U.S. Budget Outlook Sets Tradeoffs for 1982 Course
The Congressional Budget Office warns that without strong growth the United States must choose between full employment and a balanced budget by 1982. Director Alice Rivlin cites a slower growth path or higher deficits as consequences, while noting a strong performance in the economy could allow both goals to align.
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Washington
U.S
Congressional Budget Office
Alice M. Rivlin
Carter
Budget Office
Mexican Leader Hopeful U S Will Improve Ties With Cuba
Mexican President Jose Lopez Portillo voiced optimism that the Carter administration will move toward normal relations with Cuba. He urged willingness from both sides and offered Mexico’s help, while noting U S Panama sovereignty concerns. A White House communique was promised for Thursday detailing talks.
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U. S
Cuba
Washington
Jose Lopez Portillo
Carter
National Press Club
Mexico
United States
Lopez Portillo
U.S
Panama
Federal civilian employment dips, hits 2.93 million this Sept
The report notes about 23,000 exempt workers in job training programs, bringing total federal civilian employment to roughly 2.93 million as of September 30. Since 1989, totals have declined with brief increases in 1973 and 1974, while most years show stability or downward trend under Civil Service oversight.
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John Curnow
U.S. Civil Service Commission
Mrs. Carter Triumphs in India Amid Leper Care Hope
Mrs. Carter faced and eased anxieties about working with lepers while aiding treatment at a Vikhroli clinic. Thousands cheered, presenting a sandalwood garland and a necklace as praise for the Georgia woman nicknamed Nurse Littlan. Children sang and she recalled her unexpected, humble arrival in 1966. She spoke of love for India and Vikhroli, and met patients including seven-year-old Shri Nath.
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India
Vikhroli
Vance Eyes Geneva Peace Talks and Israel-Arab Deal
Secretary of State Vance said he would attend a reconvened Geneva Mideast conference and press for a peace treaty and normalization of relations between Israel and the Arabs in exchange for territorial compromises. He told Israeli correspondents in Washington that Moscow, as Geneva cochair, has a responsibility to help move toward peace and would cooperate. He would seek Arab leaders’ view on PLO Covenant revisions that could open settlement options next month.
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Geneva
Israel
Washington
Vance
Moscow
PLO
National Council
Ford posts record 1976 profits and sales despite strike
Ford Motor Co reported a 1976 net income of 1.04 billion dollars, or 10.45 dollars a share, on record sales of 28.8 billion, aided by a 20 percent rise in worldwide sales. Fourth-quarter net was 171 million, or 1.42 a share, as sales reached 7.2 billion, up 9 percent from a year earlier.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Co
Ford
U.S
Firmo
Public utilities authorize SCC priority gas to schools
Energy official announces authorization to serve Priority One and Two needs including private and public schools with limits of 50,000 cubic feet per day or 250,000 per week per school while in session. The move, praised by Godwin, shifts gas flows through the CNG System and Columbia Gas Transmission Corp to Commonwealth.
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Beller
Public Utilities
SCC
Godwin
FPC
Busing Desegregation Plans Examined in Metro Area
The report analyzes a Nevada style district including Las Vegas and a Mecklenburg County Charlotte plan. It notes an average bus ride of zero minutes in some plans and suggests central city busing may be longer. In Hartford, minority rich schools lie north while white schools cluster nearby, with pairing seen as simpler than cross city busing.
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Mecklenburg County
Charlotte
N.C
Nevada
Las Vegas
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Delaware
Hartford
Conn
Commission
Can Today's Society Cope With Personal Stresses?
Atlanta AP reports psychiatrist Dr. Alfred Messer says society struggles most with job loss as a trigger for violence. He cites cases of a New Rochelle warehouse shooting and a 63 hour hostage siege, urging employer counseling to rebuild dignity and reduce shame after firing.
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Atlanta
Alfred Messer
Northside Hospital
Fred Cowan
New Rochelle
Cowan
Indianapolis
Anthony G. Kiritsis
Mortgage Company
Ivan
Kiritsis
Messer
Health care taxes proposed to fund medical costs
A physician at the United Hospital Fund urges health care taxes on individuals and corporations for smoking, drinking, and harmful products. He favors funding medical costs from these taxes and calls for congressional and state consideration as an alternative to heavier federal regulation.
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New York
Karl L. White
Institute For Health Care Studies
United Hospital Fund of
New
White
Toy Sales Rise Yet Again As 1977 Outlook Brightens
New York AP reports U S toy makers posted a record 3 7 billion at wholesale last year and forecast a 4 to 10 percent gain in 1977 despite higher prices. Industry leaders cite electronics driven growth with Walkie Talkie CB toys, learning games, and novelty items expanding markets.
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New York
David A. Miler
Toy Manufacturers of America, Inc
Miller
Ideal Toy Corp
Electro-Man
Protest at Statue of Liberty Seized by protesters
A park service spokesman said visitors were asked to leave Liberty Island as a precaution after a person claiming to be Cliff Appleby told the AP that the statue had been seized by Revolutionary Student Brigade and Iranian Students Association members to protest mass arrests in Iran. He cited an international inquiry led by Leonard Weinglass denied access to prisoners.
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Park Service
Cliff Appleby
Associated Press
Revolutionary Student Brigade
Iranian Students Association
Iran
Appleby
Leonard Weinglass
U S Resumes High Level Talks On New Canal Treaty
Panama and the United States resumed high level negotiations on a new Panama Canal treaty on Contadora Island. Panamanian officials seek control over operation and income while U S negotiators led by Ellsworth Bunker and Sol Linowitz express willingness to conclude a negotiated agreement quickly. Captain Omar Torrijos made an unofficial visit to Miraflores and a delegation of nine U S congressmen studied the talks.
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U.S
Panama City
Panama
United States
Cintadara
Nicioas Gonzalez Revilla
Contadora
Ellsworth Bunker
Sol Linowitz
Gerald St. Ford
Bunker
Sinowicz
Organization of American States
Lyndon
Ralph H., Metcalfe
Illinois
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