Cheap Imports Lose Edge in Global Price Shift
An analysis notes U S workers face higher grocery costs as foreign wage gains narrow the gap with U S producers. It cites steel and textiles as examples where currency shifts and fuel costs boosted U S competitiveness, arguing inflation control is key to sustaining gains and offsetting ongoing cheap imports.
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Parket
U.S
America
Japan
Thomas Graham
Jones & Laughlin
The
Wall Street Journal
Earthquake prompts aid drive amid Central American relief
After Guatemala faced two major quakes killing over 17 000 and displacing more than a million, international relief pours in from the United Nations Disaster Relief Organization the Organization of American States CARE the Red Cross Catholic Relief Services Church World Service and the Salvation Army. U S response centers on the Panama Canal Zone where medical teams survey teams foods medicines and helicopters rush aid to wrecked villages and evacuated injured.
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United Nations Disaster Relief Organization
Organization of American States
CARE
The
Red Cross
Catholic Relief Services
Church World Service
Salvation Army
Europe
South America
Central America
United States
Panama Canal Zone
Canal Zone
Panama
Canal
Kissinger
Congress
America
Black studies programs endure amid student interest in colleges
The article traces late 1960s to 1970s growth in black studies across U.S. colleges, noting AP survey findings of 250 institutions offering related courses and 14 with bachelor degrees. It contrasts waning student interest with optimistic views, citing Morgan State and researchers who estimate hundreds of programs surviving. It highlights diverse program structures, curricular debates, and rising black college enrollment from 1974 to 1975 despite fears for black institutions.
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Associated Press
District of Columbia
U.S. News & World Report
San Diego State
United States
Karen J. Winkler
Chronicle of Higher Education
Nick Aaron Ford
Morgan State College
Census Bureau
Institute For Services To Education
Mint Chief Destitute Over Those Pennies
Washington gossip notes recount Mary Brooks, head of the U S Mint, hospitalized last November for nervous exhaustion after a coin theft involving 35 cent to dollar experimental coins. The piece cites pressures and missed recoveries, plus mentions debates on new mintings and two cent pieces. It also covers Ted Kennedy aiding a staffer in a Capitol Hill elevator incident and a New York meat program memo urging destruction of regional files.
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Phlly Lalal Yd
Perees
Mary Brooks
U.S Mint
Kennedy
Ted Kennedy
D-Mass
King
Carol Chealander
Senate Republican Policy Committee
Capitol Hill
Senator Kennedy
Randic
Meat Nation
New York State
J. Bt. Crowell
USDA
U.S. Department of Agrievnture
Crowell
Moynihan's UN tenure ends amid columnists' sharp views
The piece argues Pat Moynihan's stint as United Nations ambassador was marked by clashes with Kissinger and bureaucratic politics. It notes Moynihan quit at an opportune moment to avoid further friction and reflects on the challenging dynamic between the UN post and Cabinet-level status, referencing Adlai Stevenson and earlier Kennedy era expectations.
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Pat Moynihan
United States
United Nations
Kissinger
Moynihan
Adlai Stevenson
John Kennedy
Robert
Moynihan and Kissinger clash over U N influence
The piece analyzes Pat Moynihan and Henry Kissinger inside the Ford administration, detailing Moynihan’s rise at the U N to counterbalance Kissinger, while outlining how Kissinger undermines him through leaks and bureaucratic pressure. The narrative frames the power struggle in the context of U N diplomacy and U S foreign policy leadership.
The Art Buchwald Column The Working Wife
Washington satire on a public relations conflict as Marion Javits resigns amid a debate about a wife working in a job potentially conflicting with her husband. The piece weaves a comic scenario with Softsoap and Armtwister offering a Bogeyland account to a divorce-bound wife, highlighting gender roles and PR industry quirks.
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Washington
Marion Javits
Iran Airlines
Jack Javits
Senate
Javita
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Ryder & Finn
Softsoan & Armtwister
Softsoap & Armtwister
Bogeyland
Hedrick McGillicuddy
Senate Armed Services Committee
Armtwister
Tim
Bogeyland Airlines
Arratwinter
Sheila
Softsoap
Mrs. McGillicud- Cy
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Arthur Goldberg
Supreme Court
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State Department
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