Ireland and the pull of home in Jim Bishop essay
Jim Bishop reflects on Ireland's beauty and grit in a memoir style piece. He recalls a Dublin visit with Gayle, encounters with relatives, and village life, noting stubborn independence, emigration, and rough humor. He ends with a Dublin denouncement of his visit and a sly family tease.
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Jim Bishop
Ireland
Great Britain
Gayle
Upper Scoby
Enniscorthy
Wexford
Jim
Dublin
Waterford
Cork
Gurrill
Australia
Canada
United States
Ivernia
America
Dail
Speaking Freely on the Oil Crisis and Price Controls
In a lengthy essay Don Oakley explains the looming expiration of price controls on domestic oil set for September 1. He surveys Ford's gradual decontrol plan, congressional debates on conservation and taxes, and critics who doubt any policy will ease supply or prices amidst OPEC actions and tariff issues. He cites IPA forecasts of crude shortages, rig needs, and the drive for greater U S production to reduce imports.
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Don Oakley
Washington
Ford
Congress
Windfail
Mest
Wall Street Journal
Uled
Independent Petroleum Association of America
American Petroleum Institute
Biggies
IPA
Hughes Tool Company
New York
Administration
Oil Decontrol Could Cost Billions in 1970s Economic Shock
A confidential House study warns Ford's oil price decontrol end of month will slow recovery and raise costs by about 16 billion annually. Forecasts include higher consumer prices, 1 million fewer auto sales, 100k-150k fewer housing starts, and 400k-800k more unemployed by late 1976, with major impact by Q3 1976.
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Washington
House
Ford
House Energy and Power Subcommittee
John Dingell
Dmich
U.S
Dingell
Sters
America
Teamsters
Fitzsimmons
Hoffa
Justice Department
Battlements
Tei-Trucking Employers Inc
Europe
Hoffa Mystery Ties Mafia to Teamsters Cash Flows
In a broad look from Zurich to Geneva sources discuss Hoffa linked to overseas money patterns and Mafia ties. The piece traces power struggles, past murders, and looming labor contracts guiding outcomes for the Teamsters ahead of 1976 negotiations and potential retaliation in a high stakes backdrop.
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New York
Jimmy Hoffa
Zurich
Geneva
Shadowland ‘Commission
U.S
Switzerland
Hoffa
FBI
Jimmy
Teamsters
Frank Fitzsimmons
Dan Tobin
American Federation of Labor
Dave Beck
Economic Strains Prolong Recession as Shortages Loom
Washington reports studies warn looming shortages of industrial chemicals plastics energy steel and other basics could extend unemployment and slow growth long after the recession ends. Critics say Congress and the White House show lethargy while business borrows heavily and productivity lags as firms tighten control over markets.
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Ray Cromley
Washington
Congress
Ite House
Arthur Burns
Federal Reserve Board
Venice
Cromley Column Faces Horizon of Professional Entry Limits
The column argues professionals face tightened entry barriers from doctors to lawyers, with government policies penalizing cost-saving innovation. It cites a Joint Economic Committee view of Japan as ruthlessly closing inefficient firms, notes environmental regulatory costs driving material shortages, and laments widespread inaction until crises near overwhelming. It ends with garbled figures about items left behind trains.
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Congressional
Joint Economic Committee
Burn
White House
Congress
Roaring 1925 Rochester Mills Fire and Homer City Dam Plans
August 22 1925 a Rochester Mills barn fire caused over 18000 in damages after a lightning strike. Homer City prepares a new Yellow Creek dam three miles east to improve water supply for Homer City and Center Township. International Harvester relocates after 18 years to a 21000 square foot South Sixth Street Extension building. A Homer City man caused 91208 damage in a collision injuring a Nele and three parked cars.
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Rochester Mills
Nick Salamanchuk
Homer City Borough
Homer City
Yellow Creek
Center Township
S. 19Th St
International Harvester
South Sixth St
South O
Three Park
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Supreme Court
OPEC
Water St
Indiana Pig & Publishing Company
Adiaza, Pa
Aly
Winnie
Daly
Ted Golly
Evap
Remstay
Geller
Poe
Jack Anderson
Les Whitten
Salvadora de Somoza
Somoza
National Insurance Company
Managua
Somoza Owned
National Cement Company
Brazil
Mercedes-Benz
Nicaragua
Air Force
Moza
Fanne Foxe
Kensett
Ark
Mills
Lee Overstreet
Arkansas
Guy H. Jones
Joe Lee Anderson
Porter Rodgers
Overstreet
Bob Owens
Detroit
Chicago
Dallas
New Jersey
Charles Town
W.va
San Francisco
Mafia
National Commission
Walter Reuther
Victor
Big al Anastasia
Luccese
Johnny Dio
Frankie Dio
Carmine Tramunti
Tony Ducks Corallo
Joe Columbo
Teamsters Brotherhood
United Mine Workers
Jack Yablonski
California Farm Workers Front
Cesar Chavez
United Derby
Cromley
Japan National Railways
Colee Aneeay
Fae Lees
Pie
Indiana
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