Fuming Over Oil Prices and State Minimum Markups
The column warns rising energy costs reflect a broader crisis as U.S. oil and gas output lagged behind imports. It denounces Indiana’s four percent cigarette markup law and federal debates on energy policy, urging free market pricing and repeal of state price controls. It argues government interference harms competition and calls for competition-driven pricing.
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Laperis
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
OPEC
Vienna
Indiana
Indiana Department of Revenue
Congress
Federal crackdown targets overgraded federal jobs nationwide
President Ford orders federal agencies to review job classification to curb grade creep and ensure pay reflects work. Studies cite rising grades across agencies as tech and professionalism grow, with some workers demoted or downgraded upon retirement or departure while others face tougher classifications and reassignments.
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Ford
Civil Service Commission
General Accounting Office
White House
CSC
GAO
Federal Service
Lets Turn On Green Lights for Progress
Alice Widener argues for free speech and cautious openness to nuclear power and supersonic aviation. She cites Barrons analysis on ASF, breeder reactors, and European cooperation, urging Americans to embrace progress, risk, and peaceful energy while avoiding fear-driven stagnation.
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New York City
Tom
Harry
Jane
Mary
Betty
Barron's
National Business & Financial Weekly
Neil McInnes
ASF
Ludwigshafen
McInnes
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Tokyo
London
Nantes
France
Dulles
Washington
Paris
Manhattan
Uour Venture
Thomas Power
Strategic: Air Command
Alice
Offutt Air Force Base
Nebraska
Denver
Offult
U.S.A
Inflation Critique Sparks Capital Fare Commentary
Editor Andrew Tully rails at Ford administration inflation handling. He cites April price gains and Greenspan’s mixed signals while mocking budget goals and Muskie’s call to shrink government. The piece contrasts political rhetoric with rising living costs and calls for budget restraint.
Reagan Southern Strategy Under Fire In Carter Era
Kevin Parker assesses the 1968-72 Southern Strategy's legacy, arguing Reagan's current approach falters compared with Goldwater and Nixon eras. The piece warns Carter's appeal in the South weakens GOP aims, suggesting a potential Northern pivot with Ford if Carter secures the Democratic nomination.
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Kevin Parker
Washington
Barry Goldwater
California
Jimmy Carter
Ronald Reagan
Carter
South
Reagan
Alabama
Dixie
George Wallace
Jimmy
Hubert Humphrey
Morris Udall
Frank Church
Ted Kennedy
Gerald Ford
King Features Syndicate
Eleanor in Focus as Nixon Era Figures Return in Play
Column notes Julie Eisenhower and Patricia Hearst parallels with Eleanor Roosevelt in a Ford's Theatre solo piece during the Bicentennial era. The piece, plus Washington press reprints, frames debates on presidential power, gender roles, and public memory amid Nixon biographies and political shift.
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Washington, D.C
Julie Eisenhower
Washington
Hileen Heckart
Eleanor
Ford
White House
Falhier
Julie
Patricia Hearst
Rose Garden
Newsweek
Ryde
Woodward-Bernstein
Dr. Jekyll
Richard Nixon
Patricia Nixon
Brad June
Ms. Nixon
Bess Truman
Mamie Eisenhower
America
Lawyers' Full Employment Bill Targets Antitrust Reform
Sensing The News by Anthony Hertigon critiques Senate Bill 1284, the Antitrust Improvements Act of 1975, arguing it would empower state attorneys general and private lawyers to sue for general economic injuries. The piece warns of potential abuse, political grandstanding, and higher consumer prices, noting existing federal remedies and questioning how general economy damages would be measured.
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Smoky Mountains
Florida
Barry Goldwater
Deep South
Reagan
George Wallace
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Georgia
Arkansas
North Carolina
Texas
Michigan
Gerald Ford
Tennessee
Kentucky
Maryland
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Goldwater
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General Electric Television Theater
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Congress
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H. C. Gordon
United States Industrial Council
Gordon
General
Philip Hat
Ileigh Scott
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