Confidence in economy recovers but lags for low income
University of Michigan researchers report consumer confidence ended May at 82.2, down from February’s 84.5. While overall sentiment remains above recession depths, low income groups show lingering unease, and economists predict a steady rise later this year. High income optimism improves with intent to buy cars and large appliances.
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University of Michigan
Survey Research Center
First Lady Betsy Ford Opens Plymouth Gallery Exhibit
First Lady Betty Ford visits Plymouth Massachusetts to dedicate a Bicentennial art show "Remember the Ladies, Women in America 1750 1815" with Joan Kennedy Nancy Kissinger and others. Demonstrators protest ERA while 1000 women cheer. Exhibition runs through Sept 26 at Pilgrim Hall.
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Margaret Heckler
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Ramsey Clark Misses Ballot Entry After Filing Delay
Former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark loses automatic entry to the Democratic U.S. Senate primary in New York after failing to file his ballot demand on time. He must gather at least 20,000 signatures to run against Paul O'Dwyer Bella Abzug and Daniel Moynihan, with Buckley in the seat. A retroactive extension bill passed the Assembly but died in the Senate.
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UPI
U.S
Bella Abzug
Manhattan
U.N
Daniel Moynihan
James Buckley
Hugh Carey
Board of Elections
State Committee
Clark
Congresswoman Blames FEA Forecast On Winter Oil Shortage Doubt
Congressman John Dingell charges the Federal Energy Administration misread winter patterns and overestimated heating oil needs. He cites updated FEA figures still showing adequate supply if price and allocation controls on distillate fuels are lifted, amid White House repeal plans.
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John D. Dingell
D-Mich
Federal Energy Administration
FEA
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Energy Subcommittee
White House
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Academy welcomes 38 women cadets at Coast Guard Academy
New London Conn United Press International Supt Rear Adm William A Jenkins welcomed a class of 327 Coast Guard candidates including the service first 38 women cadets The women are the first admitted since the academy founded 100 years ago The class includes three blacks four Spanish Americans and seven Orientals per Information Officer Lt Charles King
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UPI
William A. Jenkins
U.S. Coast Guard
Academy
Charles King
See Naples and Die Joke Turns On Propeller Loss
A joke riffs on a Concorde flight and a Naples saying. An Italian pilot boasts of a plane staying aloft for 65 days, then quips about gravity and an old law, ending with a crewgoing line about a man who supposedly flew before a law was passed.
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