Friday Adjournment Lifts Pressure on Ohio Legislature
The Friday adjournment is an illusionary deadline as Ohio's 1977 legislature nears the end of its session. House Speaker Vernal G. Riffe Jr. and Senate Leader Oliver Ocasek push for swift action on wages for public employees, elderly utility subsidies, and constitutional amendments to issue limited bonds for capital projects. They warn no future sessions will exceed a week, with belangrijk issues to resolve this week amid patronage moves and potential back-home bills.
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Columbus
Ohio
House
Vernal G. Riffe Jr
Riffe
Ocasek
Thomas E. Ferguson
Senate
Myrl H. Shoemaker
Bourneville
Chillicothe
Travel Dollar Gap Shrinks As US Relies More On Itself
AP reports the US travel deficit shrank notably as foreign visitors remain few. Commerce officials say the flow of American tourist dollars abroad is less lopsided than a decade ago. In 1976 the deficit was 14 percent lower than 1975 at 2.65 billion dollars. The Commerce Department forecasts further narrowing if trends persist.
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Commerce Department
David L. Edgell
US Travel Service
Commerce America
Edgell
United States
This Day In History July 25 1963 1878 1934 1952 1956 1969
On this date several events are noted including the 1963 treaty banning atmospheric nuclear testing by the US USSR and Britain, 1878 the first Chinese diplomatic mission to the US, 1934 Hitler's failed Austria takeover and Dollfuss death, 1952 Puerto Rico becoming a US commonwealth, and 1956 the Andrea Doria Stockholm collision with 50 lives lost. The 1969 Chappaquiddick incident involved Edward Kennedy.
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Soviet Union
Britain
Washington
Adolf Hitler
Austria
Black Guard
Engelbert Dollfuss
Puerto Rico
Mass
Detroit
Thomas Eagleton
Missouri
Lebanon
Will Rogers on Nations in Glass Houses
Will Rogers quips that all major nations live in glass houses and that criticizing others rings hollow. He notes the Land of the Free and Home of the Brave has carved into areas not popularly demanded and laments government spending, comparing current costs to twenty years ago.
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Land of the Free
Home of
No-Fault Insurance and Airbags Stir Federal Power Debate
The piece argues against federal overreach in three cases: Carter endorses no fault auto insurance, Adams mandates airbags, and FDA labeling burdens small bakers. It contends states should lead policy, with consumer choice preserved and officials restrained. It frames the issue as executive and congressional overextension eroding free society principles.
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Carter
Transportation
Adams
Congress
John Randolph
Roanoke
Washington
Massachusetts
Senate
Executive salaries raise questions on corporate rewards
Henry Ford II and Lee Iacocca earned 970000 each for Ford in the year, with Harold Geneen and David Mahoney close behind. John C. Baker argues top executive pay has run out of control, noting sports stars also command vast sums but earned through performance.
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Henry Ford II
Lee A. Iacocca
Ford Motorco
Harold Geneen
International Telephone and Telegraph Co
David J. Mahoney
Norton Simon
Ford
Iacocca
Geneen
Mahoney
John C. Baker
Ohio University
Harvard Business Review
Reggie Jackson
Catfish Hunter
Brain studies spark debate over ethics of money and mind
Neurosurgeon Robert J. White warns about moral and philosophical issues as brain isolation and transplant experiments advance. He notes government hints of control, cites high executive pay patterns at firms like Continental Air Lines, and urges boards to curb top salaries with outsider chaired salary committees.
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Baker
Cleveland
Robert J. White
White
Robert F. Six
Continental Air Lines
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