Flood Ordinance and the National Flood Insurance Act
The flood plain ordinance faces Winchester as federal control expands through FIA rules. Since 1968 Congress pushed flood insurance subsidies and mandatory FIA flood-proofing, then in 1977 the FIA assumed direct oversight. The agency argues protections, but critics warn of a large transfer of development rights and property values. The city will examine consequences tomorrow.
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Winchester
FIA
The
Wall Street Journal
Virginians See Real Differences Between Miller and Warner
The Virginia senate contest contrasts Democrat Andrew Miller and Republican John Warner on three key issues. Miller favors tax indexing to offset inflation, while Warner seeks a 30 percent across the board cut. On the Voting Rights Act Miller supports extension and broader exemptions, Warner vows to oppose it. Miller proposes a separate Department of Education, Warner warns of increased federal costs and meddling.
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Washington
Virginia
Andrew P. Miller
John Warner
Miller
Warner
Senate
South
Richmond
Andrew Miller
Congress
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Department of Education
Secrets Behind Mexico Oil Wealth and U S Ties
The guardians of the secret kept Mexico's vast oil potential hidden until President Lopez Portillo exposed it. Reserve figures reach 20 billion barrels proven, 37 billion probable, 200 billion possible. The piece argues Mexico should become a major U S energy supplier in the 80s, weighing OPEC membership and the cartel dynamic, with emphasis on independence and business-based cooperation between Mexico and the United States.
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New York Times
Mexico City
U.S
Mexico
Iran
Luis Echeverria
North America
Jose Lopez Portillo
Lopez Portillo
The
Union
Saudi Arabia
League
James Schlesinger
United States
Indonesia
Carter
Rio Grande
Tokyo
OPEC
United
Venezuela
Arrival of the Conservatives' Hour (¢) 1978
The piece surveys conservative thought in the United States, contrasting Buckley Friedman and others with critics Robert Lekachman and Irving Howe. It weighs tax cuts, social spending, and the idea that liberal dominance has waned since the Johnson era, framing the 1970s as a pivot toward conservatism.
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Bill Buckley
Milton Friedman
Quixote
Robert Lekachman
Change Magazine
Lyndon Johnson
Barry Goldwater
Lekachman
Buckley
Commentary
Public Interest
The
Wall Street Journal
Brookings Institution
American Enterprise Institute
Hoover Institute
New Republic
Irving Howe
Howe
Switzerland
Japan
Nazi Germany
Brazil
Argentina
America
Economist
Of Southern Past of Southern Place By Joe Bageant
At Random is a personal viewpoint column examining the Souths fascination with its past. The piece discusses memory place identity and the lingering effects of Jim Crow while noting a new spirit toward reconciliation and understanding.
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Star
Winchester Evening Star Masthead and Contact Info
Established July. Thomas T. Byrd General Manager Roy E. Potts II Managing Editor Lewis H. Ebert Advertising Director Eugene P. Miller. Wire Editor David O. Loomis Editorial Page Editor Published by the Winchester Evening Star Inc. 2N. Kent & Winchester, Va. 22601 Telephone 667-3200.
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Thomas T. Byrd
Roy E. Potts II
Lewis H. Ebert
Eugene P. Miller
David O. Loomis
Winchester Evening Star Inc
Kent
Winchester
Coziness in Congress and the Pillsbury Fallout
A Senate Budget Committee staff dispute centers on Michael Pillsbury a Chinese linguist and Far Eastern expert fired after a trip to Japan and a tense exchange with Ambassador Mansfield The episode highlights bipartisan cooperation and internal pressures within the Muskie Bellmon coalition and questions about staff accountability and interparty harmony.
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Field Enterprises, Inc
Senate
Mike Mansfield
U.S
Japan
Michael Pillsbury
Senate Budget Committee
Pillsbury
Congress
Budget Committee
Sen
Edmond Muskie
Maine
Henry Bellmon
Oklahoma
David Shilling
Pentagon
Harvard
Shilling
Bellmon
Kansas City
Robert Boyd
John Tower
Texas
Armed Services Committee
Mansfield
Muskie
State Department
China
South Korea
Boyd
John McAvoy
McAvoy
Washington
Committee
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Federal Flood Insurance Administration
FHA
By William Safire
Carter Administration
CIA
White House
Atlantic- Richfield
By Tom Wicker
New York Times News Service
Sweden
Israel
By Joe Bageant
Tam
Eudora Welty
Maryland
James McBride Dobbs
Dabbs
Bageant
Winchester Evening Star
the Orient
Rand Corporation
Rand
Think Tank
Santa Monica
Calif
Robert Taft
Bellman
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