America’s car and business tycoons lose their sheen
The column rails at Detroit executives for failing to adapt as 1975 car prices trend higher. It attacks management across industries from Penn Central to Lockheed and Franklin National, condemning the lack of imagination, reliance on bailouts, and the unwillingness to pursue basic, innovative solutions amid rising costs.
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Detroit
Cary Tycoons
Calcutta
Board Room
Penn Central
Pan American
Lockheed
Pentagon
Franklin National
The Wolf at the Door in Ford’s Polarized Patchwork
A New York Times editorial attacks President Ford for wearing a wolfskin parka in Vladivostok and for promising a wolfskin gift, framing the wolf as a symbol of recession. It argues politicians should rebuke such display, warns of inflation and unemployment politics, and laments the endangered status of both wolves and heads of state.
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Ford
Vladivostok
Leonid Brezhnev
New York Times
William V. Shannon
Wolverine
Michigan
Joint Chiefs
Agriculture
Addis Ababa
San Clemente
Paris
Washington
Thanksgiving Leftover Pranks and Puzzles Parade
A humorous roundup of post holiday ideas includes turkey leftovers turned into a Turkey Surprise, oyster dressing stuffing revolutions, cranberries pressed into jars for cranberry wine, and pumpkin pie repurposed into frozen jack o lantern shapes for future treats or pranks. It also tosses in a Scottish venue anecdote and light quips.
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Washington
UPI
Bureaucracy delays Peru flood aid finally yields check
In 1973 a flood damaged Peru Vermont. After 15 months of forms, visits by state and federal officials, and senator intervention, Peru received a $6,321 federal aid check. Town officials lament the red tape that eroded local independence while finally securing funds and noting the burden of paperwork and regulations.
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U.S
Vermont
Peru
Nixon
State of
Herbert P. Catlin
Board of Selectmen
Catlin
Thomas R. Dibble
William J. Parrish
Washington
George D. Aiken
R-Vt
Aiken
State Treasury Office
Robert H. Volland
FDAA
Messrs
Dibble
Parrish
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Wall Street
Curtis Publishing Co
Equity Funding
Consolidated Edison
The
Wolf’ At the Door
William Safire
N.Y
Times News Service
Wolfmen
By Dick West
Tourist Board
Loch Ness
Israel Shenker
Postal Service
Bel
Northside
Catamoun
Carroll Kilpatrick
Washington Post
State Auditor's
Montpelier
State Capitol
State Flood Recovery Office
Flood Recovery Office
Federal Disaster Assistance Administration
Vermont Job Service
State OF Vermont Department OF Employment Security
ST. Johnsbury
Eastern Avenue
Springfield
Main Street
White River Junction
North Main Street
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