising federal aid with conditions and matching funds. Governor Dalton will require cabinet approval before accepting grants that would hire new state workers. The piece notes per capita aid in Virginia and calls for Congress action to curb unnecessary programs.
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Washington
Delaware
Pierre S. du Pont
du Pont
U.S. News & World Report
Virginia
Uncle Sam
John N. Dalton
Advisory Commission On Intergovernmental Relations
Indiana
Alaska
District of Columbia
Mills E. Godwin Jr
Congress
Dalton
Lost Love Found and Civic Call Quieted by Editor Letters
A reader recalls beloved teachers from the 1917 1918 era at a one room school near Strasburg Virginia including Anna Smith and other staff. He reconnected decades later noting memories of gifts and farewell waves. A separate letter suggests after hours city contact via voicemail tape to improve citizen access to officials.
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the Star
Norman Whitacre
Lee Whitacre
Ethel Brannon
Columbus Fletcher
Elmer Whitacre
Walter Schrivener
Bessie Emmert
Anna Smith
Strasburg
Virginia
Anna
Philadelphia
Winchester
Yesteryear
Judicial Stupidity in Norfolk and the Call for Reform
Washington Star columnist James J. Kilpatrick criticizes Norfolk traffic court judge Vernon D. Hitchings Jr for brusque handling of cases and contempt citations. He urges higher pay at lower judicial levels, shorter tenures, and hiring better lower-court judges to improve public trust and curb petty abuses.
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Washington Star Syndicate, Inc
Washington
Norfolk
Vernon D. Hitchings, Jr
Hitchings
Frances Savage
Savage
Cain
Richmond
Judicial Commission
Harold F. Snead
Henrico County
Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
Snead
Record Year for Congressional Travel Costs Revealed
Congressional Quarterly reports that members plus aides and staff spent 2.726 million dollars on travel abroad in 1977, far exceeding official tallies. Hidden expenses included jet use, meals, car rentals, and trips such as the IPU Canberra delegation, prompting scrutiny of reporting loopholes.
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Congressional Quarterly Inc
Washington
Congress
Congressional Quarterly
White House
Congressional Record
Pentagon
Army
Congressional
IPU
House Post Office Committee
West Berlin
Bill Clay
D-Mo
Ozzie
Sikes
Air Force
Bill Scott
R-Va
Latin
Winchester Evening Star masthead details
The text lists staff roles and contact information for the Winchester Evening Star newspaper including the general manager managing editor advertising director wire editor editorial page editor and publication address in Winchester Virginia. It also provides a phone number for the paper.
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Thomas T. Byrd
Roy E. Potts
ITI
Lewis H. Ebert
Eugene P. Miller
David O. Loomis
Winchester Evening Star Inc
Kent St
Winchester
Vesco Influence Case Probed in Carter White House
The disputed Vesco influence tale centers on R L Herring paying Spencer Lee IV to sway President Carter. White House logs show Lee met aides, prompting questions about a possible improper remedy and calls for full truth from Carter aides and Justice officials.
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New York Times News Service
Robert Vesco
Jimmy Carter
R. L. Herring
Georgia
R. Spencer Lee IV
Carter
Wesco
Herring
Lee
Washington
White House
Richard Harden
Vesco
Harden
Spencer Lee
Griffin Bell
Albany
Hamilton Jordan
Carter White House
Nixon
Charles Kirbo
Kirbo
SEC
FBI
Jordan
Justice Department
Ninth Street
Pennsylvania Avenue
Justice
Transition
Douglas Marvin
Bell
Senate Judiciary Committee
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
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Guam
Tahiti
American Samoa
New Zealand
Indonesia
Republic of China
London
Tim Lee Carter
R-Ky
Shubitz
Edward M. Kennedy
Mass
Abraham Ribicoff
Conn
Kennedy
U.S
Ribicoff
Charles C. Diggs Jr
D-Mich
Charles W. Whalen Jr
Charles W. Whalen Jr., (Rohio), and Stephen J. Solarz, (D-N.y
Senegal
Robert L. F. Sikes
D-Fla
Algeria
Tamanrasset
America
Scott
Canal
Panama Canal
State Department
Robert L. Leggett
D-Calif
Leggett
Larry P. McDonald
Dga
South Africa
McDonald
Werner J. Ackermann
Ackermann
Manuel Lujan Jr
R-N.m
Baltimore
Jack Anderson
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