Progress on a Problem Drunk Driving in Winchester
The Winchester area shows a 17 percent drop in alcohol related traffic fatalities and a 30 percent fall in property damage from alcohol related crashes in the year ending June, as reported by Rick Miller of ASAP. The Alcohol Safety Action Program operates in courts with 16 weeks of education and therapy, offering reductions in penalties for participants.
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Rick Miller
Winchester
ASAP
Frederick County General District
Alcohol Treatment Center
ATC
Miller
Frederick County
Highway Trust Fund battle pits critics against highway lobby
Congressional Quarterly reports rising opposition to the Highway Trust Fund as critics from environmental and urban groups press to divert funds to mass transit. President Ford joins opponents proposing drastic fund changes. Hearings resume after the August recess as Congress weighs whether to abolish the fund, with supporters noting highways remain essential and fund reallocation would harm urban mobility.
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Congressional Quarterly
Washington
Ford
94Th Congress
Congress
E. G. Shuster
R-Pa
Shuster
America
Ben M. Hogan
Associated General Contractors of America
SSI computer woes trigger massive overpayments and hardship
The SSI system struggles with backlogs and errors causing overpayments and underpayments totaling about 403.7 million dollars by June. Backlogs, lost applications, and mistaken lump sums leave many recipients unable to repay. States withhold 206 million while audits and duplicate-payment checks seek resolution. The 4.2 million clients face ongoing financial strain and pain.
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Social Security Administration
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
SSI
Knowledge Check Your Knowledge Quiz Prompts
A set of ten trivia questions covering passports and visas for US to Britain, baseball base totals, Wendell Willkie’s candidacy, the Palmetto concourse, the poem The Jumblies, Shinto followers, Walker Cup golf amateur status, pay through the nose meaning, and the most common purebred dog breed.
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United States
Great Britain
Wendell Willkie
Harry Truman
Franklin Roosevelt
Great Free Speech Case Opens as Buckley McCarthy Challenge
Commentary notes the Buckley v McCarthy case challenging the Federal Election Campaign Act. It surveys First Amendment stakes, discusses the D C Circuit ruling and Judge Tamm's dissent, and recalls Hugo Black’s legacy as the term begins. The piece laments absence of Black and emphasizes free speech versus campaign regulation.
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Washington
U.S. Supreme Court
Hugo Black
Black
James L. Buckley
New York
Eugene McCarthy
Minnesota
U.S. Court of Appeals
District of Columbia
Congress
Commission
Justice Black
Alabama
Circuit Court
Buckley- McCarthy
Edward Allen Tamm
Malcolm Richard Wilkey
Tamm
Supreme Court
Nixon Vantage on GOP Dinner Echoes Reagan Era Strain
Richard Nixon listened to the warm up speakers at a Washington hotel fundraising dinner as Gerald Ford and other Senators spoke. He muttered that many were claiming to be Republicans and giving broad messages, reflecting intra party tensions before the signal to address the crowd.
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Washington
Richard Nixon
Gerald Ford
House
Nixon
Oval Office
Nelson Rockefeller
Howard Bo Callaway
Georgia
Rocky
Ford
Ronald Reagan
Prize money and political musings from the 1965 Star Files
Prize money of 50099 offered to State Fair winners with 34000 for open class and 16065 for junior exhibitors. Obituary notes Ruth Baker Pratt, first NY woman in Congress. Political analysis on Ford Rockefeller tactics and Reagan threat, Ford's bid for nomination, and GOP unity versus voter rally.
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Ruth Baker Pratt
New York
Pratt
House of Representatives
Put First Things First In Life And Work
Daily meditation warns that evil often stems from misordered virtues. Many are overwhelmed by work and bustle, crowding out living. God values neighborliness and compassion over busyness, urging us to pause, be human, and keep life’s precious value.
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Eddorials
Winchester Evening Star
Battle
Sen
Edward M. Kennedy
Leonard Arrow
Highway Action Coalition
Michael Finkelstein
Transportation Department
Highway and Mass Transit Programs
Glenn M. Anderson
Dcalif
Highway Users Federation
The
Money
Social Security
Uncle Sam
Washington Star
James B. Cardwell
By James J. Kilpatrick
BY Frank van der Linden
GOP
Richmond Rebels
Charlie (Choo Choo) Justice
North Carolina
Richmond
Commonwealth of Virginia
South
Reagan
New Hampshire
Florida
California
White House
Ohio
Evening Star
Thomas T. Byrd
Lewis H. Ebert
David, Smith
Douglas B. O'Connell
Eugene P. Miller
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