Editorial unclogging fuel lines in Congress and California
The editorial argues Congress should lift federal price controls on heating oil natural gas and crude oil to boost production and supplies. It notes California seeks federal help for gas supplies for summer smog season and cites price disparities that deter exploration. A July 19 Senate hearing on Long Beach oil is planned, while production slows due to costs and policy.
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Congress
Ford Administration
California
U.S
Senate
Long Beach
Alan Cranston
Alan Cranston, D
Calif
Mark Hanaford
Lakewood-Long Beach
William Seidman
Ford
Mexico's Lopez Portillo faces vast tests as president
Mexico's 46 year old Jose Lopez Portillo inherits a nation with low turnout, one party rule, and high inflation. He must bridge U S relations, curb unemployment, and tame a 60 billion barrel oil reserve to fund reforms.
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Jose Lopez
Portillo
Mexico
Lopez Portillo
Institutional Revolutionary Party
PRI
United States
Luis Echeverria Alvarez
Washington
Our 3rd century outlook. optimism despite looming problems
The piece argues that despite energy, inflation, and population pressures, Americans will find solutions through ingenuity and new energy sources like nuclear and solar. It highlights education, research, and social progress as engines for a positive century, noting shifts in birth control attitudes and the need to upgrade justice and social contracts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Carter imitates Nixon tactics in 1970s campaign playbook
Washington writer compares Jimmy Carter to Richard Nixon, outlining similarities in rhetoric and campaign methods. The piece cites Nixon’s “watershed” language and Carter’s use of persuasive wording, labor deals, radio outreach, and a tightly loyal inner circle to attract support, arguing such copying reflects political flattery.
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Washington
Jimmy Carter
Richard Nixon
Carter
Howard Norton
Bob Slosser
Chicago
Daley
Nixon
Textile Workers Union
J. P. Stevens
Maritime Workers
U.S
Miracle Workers
Discover
Robert Shrum
Hamilton Jordan
Jody Powell
Charles Kirbo
Bebe Heboro
Andrew Young
John Mitchell
Life on Mars delayed Viking lander eyed for signs
Pasadena scientists lead the Viking exobiology program seeking microbial life on Mars. Dr Harold Klein notes mind boggling implications for Earth if life is found as landing site selection and tests await data from orbit and Mars soil experiments using Carbon-14 and gas analysis.
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Pasadena
Calif
Mars
Viking Spacecraft
Harold Klein
Earth
Rae
Viking
Red
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Lant
Me Klein
Cert
Wfe
Nortoon H. Horowitz
Caltech
Gipest Levin
Biospherics
van Oyama
Ames Research Center
Harowite
Lavin
Gerald A. Softer
Soffen
Klein
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Towhe
Sun Belt
Knight News Service
Riy Uy So
Ing
Humphrey
Humphrey Hawkins
Atlanta
Air Force Academy
Jerry Ralshoon
Harry Trelevan
Joe McGinnis
Wiliam Safire
Dick Lloyd
Pine Avenue
Herman H. Ridder
Daniel H. Ridder
Milas
David Levinson
Don Ohl
Bert Resnik
Don Nutter
E. H. Lowdermilk
Milton A. Lomas
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