Individual Investor Shaped by Market Pressures Says Needham
AP Business Analyst notes small investors wary after market volatility and scandals. NYSE chair James Needham says credibility recovery tied to better economy, lower rates, and steadier international and Washington affairs. He supports 25 percent maximum capital gains tax and predicts fixed commissions fade with unbundling seen as unlikely. Banks entering market praised for including small investors.
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John Cunniff
NEW York
America
New York Stock Exchange
Exchange
James Needham
Washington
Needham
Chase Manhattan
China Briefing notes changes in China's religion scene
David Poling surveys the post Nixon visit year in China focusing on religion. China Briefing highlights an anti-Confucius campaign and the persistence of Confucian influence amid reforms. World Vision International monitors religious life, China’s social issues, acupuncture claims, and outside observers' shifting perceptions as China engages more with the world.
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United States
China
Nixon
Mainland
Hong Kong
Robert Larson
Mao ‘Tse-tung
Peking
Confucius
World Vision International
Larson
Mr. Larson
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Brandt falters as Hamburg loss shakes West Germany
In Hamburg, Chancellor Willy Brandt faces a severe setback as the Social Democrats lose 14 of 70 seats in the 120-member state legislature, sliding 20 percent and widening doubts about his grip on national politics. The CDU surges to 51 seats, aided by Free Democrats’ support in a shifting coalition dynamic.
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Bonn
Germany
Willy Brandt
West Germany
Social Democratic
Hamburg
Brandt
Social Democrats
Free Democrats
Liberal Party
Christian Democrats
German Elections Cast Shadow Over Bonn Coalition
NEWSPAPER EM State elections will also be held this year in Lower Saxony and Hesse. In Bonn the Social Democrats rule with the Christian Democrats. A Christian Democrat takeover in either could widen the CDU CDU’s by the Bundesrat. Helmut Kohl says CDU gains in Hamburg show strength and invites the Free Democrats to abandon the Social Democrats in 1976, but the FDP has declined and may press for change as Brandt’s position weakens.
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Lower Saxony
Social Democrats
The
Christian
Democrats
Hesse
Bundesrat
Christian Democrat
Helmut Kohl
Hamburg
Brandt
Free Democrats
Superstition and Unity in Contemporary Church Dialogue
The piece discusses how superstition and occult themes are featured in this weeks program and notes admission. It reports on Mount Olive Gospel Caravan in concert and Tuttle Family gospel singing with nursery. It then covers Lutheran catholic dialogue on papacy and church unity, stressing reforms, shared Bible sources, and a nonmonarchical papal role to foster unity.
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Mount Olive
Gospel Caravan
High Point
Mount Olive Baptist Church
Tuttle
Kernersville
Springfield
George A. Lindbeck
Yale University
Rome
Peter
Retirement plots aren’t too dreamy in Sunshine Valley
Elderly Frank and Kay Hunt moved from Town to New Mexico last summer with a $299 halfacre dream plot. They faced harsh desert realities and isolation but stayed, feeding water to migrants and living 14% miles from their mailbox. Critics call retirement land a sales abuse while officials note new rules ban investment claims.
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Frank
Kay Hunt
New Mexico
Hunts
Sunshine Valley Estates
America
Deming
Mrs. Hunt
Sunshine Valley
Select Western Land
Carter Kirk
Diego Garcia: small atoll looms large in Cold War tensions
A tiny coral island in the Indian Ocean, Diego Garcia, part of Britain's Chagos archipelago, sits at a strategic crossroads. Its location gives control over Arabian Sea routes, influencing access to the Red Sea and Persian Gulf amid U.S.-Soviet detente anxieties.
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Indian Ocean
Diego Garcia
India
Arabian Peninsula
Britain
Chagos Archipelago
Arabian Sea
Red Sea
Persian Gulf
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David Poling
D.C
By David Poling
Rane
Samuel
Mindanao
Nepal
Hebrides
Kirk
Florida
Southwest
Golden Gate Estates
Naples
Mesquite
Indian Ocean Island
Russia
Asia
Georgi Chicherin
Defense Department
Soviet Union
U.S.A
Sergei G. Gorshkov
State Department of Vocational Rehabilitation
North Main ST
Joseph Minikovsky
Bite Te Ta
U.S. Department of Health, Education
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