Who creates the image of big business in America
The piece argues that large industrial and service firms drive low cost materials and services, enabling higher living standards. It questions why big business faces public criticism, cites stockholder greed and leadership failures, and notes broad societal responsibility beyond owners and managers.
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America
United States
American Telephone & Telegraph
KP & L
General Motors
Lawrence Voters to Decide on Lecompton Bridge and Wheel Tax
Lawrence and Douglas County voters face a August 8 election on whether to build a new Kansas River bridge at Lecompton and to place a $10 motor vehicle tax on the city ballot.
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Lawrence
Douglas County
Kansas River
Lecompton
Carter and Congress Seek Muted Accord on Energy and Water
President Carter and the Democratic Congress are evolving a cautious truсe on energy and water projects. Congress blocks or reshapes his energy plan, while veto threats fade as both sides learn the limits of power and seek workable compromise amid partisan tension.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
White House
Carter
Democratic Congress
Congress
Nixon
Ford
Congressional
Senate
Riations Committee
James Schlesinger
Secret terrorist attacks on oil facilities revealed to Senate
Secret testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee details attempts to seize an offshore oil platform for ransom a grenade strike on a Pennsylvania refinery and a blow torch assault on California valves. Dr Maynard Stephens warns such actions could cripple fuel supplies and vows tighter security. officials urge transparency despite security concerns.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
California
Senate Judiciary Committee
Maynard Stephens
Stephens
United States
Alaska
Arctic
Computer firm cries foul over Soviet deal denial
Control Data Corp of Minneapolis argues the administration's bar on its 13 million computer sale to the Soviet Union deprived the U.S. and world of vital weather data. Executives told a House subcommittee they were not given a hearing to address concerns and defend safeguards.
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New York
Control Data Corp
Soviet Union
United States
House
Hugh Donaghue
Carter
Commerce Department
Donaghue
William Norris
The World Company publication details Lawrence Kansas 1854
The World newspaper lists Dolph Simons Jr and Sr as editors with Pier Editor and Executive Editor roles. It notes establishment in 1854, staff names, and publishing details for The World Company of Lawrence Kansas. Subscription rates vary by carrier and region within Kansas and the United States.
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W. C. Simons
the World Company
Sixth
New Hampshire
Lawrence
Kaw
Douglas
Kansas
Kansas City
United States
Kan
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Associated Press
Notable historical events and birthdays on this date
On this date in 1946, British authorities arrested over 2300 Jews in Palestine for terrorist activity. Rubens was born in 1577. In 1776 Virginia adopted its constitution with Patrick Henry as governor. Ignace Pakryewsk died in 1941 in New York. Riots erupted in Trieste in 1946. In 1966 US bombed Hanoi and Haiphong. Ten years ago Israel united Jerusalem after the Six Day War. Five years ago the US Supreme Court struck down the death penalty as cruel and unusual. Today's birthdays include Prince Bernhard and Stokely Carmichael.
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Palestine
Peter Paul Rubens
Virginia
Patrick Henry
Ignace Pakryewsk
New York
Trieste
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Haiphong
United States
Israel
Jerusalem
U.S. Supreme Court
Prince Bernhard
The
Netherlands
Stokely Carmichael
Home buyers bullish as prices rise despite costs
A University of Michigan survey shows 62 percent view current home buying conditions as favorable, the highest since 1972, while builders expect about 1.5 million single family starts in 1977 and 3.4 million resale homes this year, signaling strong market confidence amid rising prices and incomes.
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John Cunniff
New York
University of Michigan
Survey Research Center
National Association of Realtors
U.S
Michigan
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By David S. Broder
Pennsylvania Avenue
House of Representatives
New Orleans
Saigon
Ho Chi Minh City
Cambodia
Nestle
Kim Il-sung
Kim
Journal- World
Dolph C. Simons Jr
Dolph Simons Sr
Eee
Bill Mayer
Ralph Gage
Jack Starkey
Leo Eller Lad
Pier
Versising
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