Truck Safety Concerns After Two Tractor-Trailers Crashes
A Shenandoah River Rt. 50 bridge crash caused no deaths. Virginia inspectors found 23 of 69 trucks immediately hazardous over two days, including brakes and wiring defects. The piece argues against further trucking regulation and urges self policing by truck owners.
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Shenandoah River
Virginia
Federal Highway Administration
Interstate Commerce Commission
Cleveland
Jacksonville
Fla
Readers react to local crime and radio moves in Winchester
Letters discuss the Berryville Avenue Tastee Freeze robbery and police work while criticizing WHPL DJ Mike Bell and his comments. The writer urges responsible airwave use and questions his move to Richmond, hoping for humility and continued success.
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the Star
Berryville Avenue
CB Public
Police
Sheriff's Departments
Star
WHPL
Mike Bell
Winchester
Bell
Mr. Bell
Larry Lujack
WLS Chicago
Lujack
Richmond
Virginia Gov Dalton warns of gored ox in tax cuts
Gov John Dalton argues that voters demand lower taxes and spending but resist sacrificing programs. Auditor Tri ble reports Virginia counties hold 975 million in surplus, risking legal questions about excessive funds. The piece notes Bristol and others also have surpluses and calls for limits on idle reserves.
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Virginia
John Dalton
Gov. Dalton
Charles K. Trible
Public Accounts
Trible
Isle of Wight
Bristol
Blumenthal Faces Backstage Power Struggles in Carter Era
Washington report details W Michael Blumenthal's tense relations with White House aides, his sealed envelope tactic for the anti inflation plan, and clashes with Strauss Bosworth and Eizenstat. It notes the dollar debate, leaks suspicions, and rumors of Blumenthal leaving Treasury as inflation battles intensify.
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Washington
W. Michael Blumenthal
Secretary of the Treasury
Carter
Robert S. Strauss
Treasury
Blumenthal
Millionaire Corporation
Bert Lance
Georgia
White House
Strauss
Barry Bosworth
The
Council On Wage and
Wall Street Journal
Mondale
Charles Schultze
Stuart Eizenstat
Mike
Mideast
Uncles and the Shrinking American Family
Russell Baker argues the modern family is smaller with fewer uncles and grandparents. He links the right to life debate to family decline, noting how state roles rise as family support wanes, and reflects on his own diverse uncles who influenced him.
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N.Y. Times
France
Kingdom Come
Bilge
Ku Klux Klan
Evangelicals Move From Pew to Polls in U S Politics
The movement of born again and evangelical Christians into political contests across Congress and state offices is noted with candidates like Hans Tanzler Jr and Conoly Phillips. While no coordinated drive exists, many run solo. polls show evangelicals form a sizable yet not monolithic voter bloc with mixed influence on outcomes.
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Coomes Quartert
Washington
Jimmy Carter
Congress
John B. Conlan
Jacksonville
Hans G. Tanzler Jr
Florida
Tanzler
Tallahassee
Conoly Phillips
Norfolk, Va
Bornagain
Virginia
Senate
Phillips
Floyd Fithian
Costas
J. Philip Oppenheim
Oklahoma
Jim Head
Tulsa
GOP
Jesus Christ
Jim
Gallup
South
Midwest
Carter
Johnson
Congressional Quarterly
Mark O. Hatfield
Oregon
Terry Dolan
National Conservative Political Action Committee
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Winchester Evening Star
Carolyn Smythe
Siler
DJ Egomania
Winchester Evening Star Inc
Kent St
Thomas T
Roy E. Potts
Lewis H. Ebert
Eugene P. Miller
Bosworth
Labor
Ray Marshall
Eizenstat
Schultze
By Russell Baker
Charles W. Hucker
Jesus
Andrew Miller
Bill Costas
Indiana
Robert L. Thoburn
Texas
Illinois
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