White House Staff Let Loose During Carter Vacation
Washington AP reports playful chaos as White House staff prank and relax while President Carter vacationed at Camp David Plains Georgia and in Maryland Catoctin mountains. Senior aides joke about diaries and memos as operations ease with Congress away.
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Washington
Camp David
North Woods
Minnesota
Congress
White House
West Wing
Carter
Oval Office
Plains
Maryland
Catoctin Mountains
James Fallows
Jean Saar
Tim Smith
Senators sue Senate over outside earnings cap
A group of Republicans led by Sen. Paul Laxalt files suit arguing the $8,625 annual limit on outside lecture and writing earnings in the Senate ethics code infringes free speech and the right to earn a living. The suit cites 1976 figures and includes Sen. S. I. Hayakawa, Barry Goldwater, Carl Curtis, and Lowell Weicker Jr. plus the Committee for the Survival of a Free Congress.
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Walter R. Mears
Washington
Senate
Paul Laxalt
Nevada
Laxalt
Sen
S. I. Hayakawa
California
Hayakawa
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Carl T. Curtis
Nebraska
Lowell P. Weicker Jr
Connecticut
Committee For the Survival of A Free Congress
United States Senate
Common Cause
Today in History August 19 Highlights
On this date in 1934 Adolf Hitler named successor to Hindenburg. In 1992 five women and a clergyman were executed in Salem for witchcraft. In 1812 the USS Constitution defeated a British frigate in the North Atlantic. Also note H. Rap Brown held on bail in 1967 related to Cambridge riots. Birthdays include Willie Shoemaker and Philip Potter.
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Adolf Hitler
Paul von Hindenberg
Salem
Mass
U.S
Constitution
North Atlantic
H. Rap Brown
Cambridge
Ambivalence and Balance in a Parent's August Break
A Boston mother reflects on leaving her unaccompanied minor on a plane and grapples with balancing dependence and independence. She muses on the middle summer of their time together, nine years down, nine to go, amid family routines, fears, and hopeful freedom.
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Boston
Scientology harassment lawsuit faces FBI and federal agencies
A large FOIA powered exhibit accuses 13 federal bodies of harassing Scientology since 1954. The piece lists USAF, Secret Service, FDA, Army, CIA, USPS, IRS and others, detailing raids, seizures, denials of permits, and extensive litigation. The writer questions government overreach yet supports religious rights.
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FBI
Church of Scientology
Washington
California
FOIA
United States Air Force
Scientology
Lowry Air Force Base
Colorado
Usaf Office of Special Investigation
Secret Service
Richard Nixon
Nixon
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Scientologst
United States Army
Scientologists
God Help
Air Force
Bureau of Customs
Labor Department
CIA
Post Office
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
National Security Agency
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
IBM shares seen rising earnings but stock price may lag
Merrill Lynch analysts forecast IBM earnings climbing from 15.94 in 1976 to 17.50 or more this year and to 20 in 1978. They note the stock trades well below its 1977 high despite a $280 offer for its own shares, highlighting how ERISA's prudent man principle shapes portfolio management and possibly holds back stock prices.
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John Cunniff
New York
Merrill Lynch
IBM
The Prudent Man Question and Market Fears
Uncertainty under law drives fund managers to diversify and reduce risk even if it lowers income. Institutions liquidate IBM heavily, fearing accusations of favoritism and following peers, while the public pursues independence with more positive, individual action and less fear.
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IBM
Vickers Associates
Ohio lawmakers weigh strike bill after Dayton firemen walkout
Legislative sponsors led by Len Meshel assess damages to their proposed public employee strike bill amid Dayton firemen tensions. Dayton's contract dispute since February is cited as a backdrop. Meshel plans hearings with city officials after summer recess, arguing prior procedures could have averted the walkout. The piece also notes the Montgomery Ward catalog center unveiling and a lottery vehicle bid reversal by the State Controlling Board.
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Columbus
Ohio
Dayton
Meshel
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Richard R Paynter
Karl W Runser
Roy Cross
Herb Amey
Fred W Weber II
Fred E Bolles
J William Coon
Carl L. Weber
National Security Council
Cyrus R. Vance
China
United Nations General Assembly
Jerrold Schecter
Margaret ‘‘Midge
Costanza
Willie Shoemaker
World Council of Churches
Philip Potter
Pablo Picasso
James Kilpatrick
The
Small Society
Brickman
Business Mirror
Wall Street Journal
American Stock Exchange
Len Harry Meshel
Youngstown
James A. Rhodes
Montgomery Ward & Co
Cincinnati
James Lutz
Rhodes
Montgomery Ward
Jackson County
Lottery Commission
Marshall Motor Co
Mayfield Heights
Commission
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