League advocates ban on public employee collective bargaining
Editorial lauds Virginia Municipal League push to ban collective bargaining for public workers. It cites Lynchburg leaders and Winchester officials backing the measure, argues bargaining dilutes taxpayer oversight, and stresses public interest over private sector practices.
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Virginia
General Assembly
Virginia Municipal League
Leighton Dodd
Lynchburg
E. Allen Culverhouse
Culverhouse
Fleming
League
Gandhi's symbol threads amid India's crisis
The article notes Gandhi's white cotton yarn symbolic of India's independence while India faces a dictatorship under Indira Gandhi. It cites arrests of Gandhians Desai and Narayan, the emergency declared June 26, and critiques U.S. aid, urging aid cessation to avoid propping the regime.
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Mohandas K. Gandhi
India
Gandhi
Britain
Indira Gandhi
Mrs. Gandhi
Morarji R. Desai
Jaya Prakash Narayan
Mohandas Gandhi
America
United States
New Delhi
JFK Jr Reunites With Father on Cape Cod August 1963
A summer of loss weighs on the Kennedy family as John F. Kennedy returns to Otis Air Force Base with his son John F. Kennedy Jr. The scene captures a rare tender moment observed by AP photographer Bob Schultz, just before the world follows the nation’s looming Cold War tensions.
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Washington
Cape Cod
Saigon
Senate
United States of America
Otis Air Force Base
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Jr
Bob Schultz
Associated Press
Washington Press Corps
Irony and Ironies of 1976 Presidential Prospects
Commentary by James J. Kilpatrick analyzes the Republican and Democratic fields for 1976. It highlights GOP woes, Watergate fallout, Ford’s fragile standing, and Rockefeller as a controversial VP pick, while noting Democrats’ crowded bench led by Jackson and Humphrey, with Wallace’s status uncertain and new contenders emerging. The piece questions how the Republic endures amid partisan turbulence.
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Washington
Free World
New Hampshire
Gerald Ford
Ford
Nelson Rockefeller
GOP
Rockefeller
White House
Henry Jackson
Hubert Humphrey
Minnesota
Happy Warrior
Buchanan
George Wallace
Alabama
John W. Davis
Wallace
Question and Answer on Sheriff Appointment in Frederick County
Star Forum presents a question from Nancy L Young about post election staffing. Carroll Mauck replies he will not fire current staff, favors upgrading the department, and emphasizes experience in law enforcement and administration to serve Frederick County.
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Carroll Mauck
Frederick County
Sheriff's Department
Letter to the Star Editor voices gun ownership and safety views
A reader opposes C E Hoernemann's call for a federal firearms subsidy, argues for gun safety funding and even gallows, cites FBI figures on crime, defends gun owners, urges responsible ownership, and urges re-reading the Bill of Rights plus NRA and Tri-State Gunowners Alliance support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Star
C.E. Hoernemann
The
Star
Hoernemann
F.B.I
U.S
Commission of Crime
National Rifle Association
Tri-State Gunowners Alliance
New York City Seeks Federal Rescue to Avert Default
City officials urge Washington to act within days as a default threat looms. Controller Harrison J. Goldin warns banks face liquidity risk and possible mass litigation over city and state obligations. He cites potential flight of funds and loss of international capital status if relief is delayed.
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New York
New York City
Ford Administration
Federal Reserve Board
Arthur F. Burns
Secretary of the Treasury
William E. Simon
Rockefeller
Treasury
Edwin H. Yeord
Harrison J. Goldin
Goldin
Washington
W. T. Grant Company
Chicago
Los Angeles
London
Paris
Frankfurt
Geneva
White House
N.Y
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Winchester Evening Star
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Richmond
VML
Hampton
James H. Fleming
Thomas C. Glass
William S. Keyton Sr
Ben B. Dutton Jr
George H. Garber
Wendell L. Seldon
B.M. Porrero
Parks and Recreation
James E. Barnett
Julian K. Armel
Mr. Seldon
Assembly
Bell
By James J. Kilpatrick
Republican Party
Grant
Harding
Bayh, Carter
Church
Sanford
Bentsen
Udall
Harris
Shapp
Shriver
George McGovern
South Dakota
Massachusetts
Agin
Bella Abzug
Republic
Star Forum
Nancy L. Young
Rt. 1
Box
Stephens City
Leonard Silk
Winchester _ Evening Star
Thomas T. Byrd
Lewis H. Ebert
David H.smith
Douglas B. O'Connell
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