Wheelchair Price Gaps Trigger Antitrust Probe
Washington engineer Hotchkiss, leader of the Center for Concerned Engineering, found wheelchairs cost up to 30more in the United States than in Britain. The Justice Department sued Everest & Jennings alleging Sherman Act violations for a 1955- onward monopoly plan with Zimmer and Ortopedia. The case highlights high profits and perceived poor service for disabled users as critics call for pricing reform and better mobility aid access.
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Martha Angle
Robert Walters
Washington
Ralf D. Hotchkiss
London
Britain
United States
Hotchkiss
Western Hemisphere
Center For Concerned Engineering
Ralph Nader
Everest & Jennings International
E&i
Los Angeles
Great Britain
Zimmer Orthopaedic Ltd
E&j
Justice Department
Anti-Trust
Debby Kaplan
Disability Rights Center
H&j
Zimmer
West Germany
Ortopedia Gmbh
B&j
Asn
Two Year Delay for Auto Emission Rules Cited
In a satirical dialogue, lungs argue with a voice about Congress granting auto makers two more years before enforcing the 1970 Clean Air Act. The piece notes industry concerns over cost, retooling, and profits, while acknowledging political trade-offs and lobbying power shaping the compromise.
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Art Buchwald
Congress
Los Angeles Times Syndicate
Indiana Evening Gazette Water Street item
Brief entry notes a Water Street matter in the Indiana Evening Gazette. Details are fragmentary with no clear names, dates, or outcomes readable from the text.
Harrisburg Names 27-26 Budget for State Normal School
Dr John A H Keith superintendent of public instruction announced the allocation of the State Normal School appropriation for the 1927 26 biennium in Harrisburg on August 18 1927.
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Harrisburg
John A.H. Keith
State Normal School
Ford Rejects Oil Deals That Could Save Taxpayers
Washington reports that ex President Ford declined two Kissinger backed plans to buy Iranian and Soviet oil at discounts, arguing government competition with oil firms was improper. Robinson negotiated for Iran and the Soviet Union, with hidden price cuts, but Ford officials blocked the deals, costing consumers billions.
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Washington
Gerald Ford
U.S
Free Enterprise
Ford
Henry Kissinger
Charles Robinson
Treasury
William Simon
Kissinger
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
OPEC
Robinson
Teheran
Hushang Ansary
Simon
Pentagon
Commerce
Moscow
Nickolay Patolichev
Soviet Union
United States
Patolichev
Russia
White House
Iran
State Department
Labor 22 Caliber and the Atlantic City gamble web
Victor Riesel outlines how .22 caliber killings by mob linked hits prefigure organized crime’s reach into Atlantic City gambling. He details Mustache Mike and Tumac’s ties to Gambino Genovese lines, union pressure, croupier schools, and Coast-to-Coast gaming expansion amid reform acts and licensing hurdles.
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Victor Riesel
New York
Sam
FBI
New Jersey
Underworld
Atlantic City
Las Vegas
New Jersey State Commission of Investigation
Commission
Michael Siavage
Steward Seigel
Siavage
Seigel
Garden State Parkway
Newark
Belleville
Mike
Mustache Mike
Tumac
Carlo Gambino
Philadelphia
Angelo Bruno
Liege
Genovese
Combine
Serge
Underworld Patols
Richie the Boot
Boiardo
State Commission of Investigation
Joe Rodriguez
Flawed Commentary on Carter Immigration Plan
B J Cutler criticizes President Carter s approach to millions of illegal aliens alleging flaws and unworkability. He cites amnesty for pre 1970 entrants, nondeportable status for 1970 to last Jan 1 entrants, worker protections, civil fines for employers, and 2000 additional border agents as proposed steps to slow illegal immigration.
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B.J. Cutler
Carter
Congress
Carter amnesty debate and border patrol urged
The editorial argues Carter's amnesty proposal risks mass illegal stay and forgery, predicting a potential 40 million population increase unless border control is strengthened. It advocates hiring 2,000 extra border patrol agents and notes the threat to domestic jobs. Also mentions the next solar eclipse date and a cooking tip for hard boiled eggs.
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Carter
Congress
America
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Joseph L. Donnelly
Russell M. Mickey
William B. Hastings
Frank B. Hood
Associated Press
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Armswong
Castbria
Clearfield
Jefferson
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Iodinos
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Les Whitten
National Commission On Electronic
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D.mich
United’ Feature Syndicate, Inc
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Pennsylvania
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Rockaways
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