Ford's First Address Signals Inflation as Top Issue
President Ford warned Congress that while the State of the Union is strong the economy is weak and inflation remains the primary challenge. He outlined steps including a balanced budget for 1976 a revived Cost of Living Council and a bipartisan summit while rejecting wage and price controls.
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Congress
Ford
Nixon
United States
Cost of Living Council
General Motors
Eight Do's and Don'ts to Foil Swindlers from BBB
The Better Business Bureau warns that swindles hinge on Goodness Gullibility and Greed and offers eight rules to protect yourself. Do not discuss banking with strangers verify account details only with your bank or attorney, mutilate discarded papers containing numbers, obtain cashier’s checks for large withdrawals, avoid rushed cash settlements, keep earnest money with a neutral holder, alert police or bank security if a swindle is suspected, and remember the three Gs.
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Better Business Bureau
BBB
Title Company
Bank Trust Department
100th Anniversary of Hard Red Winter Wheat Arrival
Agricultural genetics framing highlights how cross breeding and seed banks shape high yield disease resistant crops. The piece notes hard red winter wheat’ 100 year import history from southern Russia via Mennonite immigrants, and durum wheat from Mark Carleton. It cites genetic erosion, uniform vulnerability, and Luther Burbank’s pregenetic era intuition and tenderness.
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United States
Russia
Kansas
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Montana
Texas
Colorado
Dakotas
Minnesota
Mark Alfred Carleton
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Agriculture Department
Fort Collins
Colo
High Point Remains Nation’s Center for Wooden Office Furniture
Drexel Heritage moves to phase out its Hickory based commercial office furniture division. The shift highlights High Point NC as a major wood office furniture hub with many firms expanding desks seating and institutional lines. Local industry traces roots to Alma and Myrtle plants and notes High Point’s growing share of a half billion dollar market.
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Drexel Heritage
Champion International
Southern Desk Company
Hickory
High Point
Southern
North Carolina
George F. Ivey
W. J. Fraley
Tion
Felix Miller Jr
John C. Davis
Davis Manufacturing Industries, Inc
Linden Street
Alma Desk Company
Myrtle Desk
Dallas
Clarendon
Davis
Thayer Coggin
Cellent
Stanley Taylor
U.S. Industries
Lana
J. P. Redding
Alma
Charles E. Hayworth
Hayworth
Hayworth Roll & Panel Company
M. H. Barthmaier
Charles E. Hayworth Jr
Melrose
Green Drive
Southern Market Center
H.W. Fraser
Myrtle
Florida
W. Tom Powell
Southern Railway
Powell
Tom FR. Pitts
Rankin Casket
Silvercraft
Harry Raymond
Taylor
West Point Avenue
Ir. Powell
Monarch Furniture Corporation
Mohasco Industries
Mose
Samet
Harold Gutterman
Mohasco
Gutterman
Scientific Street
Patrician Furniture Company
Clarence Keever
Thomas Furniture
Fred A. Thomases
Harry Lamet
Larry Robinson
High Point Desk Company
Connect Corporation
Jasper
Indiana
Weird Story Of Colsons Tape Ray Gun
Former aide Charles Colson allegedly discussed using a degaussing cannon to erase White House tapes linked to Nixon. The scheme, involving industrial consultant Gordon Novel and Jetco designer Jack Prentice, was deemed dangerous and not pursued. Colson later downplayed the plan while Nixon feared his sincerity.
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Washington
Charles Colson
White House
Richard Nixon
Nixon
Calson
Gordon Novel
Novel
Colson
CIA
el Paso
Tex
Jack Prentice
Jetco, Inc
Jetco
Prentice
Allan Bell
Dektor Counterintelligence and Security
Bell
H. R. Haldeman
Secret Service
Senate Watergate Committee
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Mr. Ford
Carleton
Los Angeles Times
Robert A. Jones
Luther Burbank
Burbank
Idaho
Charles Darwin
Holt McPherson Enterprise
Miller TV Products
Ward and
Lincoln
Addi
Senate
Baker
Sen
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Mr. Clean
Sam Ervin
Dn.c
Carl Curtis
Rneb
Berry’s
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