Calm Was Deceptive In Sacramento assassination attempt
The editorial discusses the Sacramento gunshot incident aimed at President Ford and compares it to past threats, noting heightened security and the ongoing "assassination syndrome." It urges stronger democratic norms, balanced justice, and broad societal change to reduce violence as elections approach.
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Secret Service
John F. Kennedy
Ford
Sacramento
Alabama
George Wallace
Laurel
Lynette Fromme
Charles Manson
Postal Rates Rise to 13 Cents Food for Thought
The piece weighs the likely 13 cent first class letter rate amid mounting postal deficits of about 200 million dollars per month, rising to 2.5 billion by year’s end. It cites Postmaster General Bailor urging Congress to double a taxpayer subsidy and discusses the Kokomo Plan for route optimization now tested in Portland with arbitration on the horizon. The author argues for self sufficiency and efficiency to balance the system.
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Benjamin F. Bailor
Congress
Postal Service
Kokomo
Ind
Bailor
Portland
Ore
Knowledge Quiz on Tribes and Geography
Answers cover Cochise Indian tribe, the Sun as solar system center, the Prime Meridian city in England is Greenwich, podiatrist treats feet, most common letter is E, Monaco and Poland flags differ in crest and color, 17th President is Andrew Johnson, lima differs from lama by vowel and pronunciation, Myrica pennsylvanica shrub called bayberry, a billion has nine zeros.
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Cochise
England
Monaco
Poland
Lima
Myrica Pennslyvanica
Highway Funds Future Bleak In Virginia
Richmond AP reports Virginia road construction slowed by spiraling costs and a state moratorium after the highway department ran out of funds. Construction resumed limited scale after borrowing 25 million dollars against future revenues. Future completion remains unlikely.
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Richmond
Virginia
State Highway Department
Political Letters and Public Wights on Aging and Roads
A collection of letters cites concerns over an unelected president's grain policy, criticizes Kissinger diplomacy and calls for opposition to observer missions in Sinai. Readers urge establishing an Area Agency on Aging to aid the elderly and reflect on death and purposeful living. It closes with a grim report on highway construction costs rising since 1967 and projections for 1975.
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the Star
Jesse James
Bonnie and Clyde
White House
Villian
Vietnam
Sinai
Korea
Egypt
Israel
Agency
U.S.A
Washington
Cora A. Schlim
Rouss Spring Drive
Winchester
Highway Department
Roll Call by Roll Call Report on Sept major votes
Washington area members listed on key roll calls as recess ends. In House Governmental Performance HR 4415 extends Intergovernmental Personnel Act to 1978 with a 50 50 funding shift. 226 168 vote. Busing amendment to HR 8121 tabling 42 35. Byrd nay Scott not voting.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
John Rousselot
R-Cal
Spark Matsunaga
Hawaii
Thomas Downing
William Whitehurst
David Satterfield
Robert Daniel
W. C. Daniel
Caldwell Butler
Kenneth Robinson
William Wampler
Herbert Harris
Joseph Fisher
Justice Department
Justice
Departments of State, Justice and Commerce
House
Harry Byrd
William Scott
Drought Relief Granted to Clarke and Shenandoah Counties
The U S Department of Agriculture approved federal drought relief for Clarke and Shenandoah counties allowing cattle grazing on soil bank land until rains restore forage. Virginia hay production forecast at 1 628 000 tons up nine percent from last year. Reverend G Raymond Womeldorf accepted the pastorate at Old Stone Presbyterian Church and Stines Chapel. Mayor William O Dwyer left City Hall after nearly five years. he had been named ambassador to Mexico by President Truman.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
Clarke
Shenandoah
Virginia
G. Raymond Womeldorf
Old Stone Presbyterian Church
East Piccadilly Street
Stine’s Chapel
Frederick County
William O’dwyer
New York
City Hall
President Truman
Mexico
Grantsmanship rises as fastest growing sport in America
Washington GAO highlights grantsmanship as a high skill activity steering billions in federal aid. It notes 975 programs across 52 agencies in 1974 and 22 percent of state local expenditures funded by grants. The piece celebrates embassies in Washington and recalls G Bronson Quigley’s legendary grant for marching band flutes.
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Washington
General Accounting Office
America
GAO
Lyndon Johnson
Advisory Commission On Intergovernmental Relations
Office of Management and
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
Department of Agriculture
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Department of Labor
Environmental Protection Agency
Federal Register
City of
Register
Department of Transportation
Maritime Administration
G. Bronson Quigley
Albany
Quigley
Interior
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George Wilbur
Douglas B. Fugate
Kissinger
Catherine Monte Box
Church St
Middletown
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Hell
Thomas T. Byrd
Lewis H. Ebert
David H. Smith
Douglas B. O'Connell
Eugene P. Miller
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Schenectady
Utica
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