Zambia's price controls expose state meat monopoly flaws
Survey notes that Zambia's Cold Storage Board monopolized meat sales and set producer prices, causing shortages as commercial farmers refused to sell. Villagers offered cattle but were not approached, revealing a double monopoly with preservation limits and government backing, suggesting such controls rarely succeed.
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African Republic of
Zambia
U.S
Cold Storage Board of
Cold Storage Board
Zambia Daily Mail
Andre Malraux remembered as patriot and thinker
The obituary honors Andre Malraux as a man of action and intellect, a soldier and statesman, whose career spanned writer and critic roles. It recalls his evolution from Marxist youth to ardent patriot and anti-Communist, noting his belief in risking life for dignity and the enduring relevance of his writings.
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Andre Malraux
Malraux
France
Joss
Europe
United States
Soviet Union
Tax cut debate shapes Carter economic team plans
Rowland Evans and Robert Novak report that Carter aides and 18 business leaders pushed for a 55 percent one time consumer tax cut to jumpstart the economy. The discussion split on apportioning relief between consumers and business, with Ullman favoring selective incentives and liberal Democrats wary of more spending.
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Washington
Carter
Plains
Hilton
al Ullman
Oregon
House
Ways and Means Committee
Ullman
Brookings Institution
Joseph Pechman
Lawrence Klein
Arms Control and Disarmament
CACDA
ACDA
Pentagon
Defense
Harold Brown
Cal Tech
Air Force
Brown
Strong Arms Control Alvecare
Barddinaemocrats
Transit Panic: Evans Reports Failures in Major U S Systems
A Washington report shows rapid transit promoted by federal funds failing to reduce car use. Chicago and San Francisco Bay Area systems spent billions with little shift from autos, while rising costs and delays burden the Washington Metro project, draining funds and widening deficits.
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Washington
Chicago
George W. Hilton
Bay Area Rapid Transit
BART
San Francisco
Oakland
Melvin Webber
University of California At Berkeley
Bay Area
Webber
India Delights At Harvest Gains And Global Food Hope
In Rio de Janeiro the 12th Latin American Food Production Conference notes bountiful crops 1976 with 1.22 billion metric tons projected, India rising to 115 million tons and Taiwan yielding 2.7 million tons of rice. Caution arrives from Nobel laureate Dr. Norman Borlaug on population growth and enduring hunger amid cheap fertilizer costs and oil-driven prices.
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Jimmy Carter
International Minerals and Chemical Corporation
Rio de Janeiro
Europe
Equator
India
East Asia
Taiwan
Bureau
Philippines
Ric
Norman B. Borslaug
Borslaug
Dr. Borslaug
OPEC
Opec Off
Japan
United States
Malcolm Hoag
Rand Corp
Middle East
Hoag
Buckley Courageously Debates Taiwan After Mao
William F Buckley Jr surveys U S China policy in Washington during a day long conference on The United States and China After Mao He argues against normalization with Taiwan, warning that abandoning Taiwan would invite a Chinese takeover and undermine U S credibility The piece contrasts hard line and idealistic views while stressing the need for strength as a counterweight to Soviet power.
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Washington
United States
China
Mao
Shanghai
Poland
Rumania
Bulgaria
Czechoslovakia
Germany
Taiwan
America
Garibaldi
Europe
Italy
Peking
Mansfield
Korea
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Delaware
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Charles Kibo
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Kenneth Curtis
Maine
Charles Manati
California
Stauss
Jerry Brown
M. Stanton Evans
Transit
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Sludgepump
Feds
Washington Metro
Metro
Copley News
John Chamberlain
Indira Gandhi
Caen
William F. Buckley Jr
Danville Register the Register Publishing Co
Union
Danville
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