We Could Buy Goods That Last Longer for Less
The piece argues producers leave hidden costs in, from recalls to breakage. It cites a MIT NS F study comparing a 400 color TV and a 300 refrigerator, showing long term service and electricity costs can rival initial prices. It calls for private independent testing bodies to rate products and publish findings.
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Ray Cromley
Washington
America
Ford
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
National Science Foundation
Joining the United Nations as an observer with a violent past
A satirical dialogue portrays a terrorist group seeking UN membership. The UN negotiator questions crimes, while the group lists attacks from Khartoum to Rome and the Munich massacre. The exchange ends with the gun still drawn and the group awaiting full membership.
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United Nations
Khartoum
U.S
Belgium
Rome
Community of Nations
Indiana Borough Notes Through The Years
A montage of local items from Indiana area history including a water rate protest filed by the council, magician Bill Neff performing in Johnstown, an open house for Laura Lamar Junior-Senior High School, a Lions Club pancake and sausage fry at Village Inn, and a rise in property valuations estimated to boost borough revenue by about $73,000 without millage changes.
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Bill Neff
Indiana
Majestic Theater
Johnstown
Bill
Frank Neff
Laura Lamar
Homer City
Center Two
White Township
Spies who came in from the cold and a Rhodesian jailbreak
Washington Merry-Go-Round profiles two alleged spies recruited by the CIA in Rhodesia in 1969. One, a Rhodesia Herald editor, the other a private attorney, faced torture and a closed-door trial for violating the Official Secrets Act. One was released. the other was freed in a dramatic jailbreak, sources say. The piece also reports on controversial alcohol research in several U.S. hospitals and questions ethics and methods.
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Jack Anderson
Washington
CIA
Rhodesia
Rhodesia Herald
Salisbury
Ian Smith
United Nations
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
Paul O'Neill
U.S
South Africa
J.L. Smith
Smith
Mr. Smith
United States
Chip
State Department
Africa
Speaking Freely Unemployment and Inflation Outlook
DON OAKLEY argues that a labor shortage, not food, may threaten the world for decades. A Ford Foundation study warns unemployment rising in developing nations as populations grow twice as fast as developed countries, with youth unemployment high and urban joblessness the visible tip of a broader underutilization of labor.
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Don Oakley
Ford Foundation
Developing Countries
Global south job growth and policy recommendations in 1950s study
The study argues unemployment stems from tech-led capital gaps and uneven rural investment. It favors phasing out inefficient rich-country industries and opening markets for less-developed nations products while developing countries push labor-intensive production, rural diffusion, and removing capital subsidies. It cites Bundy on hunger programs and warns against direct make-work schemes.
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Ford Foundation
McGeorge Bundy
Inflation Foe Or Friend Ends Up With A Garage Sale
Roanoke column notes Virginians like Wilbert Moss turning yards into perpetual flea markets to cope with rising prices. Experts warn inflation may worsen, with Ford standards of living fading. a 1984 horizon shows $10 today becoming about $31 in a decade, impacting life insurance, retirement, groceries, and wages.
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Tom Tiede
Roanoke
Wilbert Moss
Moss
Will Moss
John Stafford
U.S. League of Savings Associations
Stafford
Washateria era dawned in Fort Worth in 1934
From the Susquehanna to the Virginia capes the Chesapeake Bay shores extend over 5000 miles. The laundromat concept began April 18 1934 in Fort Worth Texas with the Washateria rental of electric washing machines by the hour. Also noted: beefsteak fetched 48 dollars per pound in Circle City Alaska during the 1896 gold rush. 31 NYSE shares traded on March 17 1830, the slowest day in exchange history. visitors at the 1876 Philadelphia Exposition saw first canned pineapples from Hawaii.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Klondike
Circle City
Alaska
New York Stock Exchange
Hawaii
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Brooklyn Center
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