Virginia lawmakers weigh five day limit and padded chairs
In Richmond last week the General Assembly debated a five day cutoff for bill introduction in the January session and a plan to spend 18000 to replace 40 Senate wooden armchairs with padded leather. Opponents cited fiscal restraint and constitution limits while supporters argued for parity with the House. The piece notes history of the Legislature and urges efficiency.
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General Assembly
Richmond
Senate
House of Delegates
Virginia House of Burgesses
Question of Blame in Inflation Sparks Union Tension
Labor Secretary Ray Marshall told the United Steelworkers convention that the public increasingly blames labor for inflation. The piece argues government policies, not unions, drive inflation growth, urging Marshall to focus on nonproductive or counterproductive interests at home and abroad.
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Ray Marshall
United Steelworkers Union
Marshall
Washington
Carter Ends Civil Defense Inattention with PD 41
President Carter on September 29 signed PD 41 boosting U.S. civil defense spending from under 100 million to about 400 million annually and creating FEMA with nearly 2 billion in seven years. The move aims to strengthen the strategic balance against the Soviet threat and may ease SALT II debates in the Senate.
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Washington
Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
ACDA
Paul Warnke
Carter
Zbigniew Brzezinski
Mr. Carter
Senate
Henry Kissinger
U.S
Pentagon
NSC
Warnke
Paul Nitze
White House
Nitze
Brent Scowcroft
Brzezinski
Gerald Ford
Army
George Seignious Jr
Jimmy Carter
Central Intelligence Agency
Soviet Union
CIA
Federal Emergency Management Agency
FEMA
Bardy Tirana
Tirana
Defense Department
Apathy Criticized as Voters Favor Lewis Fickett
An editor urges Virginia voters in the 7th District to back Lewis Fickett for Congress on November 7, arguing a shift from the current representative J Kenneth Robinson. The letter cites Fickett's stance on VEPCO PEPCO reform and child abuse acts while criticizing Robinson for backing educational funding cuts and aid reductions.
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the Star
U.S
Commonwealth
Virginia
Andy Miller
7Th District
Lewis Fickett
VEPCO
PEPCO
J. Kenneth Robinson
Congress
Verbal razzle dazzle and the power of words
James J. Kilpatrick critiques Moynihan and others for semantic spin in politics. The piece cites Rhodesia terminology and domestic euphemisms, arguing that loaded labels mislead and erode liberty. It urges exposing counterfeit usages across media and politics.
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The
Heritage Foundation
Moynihan
Rhodesia
Patriotic Front
Salisbury
Soviet Union
China
London
Disraeli
Humphrey-Hawkins
Patty Hearst
Gresham
Africa
A Dramatic Symbol of Change in the West
A commentary on the election of a Polish pope as a sign of evolving confidence in Western nations. The piece analyzes how Karol Wojtyla appeals to conservatives liberals and international electors and notes increased Western unity amid East West ideological competition and global changes.
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New York Times
Washington
Free Nations
Church of
Pope John
West
Moscow
Peking
London
Paris
Bonn
Rome
Karol Wojtyla
Curia
Warsaw
Stefan Wyszynski
Paul
Europe
Poland
Latin America
United States
Free World
Crusade Against IRS aims to strip tax exempt status for private Christian schools
Dr. Robert J. Billings of Christian School Action Inc alleges IRS plans to enforce new rules barring tax exemption for schools deemed discriminatory. He cites staff warnings to Revenue Commissioner Jerome Kurtz and upcoming hearings while thousands of protest letters pour in. Billings and senators challenge the policy as racial discrimination and a First Amendment issue threatening about 3,500 private schools.
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United States
Washington
Internal Revenue Service
Christian Schools
IRS
Robert J. Billings
Christian School Action Inc
Jerome Kurtz
Kurtz
Billings
Forest Hills Baptist Church
Decatur
Georgia
Orrin G. Hatch
Utah
S. I. Hayakawa
California
Hyles- Anderson Christian College
Hammond
Indiana
Congress
House
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Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Policy Review
By James Reston
Italy
Spain
By Frank van der Linden
Winchester Evening Star
Thomas T. Byrd
Roy E. Potts
Lewis H. Ebert
Eugene P. Miller
David 0. Loomis
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