Jobs picture deceives amid rising teen wages
The Labor Department reports 16 to 24 year olds are finding jobs despite a 35 cent increase in the minimum wage to 2.65, challenging Chamber of Commerce fears of widespread youth unemployment. Projections for 1978–1981 remain gloomy for some workers, though analysts note the 1977 adjustment partly mitigates concerns.
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Carter’s Africa policy under question amid covert hints
A May timeline shows Carter decrying restrictions while aides reportedly discussed indirect aid to anti Cuban forces in Angola. Public statements claimed no intent to fight in Africa, yet questions linger about covert plans, CIA involvement, and Congress’s limits.
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Iowa
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Walter Pincus
Robert Kaiser
Washington Post
Clark
Senate
Stansfield Turner
CIA
David Aaron
Turner
Chicago
Congress
Trilateralists Targeted by Angry Agrarian Activists
The American Agriculture Movement plans probes into the financial world of David Rockefeller and the Trilateral Commission after failing to secure price support on Capitol Hill. The critics allege an anti farm conspiracy, though the article notes trilateralists are not wealthy and frames the group as a forum formed by Rockefeller and Brzezinski to discuss global issues.
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Trilateral Commission
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John F. Kennedy
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Cramming metric into lay terms with paper clips
Mark Russell lampoons metric basics in a humorous guide for non engineers. He equates centimeters and millimeters to paper clip widths and thickness, notes hectares as 2 percent of acres, and imagines a rancher using unfamiliar metric phrases in a western movie setting.
Letters call scrapping and reworking food stamp program
A letter argues the food stamp program must be scrapped and reorganized locally after 13 years of liberal benefits. While acknowledging genuine elderly and disabled recipients, the writer questions the extent of charity as food stamps will soon be usable in restaurants for recipients over 60 and their spouses.
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America
Middle class plea on welfare and bonds prompts jail fairness questions
The writer condemns food stamp expansion and calls for local aid for the needy while denouncing the bond system. He argues the middle class is becoming enslaved, urges pressure on Congress, and questions justice for the poor jailed due to unaffordable bonds.
Tragic overtones of CIA impotence in Moro crisis
In a case demanding swift aid, the CIA refused Italy’s CESIS request to combat the Red Brigades’ abduction and murder of Aldo Moro. Legal constraints and fear of political attack led to a no, delaying potential clandestine help and exposing limits on U.S. intelligence leverage.
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