Governor Godwin vows balanced Virginia budget
In Front Royal the governor pledges a balanced budget for Virginia, warns against heavy borrowing, and calls for spending cuts to counter recession. He orders a five percent cut in state school funds for localities and expects deficits to shrink with a gradual economic recovery, urging voters to back fiscally responsible leadership.
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Mills Godwin
Front Royal
Virginia
General Assembly
Assembly
Godwin
Virginia Municipal League
Wallace limited by anti busing sentiment in Boston area
In Quincy Massachusetts a Cambridge Survey finds anti busing voters unlikely to back George Wallace. Voters oppose busing and view Wallace negatively, rating him low among Democrats while favoring Ford Jackson Shriver. Some blame xenophobia and anti Southern sentiment for Wallace’s poor standing.
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Quincy
Mass
Boston
George C. Wallace
Patrick Caddell
Cambridge
Wallace
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
George McGovern
Caddell
W. Arthur Garrity, Jr
Ford
Sen
Henry M. Jackson
Sargent Shriver
Chicago
New York
Greater Boston
Montgomery
Birch Bayh
Indiana
Senate
Economic surge boosts 1955 GNP and urges restraint
President Ford hailed improving economy as the GNP climbed 11.2 percent in the latest three months, the sharpest rise in two decades. An 18 month low in business investment suggests a rebound though inflation and deficit spending threaten progress, with talks of a $28 billion tax cut paired with spending cuts as a path to recovery.
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Virginia
GNP
Congress
Ford
Letters that shaped a political forum and gun control view
A reader lauds the Star Forum as a civic link but condemns its use for political manipulation regarding Thelma Clare. The letter urges candidates to stand on gun control, endorses Bill Truban in Virginia politics, and includes a verse by Irene Will.
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the Star
Star Forum
Thelma Clare
Canada
Switzerland
Virginia
Richmond
Bill Truban
Catherine C. Ratcliffe
James W. Riddleberger
Henry L. Holler
John T. Fishburn
Oscar H. Beasley, Jr
Woodstock
Star Forum questions and candidate responses on local election issues
Citizens submit questions to state and county candidates in Winchester area. Ed Guthrie and Thelma Clore respond on topics including county governance, ordinances, staffing, and a collective bargaining stance. Replies frame the chairman-at-large role, budget cuts, and a county executive’s function.
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William A. Truban
State Senate
Thelma Clare
Star Forum
Miles R. Orndorff JR
Allen Drive
Winchester
Donald L. Baughman
Frederick County Board of Supervisors
Frederick County
ED Guthrie
Mt. Falls
Board of Supervisors
Frederick
Thelma Clore
Henry Howell
Mills Godwin
Virginia
Richard L. Hetland
Country Club Terrace
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Evening Star
Evans and
Novak
Virginia Employment Commission
WEC
Winchester Evening Star
Lewis H. Ebert
Douglas B. O'Connell
Thomas T. Byrd
David H. Smith
Eugene P. Miller
Wire
Winchester Vo
Truban
Irene
Doris Brown
Hell
Bible College
Hades
Jesus
Mrs. Brown
Fire
Richard Hetland
Gov. Godwin
Democratic Party
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