Britain Faces Three Day Work Week Amid Coal Shortage Crisis
Britain wrestles with a three day work week as coal shortages press industrial output. Miners protest for higher wages, influenced by union leaders who seek more than pay rises, aiming to topple the Heath government. Labour left unrest spreads across Western Europe, with Communists in leadership roles challenging social policy and government. The standoff risks Britain’s reputation for muddling through as industry slows and calls for elections grow louder.
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Great Britain
Edward Heath
Britain
Western
Europe
Communist Party
France
Italy
Christian Democrats
West Germany
England
Labor Party
United
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
United States
Russia
Moscow
North Carolina Democrats Split by Faction in Wake of 1972 Loss
A Raleigh meeting reveals deep rifts among North Carolina Democrats with leaders Jim Sugg and Bowles divided over strategy. Calls for Wallace and Young as speakers heighten tensions as Henry Jackson looms for 1976. The party lacks a unifying governor’s office and clear goals amid New Political Realities.
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Gaul
Julius Ceasar
North Carolina
Democratic Party
United States’Senate
Raleigh
Jim Sugg
Wallace
Ami
Andrew=Young
Atlanta
Sen
Henry Jackson
Washington
Jim Hunt
Robert Morgan
James Ramsey
Bowles
Projecting the News Future Of Conservatism
Washington reports signs that Watergate shook the conservative liberal balance in U S politics. Nixon cooled plans for welfare state rollback and new federalism revenue sharing faltered while public esteem dropped. Goldwater Buckley and Human Events urged steadfast conservative defense of principles amid Agnew’s resignation fallout.
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Washington
Congress
Nixon
Barry M. Goldwater
Ariz
Human Events
Oil Profits Weigh on Washington Big Oil Probe
Investigation into soaring oil profits links William Simon to Nixon finance. Report traces $5 million in oil money funneled to the president, outlines Aramco and Persian Gulf tax moves, and alleges price shifts to boost company gains. Also notes Howard Hughes and D. K. Ludwig secret tie in Bahamas and Las Vegas meetings.
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Washington
William Simon
Nixon
Persian Gulf
U.S
International Hotel
Las Vegas
Ludwig
Hughes
World Cooperation On Energy A Poor Bet
John P Roche argues Kissinger’s call for global energy cooperation risks repeating the failed London Conference of 1933. He notes hostility among European powers, the Nine bloc, and US restraint, urging prudent steps and caution before pursuing another international energy push.
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World Cooperation
John P. Roche
King Features Syndicate
Kissinger
Dr. Kissinger
London
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Cordell Hull
MacDonald
Washington
F.D.R
In Defense Of Alimony Critique by Ernest Cuneo
A Georgia court ruling calling alimony unconstitutional is explored as a gendered right, arguing it harms wives and preserves outdated gender roles. The piece contends due process and equal protection require alimony decisions to be merits based, not abolished.
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D. K. Ludwig
Hughes
Ludwig
Washington
Georgia
Charles Wofford
U.S
Murphy
Wofford
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Hargrove
Skipper
Helen B. Shaffer
Spiro T.agnew
William F. Buckley Jr
Weekly
National Review
James L. Buckley
N. Y
Agnew
Simon
Aramco
Japan
New England
Howard Hughes
Xanadu
Bahamas
Ludwig’s
Roosevelt
John Maynard Keynes
Galbraith
John Kenneth Galbraith
Kennedy
Ernest Cuneo
North American Newspaper Alliance
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