Washington CAB Bumps Public By Reform Rhetoric
Washington editors Martha Angle and Robert Walters report on airline overbooking and fare deception. The Civil Aeronautics Board lags in curbing bumped passengers and improper ticketing, while reforms promise only Band Aid solutions and consumer burden shifts.
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Martha Angle
Robert Walters
Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
CAB
White House
Ralph Nader
Allegheny Airlines
Supreme Court
Nader
Legal Gambling Boom Sparks Debate Across States
The article notes 44 states with legalized gambling and 37 with pending bills, plus 13 lotteries. It cites a federal commission estimating 61 percent of adults gamble annually, with legal betting at about 18 billion dollars and illegal betting possibly 10 to 39 billion. It warns legalization could increase crime and compulsive gambling, while driving bets underground. It adds a separate study on domestic violence showing high rates of child and spousal abuse, with violence common across education levels and within families.
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Don Oakley
Nevada
Federal Commission On the Review
Bernard Kaapeke
Journal of Insurance
Insurance Information Institute
Meeting to raise Indiana County quota for United Palestine Appeal
A Sunday afternoon gathering in the Hebrew United Club rooms Marcus building aimed to raise Indiana County's $10,000 quota for the United Palestine Appeal drew exceptional attendance. Other notes record the Commodore Volunteer Fire Department filing incorporation and Blairsville housing plans.
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Hebrew United Club
Marcus
Indiana County
United Palestine Appeal
Commodore Volunteer Fire Department
J. Carlyle Orr
Blairsville
R. Wallace Barr
Blairsville National Bank
Lower Indiana
Indiana County Housing Authority
Indiana
Route 119
CIA leaks and Senate may curb past scandals
Washington column notes Turner's push to criminalize leaks and a Senate Inquiry tilt away from revisiting old CIA wrongdoings. It highlights Inouye's cautious stance, Kennedy assassination probe, and a broader drive on secrecy. The piece cites past CIA disclosures and argues such revelations did not harm national security.
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Washington
CIA
Stansfield Turner
Griffin Bell
Turner
Capitol Hill
Senate
Daniel Inouye
Hawaii
Inouye
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
House
Warren Commission
Congress
Charles Bennett
D.fia
Carter
Saccharin Controversy Fueled By Weight Watchers And Kin
In a provocative column, ART BUCHWALD argues for keeping saccharin available while mocking anti saccharin campaigns. He cites personal ties to a Sweet n Low owner, ridicules FDA bans, compares rat studies to cigarette and auto risks, and warns of black market and Mafia involvement if saccharin is banned. He concludes with calls for clear government warning labels and decisive action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Art Buchwald
Washington
Marvin Eisenstadt
Marvin
Georgetown
FDA
Surgeon General
Mexico
Mafia
Gambino
Los Angeles Times Syndicate
It's A Fact About Youth College Attendance
The Conference Board reports that about 80 percent of American youths do not attend college. Of those who do enroll, roughly 50 percent graduate, highlighting persistent gaps in access and completion for young people.
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America
Conference Board
Inside Labor Big Apple's Costly Buses
Victor Riesel surveys New York City transit, noting kneeling buses touted to aid the elderly and disabled. He highlights high union pay, bloated COLA benefits, and costly kneeling mechanisms, arguing taxpayer strain as mass transit costs rise and service questions deepen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Riesel
New York
City Sanitation
Tony Vaccarello
Vaccarello
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Transport Workers Union of America
Twu-Aflcio
National Twu
Mattie Guinan
John Lane
New York Transit Local 100
Hank Aaron
Guinan
Lane
Secretary of the Treasury
Blumenthal
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Rhode Island
New Hampshire
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Denver
Indiana Evening Gazette
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Srising
Sally BR
Naylon
Joseph L. Donnelly
Frank
Associated Press
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AP News
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Armstrong
Cambria
Clearfield
Jefferson
Weather
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Poatage
Yeuter
Jack Anderson
Les Whitten
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Salvador Allende
Chile
FBI
Secret Service
Eartha Kitt
H. R. Haldeman
Jordan
Hussein
New York City
San Francisco
Howard Hughes
Pacific
Southeast Asia
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U.S
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