Oil Squeeze and Surplus Shake Up Public Perception
The oil industry faces a complex mix of surplus gasoline and fuel oil plus price wars. Prices rise for consumers while refineries produce more gasoline from ample crude. Major brands squeeze independent dealers as they battle price competition, hurting public relations and credibility.
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Wichita
Tired blood in health research
National Institutes of Health grants are blamed for stifling unconventional work in vital fields. Critics cite Dr Linus Pauling and other researchers who struggle to obtain funds for vitamin C cancer research, while NIH limits on nutritional studies draw strong disagreement.
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Jack Anderson
Les Whitten
Washington
National Institutes of Health
United States
Linus Pauling
Ewan Cameron
Anthony Verlangieri
Rutgers University
Jorgen Schlegel
Tulane Medical School
Eli Seifter
NIH
Federal Elections Commission
Ford
November Price Report Shows Modest Hope and Surprises
Government data show November inflation cooled in food and gasoline but surged in services. Auto insurance rose 8.5 percent and mortgage costs climbed 1.6 percent while overall prices rose about 0.9 percent for the month and 9.6 percent annually. Detroit firms hint at slower price gains as Ford and Chrysler outline increases. GM held. Chrysler wins aid for U K unit, saving thousands of jobs but still shedding 8,000. United Airlines and ground crews reach tentative halt to a two week strike. AT&T reports a slight earnings dip amid Western Electric weakness and recession effects.
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Chrysler
Ford
General Motors
John J. Riccardo
Britain
Labor Party
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American Telephone & Telegraph Co
U. S
At&t
John D. DeButts
Western Electric
Clergymen as Inventors Noted in History and Today
Clergymen have long contributed to invention beyond faith work. Notable figures include Nicholaus Copernicus who posited heliocentrism, Joseph Priestley who discovered oxygen, Gregor Mendel and his genetic laws, and Sister Elizabeth Kenny who advanced polio physio therapy.
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Joseph Priestley
Gregor Mendel
Elizabeth Kenney
Geographical targets fair game for sniping
Column argues that political attacks on places like New York City and Washington DC constitute bullet voting tactics. It notes Ford and Reagan may exploit geographic villains while maintaining party loyalties and discusses detente, sea power, and Washington influence in shaping voter sentiment. King Features Syndicate.
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Gerald Ford
White House
Ronald Reagan
Ford
Reagan
Jerry Ford
New York City
Jerry
New York
al Smith
New Yorker
Washington, D.C
Richard Reeves
New York Magazine
Washington
George Wallace
Jimmy Carter
Fred Harris
Defense
James Schlesinger
State Department
Dubuque
Boise
Paris
Texas
Henry Kissinger
Angola
U.S
Africa
Middle East
Kissinger
Capitol Hill
Schlesinger
House of Representatives
Abe Beame
Potomac
Hudson
Wallace
John Connally
Tax shelters not all bad
ENI Corporation and Joseph L. Schocken defend tax shelters as a tool to channel private capital to national priorities like independent oil and low income housing while urging comprehensive reform to curb abuses. They warn against eroding investment incentives that keep onshore drilling and domestic petroleum development viable.
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Gulf
Shell
U.S
ENI Corporation
ENI
Joseph L. Schocken
Harvar Business School
Schocken
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Legless cowboy helps handicapped at California ranch
Jim Brunette a 28 year old military policeman loses both legs and an eye but continues to lead a life of action. He runs a 367 acre nonprofit ranch near Creston guiding and teaching disabled people to ride and swim. plans include a bunkhouse for 24 and a swimming pool.
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Jim Brunette
Brunette
Long Binh
South Vietnam
San Francisco
Los Angeles
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