Frederick County Board Adopts 25 Of 42 Management Proposals
Frederick County supervisors largely accepted 25 of 42 recommendations from a management study to improve efficiency. They disapproved several items including a subjective site planQuality review and a dog spaying clinic while preserving the standing committee system. The county consultant cost $12,500 with a further $7,500 planned for later classification and pay plan work.
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Frederick
Board of Supervisors
J.O. Renalds
Frederick County
Winchester Recreation Park plan trimmed after council vote
Winchester residents faced a $100,970 price tag as the city council disapproved a two year development plan. The plan was downgraded to one year with $15,188 city cost and $45,492 in federal funds plus $30,754 from civic groups. Four shelters would be built with half funding from civic organizations. The budget change could trigger higher taxes ahead of the 1978 79 budget.
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Winchester
Winchester Recreation Park
Effie Davis
J. Thomas Kremer
Bureau of Outdoor Recreation
Cork Street
A Little More Bloat For the Bureaucrats
James Kilpatrick argues the Oct 1 7.05 percent federal pay raise to an average 17350 dollars plus 40 percent fringe benefits worsens public debt, raises state and local pressures to match, and exposes the gap between private and public sectors as untenable. The piece frames the raise as wasteful, notes 1.4 million civilian and 2 million service members affected, and warns of inflationary effects.
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James J. Kilpatrick
Washington Star Syndicate Inc
Washington
Carter
Taxpayers Union
Unite
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Fat City
Handicapped children seek more aid from Warren County schools
A Winchester reader urges the Warren County Board of Supervisors to expand intensive speech therapy and related services for disabled children. She notes only two therapists for all area special needs students, transportation gaps to VSDB Staunton, and asks reallocating funds to prioritize handicapped programs.
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the Star
Children’s Rehabilitation Center
Charlottesville
Donnie
E.W. Morrison School
Temple
Sager
Warren County
VSDB
Staunton
Sup
Editor invites signed letters with address and number
The newspaper invites readers to submit letters to the editor. Submissions must be signed and include the writer’s address and telephone number. Letters are subject to editing and may be rejected if authentication fails.
Carter Faces Racial Minefield Over Bakke Case
Washington debate over the Bakke decision reveals Carter's shift in university admissions policy. The White House rewrote a Justice Department brief opposing quotas while endorsing minority numerical goals. Civil rights leaders condemn the move as betrayal and warn of political risk.
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Washington
Carter
Bakke
Las Vegas
Valley Times
Justice Department
University of California
Allan Bakke
White House
Stuart Eizenstat
Robert Lipshutz
Justice
Eizenstat
Lipshutz
Joe Rauh
Jimmy Carter
Congressional Black Caucus
Congress
William Brock
Brock
Supreme Court
Califano
Mr. Carter
Crisis Looms Over Nuclear Fuel Storage Back End
Washington reports a mounting back end crisis as experts warn spent fuel storage and decommissioning may threaten future nuclear power. An ERDA GAO review cites unproven disposal plans and rising costs, with leaks at Hanford and other sites underscoring safety risks.
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Subcommittee On Environment, Energy and Natural Resources
General Accounting Office
Comptroller General
Energy Research and Development Administration
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Hanford
West Valley
N.Y
Maxey Flats
ERDA
Kansas
Michigan
GAO
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Andrew P. Miller
Howell
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Field Newspaper Syndicate
Evening Star
Thomas T. Byrd
Roy E. Potts
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