Time is Money in America’s Use of Time
AP analysis notes that employed women cut family care from 26 to 21 hours weekly between 1965 and 1975 while full time homemakers dropped from over 50 to 44 hours. Married men rose from 9 to 10 hours. Robinson prompts questions on causes and industry opportunities as time use shifts, with implications for society and policy.
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John Cunniff
New York
John Robinson
Robinson
Cleveland State University
Praeger
Today in History April 27 1979 Highlights and Birthdays
On this date in history events include Athens falling to German invaders in 1941 after Greek resistance, Magellan's death in 1521, Morse born 1791, Grant born 1822, U S Steel Gary ground breaking 1906, and first Social Security payment in 1937. Birthdays include Arthur Burns 75, Horace Stoneham 76, Judith Blegen 38.
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Athens
Ferdinand Magellan
Philippines
Samuel Morse
Charlestown
Mass
U.S
Ulysses S. Grant
Point Pleasant
Ohio
U.S. Steel Corp
Lake Michigan
Gary
Ind
Elbe
Germany
France
Charles de Gaulle
Henry Kissinger
Middle East
Syria
Israel
Golan Heights
Carter
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
India
Federal Reserve Board
Arthur Burns
San Francisco Giants
Horace Stoneham
Judith Blegen
Dollar strengthens as Fort Knox gold sales cut in half
Editorial notes the dollar’s strength in foreign exchange markets and a Treasury plan to slow gold sales. Since last November the Fort Knox hoard has been sold at 1.5 million ounces per month to prop up the dollar, but beginning in May sales will drop to 750,000 ounces. Blumenthal calls this a sign of the administration’s program success and the dollar’s real value.
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Treasury
Fort Knox
Michael Blumenthal
Gas pump head maker sees boom as gas climbs
The Wall Street Journal notes rising gasoline prices boost a firm that makes price and volume heads for pumps. With 1.1 million hoses in use, the company plans to replace heads within two to three years. New heads can register prices up to $2 a gallon, turning fear of $1 gas into nostalgia for the past.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wall Street Journal
Morrison moves from Carter to Bush campaign team
Susan Morrison, DNC communications director, joins Bush organization as deputy to Teeley and Keene. She had sought a 1980 presidential bid but was told of no role in Carter’s re election. Carter aides reportedly furious at her defection as press chiefs of rival parties note Morrison’s political savvy.
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Susan Morrison
Democratic National Committee
John White
Ms. Morrison
Carter White House
Affirmative Action Directors Face a Somber Washington Meeting
In Washington the fifth annual national conference of the American Association for Affirmative Action reports low morale amid a conservative shift in Congress and the courts. Betty Newcomb notes many in the field feel isolated as public attitudes sour toward affirmative action. The group cites confusion over what the term truly covers and its practical scope.
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Washington
NEA
American Association For Affirmative Action
Betty Newcomb
Association
Congress
Types of affirmative action face court scrutiny in Washington
The article outlines three kinds of affirmative action at odds with U S norms. It discusses the Bakke ruling narrowing permissible quotas and a looming Supreme Court decision on Kaiser Aluminum training that separated black and white seniority lists. Civil rights groups, government, and employers await the ruling with concern.
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Newcomb
Secon
Bakke
Supreme Court
University of California At Davis
High Court
Louisiana
Brian F. Weber
Kaiser Aluminum
Weber
Kissinger memo censorship and Saudi oil pressure headline
Classified transcripts reveal Kissinger seeks to delete indiscreet remarks in a $5 million memoir. The notes show his anger at Cuban intervention and South African involvement in Angola, with Black conversations and plans for a Africa tour. Saudi oil minister Yamani warned Exxon and Socal to block a report, later released after a closed vote.
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Jack Anderson
Washington
Henry Kissinger
U.S
Shirley Temple Black
Ghana
Kissinger
Africa
Cuba
Rhodesia
Mrs. Black
Angola
South Africa
United States
Black
White House
State Department
Central Intelligence Agency
Felli
Sheik Ahmed Zaki Yamani
EXXON
Standard Oil
California
Yamani
Senate
Socal
Saudi Arabia
Atempt
Jacob Javits
R-N.y
Oil Companies
Joseph Biden
D-Del
Javits
Sheik Yamani
Queens Teenager Awarded 7500 for Degrading School Search
A Queens high school girl identified as M.M. received 7500 dollars for mental and emotional pain after being subjected to a partial disrobing during a marijuana search by school officials. The judge urged use of funds for psychiatric counseling, overturning a prior jury verdict that favored two Bayside High School staff.
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New York
Queens
U.S
John Dooling
M.M
Bayside
Dooling
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Atlna O Es
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The
Associated Press
Martha Angle and
Robert Walters
Merry
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