Unexpected Guests Drive $272,538 Bill for Puerto Rican Apple Pickers
The U S Labor Department imported about 900 Puerto Rican laborers for East Coast apple harvests, costing taxpayers $272,538. Of 420 arrivals in Virginia orchards, 243 returned home, 45 left for other jobs, 91 went AWOL, and 41 stayed to pick apples. The piece urges bureaucratic caution and advance planning next year.
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Davis Bacon Act under fire again in Roanoke editorial
The Roanoke Times and World-News editorial argues the Davis Bacon Act raises construction costs and stifles jobs. It says the law, meant to stabilize wages in 1931, now inflates prices and contracts, and urges major reform or repeal despite President Carter’s inflation rhetoric.
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Virginia
Davis-Bacon
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SALT and Alabama voters shape race for Senate
National liberals pour money and pressure into Alabama to win a Senate seat over SALT II. Senatorial candidate Donald Stewart denies commitments yet liberal backers claim he would back the treaty. The race mirrors broader, opaque debates across the South as campaigns avoid explicit SALT positions.
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Senate
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Manhattan
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Viewpoint and Open Forum contributions at Winchester Star
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Ian Smiths Cause a No Win Proposition
The State Department correctly issued Smith a visa for free speech reasons, but the interim Rhodesian government remains a white ruled entity backed by a white minority. It fails to win black support or stop guerrilla warfare, with sanctions crippling Rhodesia’s economy and protests against Western backing growing.
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Nkomo
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Sen
Jesse Helms
North Carolina
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U.S
Britain
Vietnam
Miller on Sen Scott record in Campaign 778 interview
In the seventh installment of Campaign 778 Warner and Miller discuss Sen Scott’s tenure. Miller voices mixed judgments on Scott’s voting record while noting a long association with Byrd’s family and caution about endorsing Byrd. He argues for bipartisan collaboration and maintains not to exclude Byrd from the Democratic caucus.
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Massachusetts
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Brooke
Barney Frank
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Norfolk
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Godwin
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Harry F. Byrd Jr
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Ford
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Adm
Zumwalt
Dick Obenshain
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Washington
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