Editorial on Product Liability and the Deep Pocket Theory
The piece argues manufacturers should bear liability for product injuries unless the injured party is solely at fault. It critiques strict liability and highlights rising premiums, calls for limits like statute of limitations and defense of consumer carelessness, and urges shared responsibility to cut accidents and costs. It cites cases of injury from unsafe equipment and notes high costs to industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Wes Sill
National Safety Council
Budget Clash Grows Between Carter and Congress
The Washington Journal reports the budget battle between President Carter and Congress, focusing on four bills and a $4 billion gap from the White House request. Anticipated funding shifts threaten to trigger early clashes as Carter plans zero-based budgeting to balance the federal budget by 1981.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Lant Copley
Washington
Carter
Congress
Farm Hill
White House
Capitol Hill
Lance populist rhetoric on high interest rates sparks debate
Washington columnist Kevin P. Phillips analyzes Bert Lance's June 1 critique of bank rate hikes as populist scapegoating. The piece weighs Carter administration economics, populist rhetoric, and political risk, noting tensions with corporate allies and potential impact on public confidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kevin P. Phillips
Washington
KFS
White House
Bert Lance
U.S
Wall Street
Tom Watson
Ben Tillman
London
New York
Waycross
Georgia
Sumter
South Carolina
Lance
Atlanta
Romburg
Carter
Messrs
Federal Credit Control Debate Echoes on Proxmire Bill
The piece rails against Senator Proxmire and a proposed federal credit control bill. It argues risk to private lending from government allocation, defending free market lending and warning of political manipulation by bureaucrats. It cites A A Milligan of the American Bankers Association and criticizes reinvestment schemes as threats to sound U S banking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony Harrigan
William Proxnure
SCS
A. A. Milligan
American Bankers Assn
Billigan
Bank of Sayings and Loan Association
Tve
Sen. Proxcire
United States
Bleiberg
Barron's
U.S
Editor Reflects on Saipan War Reckoning and Japanese Veterans
The piece recalls Saipan by March 1945 through a Marine sergeant’s memory of grim combat and civilians’ deaths. It contrasts postwar aid, Japan's resurgence in industry, and complex views on enemy and Allied actions, ending with a personal ambivalence about Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oy Aenkin
Lloyd Jones
Saipan
Northett’ Marianag
Garapan
Gen. Hashitsuge Saito
U.S
Suicide Cliff
Banzai Cutt
Japan
Truk
Peleliu
Pearl Harbor
Pacific
Honolulu
Guam
Taipei
Hong Kong
West Germany
Pelplin 1
Suntory
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Los Angeles
Podgorny Ousted After Africa Mission Fallout
The piece argues Nicolai Podgorny failed in Africa, naming Zaire as the turning point and crediting French Moroccan action with hindering Soviet influence. It claims his premature moves provoked defeats and led to his removal, praising France and Morocco for decisive action and highlighting broader Western interests in cobalt and jet engine supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alage Widenee
New York
Cliy
Nicolai Podgorny
Soviet Union
Africa
Lenin
Zaire
Podgorny
Hanks
Europe
France
Morocco
Air Force
United States
Belgium
Mozambique
Angola
Sudan
Egypt
Suda
Katanga
United Nations
NATO
Entebbe
Idi Amo
Podgormy
Kwanlin
Polgurny
Washington, D.C
DeGaulle
U.S
de Gaulle
Russa
U.S.A
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Editoriale Product Liability
Washington Journal
SRD
Sebserber
Memser
IF Associated Press
Aduwenes Prags
Ectocmien
Phillips Survey
Federal Credit Control
Outlook
Solly
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