Inflation, taxes, and steel price boosts debate
The piece critiques President Carter’s stance on inflation tied to steel price hikes by U.S. Steel and Bethlehem and contrasts private sector pricing with government tax policy. It questions who pays extra gas taxes and suggests a broader tax-spending motive, urging readers to follow ongoing installments in the newspaper.
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U.S. Steel
Beth Sighem
U.S. Vuc Picures
Bethlehem
Carter
Congress Discrimination Critique Hits House Staff Pay Gap
A Sunday Independent report notes that members of the U S Congress pay top staff 18 to 199 percent more than women with identical titles while proposing no enforceable anti discrimination measure for lawmakers. The House commission rejected extending anti discrimination laws to members and debated a three member grievance panel with no enforcement power. Rep Bill Frenzel urged applying existing equal opportunity laws, but Rep David Obey resisted fearing executive branch enforcement.
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John Selzden
House Commission On Administrative Reiew
Independent
Press-Telegram
Wrche
Hose of Representative
Bill Frenzel
R-Minn
Commission
Justice Department
The
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
David Obey
D-Wis
Commission On Administrative Review
Executive Branch
Congress
FBI Joins 1865 Lincoln Assassination Probe
Washington reports the FBI quietly entered the Lincoln assassination inquiry seeking new insights. Prominent figures like Edwin Stanton and Frederick Douglass appear in the revived debate over Booth's diary, potential conspiracies, and whether Booth escaped. New pages, discovered by Joseph Lynch, fuel questions about handwriting, authenticity, and the diary's role in historic mysteries.
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Washington
FBI
Abraham Lincoln
Ford
Lincoln
John F. Kennedy
Frederick Douglass
Martin Luther King Jr
John Wilkes Booth
Booth
Edwin M. Stanton
Andrew Johnson
Joseph Lynch
Worthington
Mass
Stanton
Lincoln |S
Mars
Stanton’ S
Ford’s
Theater Museum
Interior Department
Lynch
Michael Harman
Stanton Heirs
Sunn Classic
Lawrence Mooney
Alexandria
Mooney
Iray Neff
Indiana State University
Garrett
Douglass
Calls for U S action on Soviet telephone eavesdropping
New York editorial argues Moscow openly taps American calls and criticizes Ford and Carter for inaction. It cautions that NSA eavesdropping in the United States risks rights, cites Moynihan’s bill to compel presidential notification and steps against foreign spying, urging stronger constitutional safeguards.
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New York
Soviet Union
Carter
Ford
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Soviet’ Union
White House
Pentagon
United States
Washington
Moscow
National Security Agency
Senate Intelligence Committee
FBI
CIA
Agriculture Department
Rockefeller
Daniel P. Moynihan
Kremlin
Congress
Carter Resists Mandatory Retirement Bill Debate
In the presidential campaign era President Carter voiced disapproval of mandatory retirement at 65 and discussed the Pepper Findley bill to raise the private sector limit to 70 and end it for federal workers. He said he favored the idea in principle but sought further study and provisions.
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Harman
Washington
Carter
Lillian Carter
Peace Corps
India
Iia
House Educaton and Labor Committee
Post Office and Civil Service Committee
White House
Representative Pepper
Peppers
Pepper
American Association of Retired Persons
National Council of Aging
Prince von Bismark
Averill Harriman
John Wayne
Senate Appropriations Committee
John McClellan
James Eastland
John C. Stennis
Armed Services Committee
John Sparkman
Foreign Relations Committee
Carl Curtis
California
Hayakawa
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United States Steel
House of Inequality
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Secretary of War
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Les Whitten
Tom Wicker
Claude Pepper
D-Fla
Select
Committee On Aging
Pepper-Findey
NCA
Pepper-Findley
George Meany
Afl-Cio
Paul Findley
Copsensor
Meany
Virginia Kelly
Daniel 4. Ridder
Samuel C. Cameron
Miles E. Sines
Don Ohl
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Ter Resnik
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