Freddie Laker challenges IATA control of air fares
Freddie Laker, the British aviation visionary, threatens to upend IATA by offering cut price Skytrain transatlantic service that could force rivals like British Airways and Pan American to leave IATA. A Montreal conference considers a two level membership ending fare fixing, allowing carriers to set prices, while BA explores multi class restructuring to boost cheap seats.
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Freddie Laker
International Air Transport Association
Laker
North America
British Airways
Pan American
Jata
IATA
Air Canada
Claude Taylor
Air France
France
Association
Montreal
Whitehall
Ross Stainton
William Sewell
Stainton
Southam News Services
Minority leaders praise Bakke decision while wary of future impact
The Supreme Court split 5 to 4 allowing race to be weighed in college admissions. Leaders like Julian Bond welcome continued affirmative action but fear a plateau and possible decline in efforts to include minorities. Justice Marshall warns of renewed threats to racial justice. Powell stresses diversity beyond race and cautions California's narrow program.
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Bakke
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Supreme Court
Medical School
University of California At Davis
Julian Bond
Georgia
Thurgood Marshall
Plessy v. Ferguson
Marshall
Lewis F. Powell Jr
Powell
America
California
Brown
Joseph L. Rauh Jr
Congress
N.y.times News Service
Bakke Wins historic bid for medical school admission
Allan Bakke, who challenged UC Davis over minority seat quotas, will enter the UC Davis School of Medicine at age 38 in September. The long civil rights fight began with his 1972 applications, continued through a 14th Amendment challenge, and culminated in a Supreme Court ruling Wednesday.
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United States Supreme Court
Allan Paul Bakke
Bakke
Peter C. Sterandt
Davis
Minneapolis
Florida
Coral Gables
University of Minnesota
A’s. Bakke
University of California At Davis
Sacramento
Supreme Court
Judy
Los Altos
Calif
N.Y. Times
Allan Bakke
Who is making U S policy Carter's control slipping
The article portrays President Jimmy Carter insisting he makes decisions while facing a rift between the State Department and the National Security Council. It cites doubts over his awareness of sensitive foreign policy moves, including arms to Angola and tied technology sales to Soviet behavior, highlighting internal conflict and questions about his competence.
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Oval Office
State Department
National Security Council
Zbigniew Brzezinski
Soviet Union
Richard Burt
New York Times
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Dresser Industries
Texas
Cy Vance
Commerce
Juanita Kreps
Carter
NSC
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Capitol
CIA
Clark
Angola
Brzezinski
Vance
Brown
Turner
Central Intelligence
N.Y
Trudeau unity push clashes with protests in Ottawa
Ottawa events center on Parliament Hill as a protester tears up Trudeau's constitutional proposals and debates over language, federal reform, and unity. James Richardson backs English as the sole language, while Bud Cullen unveils a McGee plaque and Monarchist League attacks the proposals.
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Andre Ouellet
Elmer Mackay
NDP
Ed Broadbent
Ouellet
Mackay
Hull
Quebec
Ontario
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Chateau Laurier
Monarchist League of Canada
Elizabeth II
Bud Cullen
Thomas d’Arcy McGee
McGee
Rome
Montreal
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