Awareness and Action Now Against Child Abuse
The article argues child abuse is a widespread social problem needing multi disciplinary action and full citizen awareness. It cites local groups like Friends of Children and Youth and the Family Life Council, urging education and community involvement to prevent abuse and break cycles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Friends of Children and Youth
Junior League
Family Life Council
Guilford County Dept. of Social Services
Metrication progress slows as U S shifts to metrics
Washington reports the drive to metric units moves slowly 15 months after the 1975 Metric Conversion Act. The Federal Metric Board is not yet formed while private groups and industry push a soft conversion with dual labeling and metric bottles and speeds shown in kilometers in 24 states.
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Washington
America
Ford
U.S. Metric Board
National Bureau of Standards
U.S. Office of Education
American National Metric Council
ANMC
Chicago
Seven
Coca-Cola
Pepsi Cola
General Foods
Common Metric Equivalents List
A concise reference of metric to imperial and customary conversions including miles per hour distances gallons ounces pounds and grams. It lists values such as 1 mile equals 1.609 kilometers and 1 kilogram equals 2.2046 pounds with related measures for fluids and weights.
Byrd Amendment Repeal Sparks Conservative Critique
The House and Senate voted to repeal the Byrd Amendment on Rhodesian chrome. The piece argues Carter’s move is fatuous and hypocritical, praising the UN sanctions as a rare integrity amid global hypocrisy and predicting a harmful outcome for Rhodesia if power passes to terrorists.
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House
Senate
Carter
United Nations
Rhodesia
Uncle Sam
Billy Graham
East Side
United States
Washington
CIA Surveys Petrodollars Flooding U S Holdings
The CIA reports three years of oil producing nations investing billions in U S assets. Banks like Chase Manhattan Morgan Guaranty Bank of America and First National City Bank hold these funds as OPEC diversifies into long term holdings amid concerns over influence in the Middle East. The piece also accuses the Federal Energy Administration of failing to pursue criminal oil industry conduct, hindering investigations into daisy chain paper sales and other energy frauds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Central Intelligence Agency
United States
CIA
U.S
Middle East
OPEC
Chase Manhattan
Morgan Guaranty
Bank of America
New York
First National City Bank
Shah of Tran
Treasury Dept
Weeve
America
FEA
Energy Agency
The Saccharin Controversy and Family Ties to Sweet n Low
A writer argues against an FDA saccharin ban while revealing a cousin by marriage owns part of the Sweet n Low company. He mocks regulatory fears, touts saccharin as essential for dieters, compares rat studies to tobacco and cars, and warns of smuggling and Mafia involvement if banned.
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Washington
Marvin Eisenstadt
Marvin
Georgetown
FDA
Surgeon General
Mexico
Mafia
Gambino
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Marc Leepson
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Russia
England
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Ian Smith
Africa
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Mozambique
Angola
James J. Kilpatrick
Congress
Federal Energy Administration
House and Power Subcommittee
Justice Dept
Jack Anderson
Les Whitten
Buchwald
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