Canada Oils Tax Sparks Bipartisan Backlash In Parliament
The oil export tax to the United States faces sharp criticism from Ottawa opposition and Alberta Premier Lougheed. Ottawa aims to collect 40 cents per barrel on about 1.2 million barrels daily while domestic prices stay frozen. Washington says it was not consulted. Critics warn of retaliatory effects on western provinces and potential long-term damage to Canada’s economy and Canada–U.S. energy relations.
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Canada
United States
Ottawa
America
U.S. State Department
Washington
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Liberal Party
Peter Lougheed
Alberta
Lougheed
U.S
Trudeau
Financial Post
Military spending shifts from 1963 to 1973
The 1963 federal budget was 104.6 billion with 52.2 billion for the military, about half the total. By 1973 the budget reached 246.4 billion with military at 78.3 billion, cutting defense share to 30.2 percent while Great Society spending climbed from 1.7 to 35.7 billion, inflating by about 200 percent.
Waldie eyes governorship with federal union support in California
Federal Diary notes Jerome R. Waldie’s bid for California governor with backing from major federal unions. AFGE and APGE praise his defense of federal workers, pensions, and health programs while vowing only moral support and publicity, not money. Waldie seeks Reagan's Sacramento residence amid 1978 presidential speculation.
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Jerome R. Waldie
Calif
Sacramento
Ronald Reagan
Waldie
Reagan
Post Office and Civil’ Service Committee
U.s
Walde
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
Calfornian Als
A. Ernest Fitzgerald
Civil Service Commission
CSC
Fitzgerald
Bolden
Wal Letter Carriers
James H. Rademacher
Afl-Cio
American Federation of Government Employees
Imby
AFGE
Clyde Webber
California
APGE
San Diego
Long Beach
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Tradition and power clash in military promotions
A lengthy critique of Army promotion practices and the role of promotion boards, arguing tradition is overrated. It traces legal limits of the president’s order power, cites Monroe and Jackson as historical precedents, and warns that challenging executive authority undermines national self respect and press respect.
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M Nixon
Piffle
Army
William Proxmire
Mae West
Oral Roberts
Proxmire
Fiddler
John J. Pershing
Alexander Haig
George C. Marshall
Tlinois
FDR
Pershing
James Monroe
John C. Calhoun
James Madison
William H. Crawford
Washington
Crawford
New Orleans
Andy Jackson
Southern
War Department
Monroe
Jackson
At Wit’s End Brains Versus Beauty in Pageant Debate
A 1973 Field Enterprises column critiques beauty pageants arguing they push scholastic aims while lampooning feminist stances and social attitudes. The piece mockingly recounts a conversation about fame, intellect, and appearances, referencing Margaret Mead, Joyce Brothers, Phase IV, and Southeast Asia. It includes a controversial vignette about school life and a punning aside on an insurance office.
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Fellas
Margaret Mead
Atlantic City
America
Joyce Brothers
Angie Dicin
Alwoyt
Bunny
Erma
Ins Nerence
Southeast Asia
Bella Abmug
Uses of Support in Military Prese nt Debate
In Washington Senators McGovern and Proxmire press the annual military debate to test human nature. McGovern faces unemployment from base consolidations and backs a contractor amendment to guarantee jobs, risking higher defense costs. Proxmire funds a Joint Economic Committee study by Feldstein arguing for subsidizing unskilled, unpleasant jobs while curbing unemployment pay to deter idleness, a practical approach during the current military funding clash.
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Washington, D.C
George McGovern
Bill Proxmire
McGovern
Defense Department
George
Pentagon
National Defense
McGovfem
Proxmire
Joint Economic Committee
Congress
Brookings Institution
Martin S. Peldstein
Feldstein
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
United States at Risk of Being Sold to Oil Nations
Paul Harvey warns that oil wealth from Saudi Arabia Kuwait Abu Dhabi and Qatar could empower oil producers to buy U S assets and even networks if the United States does not rapidly develop alternative energy sources He urges accelerating wind sun and tide power while noting Japan Germany and Arab investments threaten American financial independence and urges balanced support for farmers and new energy research
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United States
Peterson
Saudi Arabia
Kuwait
Abu Dhabi
Qatar
American Stock Exchange
Federal
Gen
Fea, Corp
New York Sky Overcast As City Faces Technoterrorism Fears
Lowell Ponte notes autumn rain and gray skies suit New York, where talk shows warn how terrorists with new weapons threaten utilities and critical infrastructure. He recalls the 1960s blackout and a Manhattan mindset that resilience turns fear into a frontier spirit, with New Yorkers cherishing urban chaos as a rite of survival.
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New York City
Manhattan
New York
Heaven and the Know
Gotham
Fun City
Barry Gray
California
New
National Civil Defense Agencies
Where To Write Your Legislators In Washington Addresses Listed
The notice provides contact rooms for senators including R Vance Hartke in the Old Senate Office Building Washington D C 20610 and Birch Bayh Jr in Room 304 Old Senate Office Washington D C 20510. It mentions other names with garbled text likely intended as William G Bray and another office.
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Anal
R. Vance Hartke
Senate
Washington
D.C
Sen
Birch E. Bayh Jr
Washington, D.C
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National Energy Board
Federal Diary
Mike Causey
THE
Anderson Herald
Anderson Newspapers, Inc
Jackson Street
Anderson
Inberger
Prsidnt
Harriet W. Toner
Ate Ackson
Jane Toner
Scort Vic President
Charles W. Laughlin
Andersen
Indiana
Sarries
Mall
Errae
Mall Ertide
Harald
Associated Press
Milit
Ffairs
By Erma Bombeck
Field Enerprises, Inc
Holmes Alexander
Paul Harvey News
Harvey
Lowell Ponte
William G. Bray Ramm
Izes Te Paling
Eso
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