Goldfinger sandwich tale mirrors Lockheed loan saga
ART BUCHWALD recounts Harvey Kay's failed burger venture tied to a $250 billion government loan for Lockheed. The Navy Army Air Force demanded changes to the sandwich The Goldfinger, raising costs from 1.25 to 2.95, then orders dwindled and layoffs followed while defense officials debated loan approval.
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Art Buchwald
Washington
Harvey Kay
Kay
Lockheed Aircraft
Lockheed
Harvey
Defense Department
Army
Navy
Air Force
Congress
Nixon Faces Critical Economic Test Ahead of 1972 Election
Captiol Hill op-ed notes polls show voter sentiment against Nixon on high unemployment and inflation if unresolved by spring 1972. Economic improvement hinges on private consumer demand and job security, with social security boosts counted, but confidence remains fragile as GNP growth trails projections and new dampers loom.
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Bruce Biossat
Washington
Nixon
Arthur Okun
Council of Economic Advisers
University of Michigan
George Katona
Katona
Okun
Tax hike proposal eyed for Social Security changes in 1971
The Ways and Means panel considers raising the employee and employer Social Security tax from 5.2% to 5.4% next January and widening the taxable wage base from 7800 to 10200 in 1972. Economists warn Nixon may push rapid tax relief moves to stimulate consumer demand, while a steel strike could derail policy efforts.
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Nixon
Okun
Congress
FBI transfers secretary amid Hoover criticism scandal
Washington notes reveal Barbara Hatcher, 24, quit after being transferred from the Domestic Intelligence Division over her roommate’s ties to Sen. George McGovern. The case includes scrutiny of an underground paper and a fired FBI clerk, with Hatcher later moving to a statistics job before leaving for a law firm.
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Jack Anderson
Washington
FBI
George McGovern
D-S.d
J. Edgar Hoover
Barbara Hatcher
Sharon Waterman
McGovern
Miss Hatcher
Kitty Hoomes
Barbara
Underground
Criminal Records Division
Boyle Column Long Road To Matrimony
A light hearted column traces a couple’s wedding preparations from a casual proposal to a big future plan. Family interference and comic miscommunications abound as relatives mail and phone in opinions, outfits, and etiquette unlike a streamlined modern engagement.
Inside Labor Piracy Plagues U S Fishermen
Victor Riesel reports on the piracy crisis affecting American tuna fleets, detailing Ecuadorian and Peruvian seizures of vessels, fines, armed guards, and damaged prop erty. The piece notes 118 American boats seized over a decade, with 26 vessels seized in four months, and advocates for boycotts and pressure to curb these actions.
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Victor Riesel
San Diego
Calif
High Seas
U.S
Peking
Havana
Asia
America
Chile
Peru
Ecuador
United Cannery and Industrial Workers of the Pacific
Paul Hall
Seafarers International Union
SIU
U.S. Navy
Pacific
World Bank
Washington
San Pedro
Steve Edney
SIU United Cannery Union
Aidenberg
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Wensomuu Uy Theintnana Printing & Publishing Company
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Teasurer
Amye Taylor Ray
K. Hastie Ray
Russell M. Hickey
Joseph L. Donnelly
William B. Hastings
Frank B. Hood
Associated Press
AP News
Carrier Boy
Indiana
Armstrong
Cambria
Clearfield
Jefferson
Westmoreland
Okaing
Infans Pengs
Chicago
Abraham Lincoln
D. W. Griffith
Lillian Gish
William I
Nicholas Breakspear
Adrian IV
Hoover
Supreme Court
Thomas Smithwick Gettys
Rock Hill
D.C
House Administration Committee
Gettys
Frank Thompson
D-N.j
Thompson
Thope
Wayne Hays
Ohio
Hays
Gulf States Utilities
Louisiana Power and Light
Central Louisiana Electric
Southwestern Electric Power
Co-Op
Justice Department
Dick McLaren
Rural Electrification Administration
REA
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Louisiana
Boyle
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William Henry Harrison
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