UN 1977 General Assembly Ends With Mixed Assessments
Delegates from the Soviet Union and European Community voiced cautious praise for a cooperative spirit and many consensus resolutions, while warning that progress was limited. Critics noted persistent propaganda speeches and repeated issues, doubting any major Middle East or Africa breakthroughs. Overall tone: hopeful but not a decisive success.
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Assembly
Ivor Richard
Middle East
North Korea
Ethopia
Uganda
Rhodesia
Timeses and Gazintas Highlighted in Loose Math Talk
A columnist contrasts childhood arithmetic with modern math education and argues many Americans misunderstand corporate profits and the economy. It notes that profits are typically low, much is reinvested, and dividends favor pension funds rather than the rich. The piece urges renewed focus on basics in schools.
Discarding Records At Home
Are you among Americans overwhelmed by papers and records and unsure what to toss out. This yearend 1977 8 update your filing system by removing non essentials. Keep receipts for tax proof but not all cancelled checks. Move duplicates and transfer records to inactive files in an out of the way place.
Discarding Records and a Frontiers of Poverty Tour
Advice on organizing home records urges using a filing box and simple systems plus retainment rules for tax and medical receipts. A separate dispatch describes Hal Bernton’s field report from Sinaloa detailing campesino life, harsh housing, meager wages, and daily toil alongside U.S. winter produce markets.
Migrant farm workers face rising hardship and northward push
Bernton reports on Sinaloa campesinos earning about 26 dollars weekly, with at least a third for food and another third for pants. Shirts cost over half, while many Mexicans face inadequate diets, milk shortages, and meat gaps. Beef export limits could shift US competition to Florida growers, spurring more migration.
Santa learns playoff basics as pro games spread Christmas weekend
Santa visits LA to ask about the NFL playoffs airing on NBC and CBS. The dialogue explains the AFC and NFC, eight playoff teams including a wild card, the path to the Super Bowl, and the fate of teams that lose. The piece ends with Santa opting for a beer and a good night.
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LOS Angeles
Santa Claus
NBC
CBS
Baltimore
Oakland Raiders
Denver Broncos
Pittsburgh Steelers
Chicago Bears
Dallas Cowboys
Los Angeles Rams
Minnesota Vikings
Curt Gowdy
Brent Mussberger
Tampa Bay
West Point
Navy
Howard Cosel
AFC
NEC
Where to Complain to the Federal Government
A compact list from the Pennsylvania Bureau of Consumer Protection lists federal agencies and contact points for consumer inquiries. It covers Advertising Air Travel Bus and Train Travel Consumer Affairs Consumer Information Credit Crime Insurance Drugs and Cosmetics Education Elderly Energy and related offices with names, addresses, and telephone numbers for federal agencies.
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Pennsylvania Department of Justice Bureau of Consumer Protection
News and Views
Albert H. Kramer
Bureau of Consumer Protection
Federal Trade Commission
Washington, D.C
Jack Yohe
Office of the Consumer Advocate
Civil Aeronautics Board
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Douglas Baldwin
Interstate Commerce Commission
Consumer Affairs
Esther Peterson
Consumer Information
Consumer Information Center
Pueblo
Colo
Credit Albert H. Kramer
Washington
D.C
National Crime Insurance
Ruth White
Food and Drug Administration
Fishers Lane
Rockville
Jack Billings
Office of Education
Arthur S. Flemming
Administration On Aging
Jerry Penno
Federal Energy Administration
Telephone
Bill Webb
Paul Feine
Consumer Bureau
Federal Power Commission
Telephon Webb
Feine
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General Assembly of the United Nations
Yury E. Fokine
Andre Ernemann
European Common Market Group
Radha Krishna Ramphal
Mauritius
Hwauree
Paul Harvey
Jethro
Beverly Hillbillies
Gazintas
John Cunniff
Corry
President Carter
Carter
Sylvia Porter
IRS
Rio Grande
United States
Hal Bernton
Sinaloa
Arizona
U.S
John Steinbeck
Culiacan
Bernton
Sierra Nevada
Culiacan Tomatoes
Jack Andersary
Mexico City
Mexico
Florida
Santa
Anar Port AP Television
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