Blacks Question Carter as unemployment and budget loom
Washington liberals, including Rep. Parren Mitchell, voice concern over Carter’s policies. Black unemployment runs 12.9 percent overall with teens at 38.7 percent, while welfare reform and a weak minimum wage draw criticism. Black voters gave 90 percent to Carter, with 216 electoral votes at stake.
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Martha Angle
Robert Walters
Washington
Jimmy Carter
George McGovern
Carter
Rep
Parren J. Mitchell
D-Md
Congressional Black Caucus
Labor Department
Mitchell
Joint Center For Political Studies
South
Midwest
Whistleblowers and confrontations across Cold War lines
A collage of quotes shows activists and officials clashing over environmental law, whistleblower publishing offers, Soviet detentions, U S dissent, and emigration plans. Notable figures include Carter era critics, Israel exit requests, and a provocative TV interview offer to President Nixon.
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New York
Michael Redfern
Evening News
Berkeley
Soviet Union
Israel
United States
U.S
Tel Aviv
Podgorny
Nixon
David Frost
Los Angeles Times
It Is A Fact La Scala Opera House Origins
The Milan opera house La Scala, built in 1778 at the site of Santa Maria alla Scala, gets its name from the church. A Christmas manger tradition dates to 1223 when Saint Francis of Assisi decorated a Nativity scene in a stable.
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U.S
Blatchley
Ralph Nader
Soviet Union
Boris
United States
IBM
At&t
General Motors
Exxon
la Scala
Teatro Alla Scala
Milan
Italy
Santa Maria Alla Scala
St. Mary's
Francis of
Torrijos Qaddafi deal eyed as risk to Jews
Washington reports suggest Panama’s Omar Torrijos and Libya’s Muammar Qaddafi forged a secret pact to aid Arab interests in the Americas. Papers indicate policies excluding Zionists from Libyan financed Panama projects, plus a planned Arab bank and land concession. Officials warn of anti Jewish sentiment and possible money tied to terrorism while Panama denies anti Semitism.
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Washington
Panama
Omar Torrijos
Libya
Muammar Qaddafi
Americas
Qaddaf
Uganda
Idi Amin
Torrijos
Tripoli
United States
Cyrus Vance
Benjamin Rosenthal
Dn.y
Richard Stone
D-Fla
Wace
Qaddafi
Ricardo Holzer
Panarma
Israel
Inside Labor Newsmen Pummeled By VICTOR RIESEL
Victor Riesel reports on June 5 attacks in Dallas where four television crews were assaulted by Teamsters at Local 754. A truck driver was later jailed. police seek a second assailant. The piece links the violence to union leadership and broader pension fund probes, noting IRS actions and ongoing civil inquiries into Teamsters funds and mismanagement.
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Victor Riesel
Washington
Teamsters
Dallas
Husky
Frank Fitzsimmons
Brotherhood
Iron Curtain
St. Paul Hospital
Carl Branch
Union Brethren
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Chicago
IRS
Marshall
Crocker National Bank of San Francisco
Labor Department
Crocker Bank
Las Vegas
The
Southern Labor Union
Coaldigzers
Federal funds a factor in Cleveland people mover debate
The clash in Cleveland centers on applying for a 2 million federal grant to study a downtown people mover. Supporters say free money and potential urban revival justify the study, while opponents call the plan a costly, risky project and a federal handout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Oakley
Cleveland
Department of Transportation
Ralph Perk
Governor's Daughter to Wed Henry Brown Jr at Mansion
In 1927 an alcove at the Governor's mansion was decorated in blue and yellow for the wedding of Mary Miller Fisher, daughter of Governor John S. Fisher, to Henry Tatnall Brown Jr. of Moorestown this afternoon.
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Mary Miller Fisher
John S. Fisher
Henry Tatnall Brown Jr
Moorestown
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Andy Young
United Nations
Parren Mitchell
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Art Buchwald
Washington Post
New York Times
Indiana Evening Gazette
Indiana Printing & Publishing Company
Presiden
Lucilla R
Sally R. Nay
Elizabeth Joan Ray Reece
Joseph L Donnelly
Russell M. Hickey
William B. Hastings Frank 3
Hood
Associated Press
Carrier Boy
HIG
Armstrong
Cambria
Clearfield
Jefferson
West Moreland Counties
Indings
Capitol Hill
Cadillac
Houston
John Durkin
D-N.h
Senate Energy Committee
Sen
J. Bennett Johnston
D-La
Getty
Standard of California
Shell
Union
Delaware
New Jersey
Johnston
Louisiana
Central States Pension Fund
U.S. Labor Department
Labor
Justice Department
Internal Revenue Service
Teamsters Fund
Big Fund
Savings and Loan Industry
John J. Stafford
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