Editorials Abandoning ship by Don Graff
The Geneva conference on refugees shows policy limits for Indochinese exodus. Nations pledge funds and quotas but the core problem remains unsolved. Hanoi’s agreement to curb emigration risks masking realities, while true reform would require regime change or fundamental changes in living conditions.
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Don Graff
United Nations
Kurt Waldheim
Geneva
Vietnam
Hanoi
Philippines
Indonesia
Resurgence of stocks predicted by broker
John Wright of Wright Brokers' Service argues that stock market values lag during inflation and will rebound as inflation moderates. He cites past recoveries after wars and the Civil War and predicts stocks will regain strength following the current inflation and recession.
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John Cunniff
NEW York
John Wright
Wright Brokers’ Service
Wright
U.S
THE
World Almanac Quiz and Investment Faith Prompt
The passage tests knowledge of a wartime lyric line and a historic general, then discusses stock outlooks for the 1980s. It notes investors’ faith despite a flat market, cites Value Line and Laidlaw Adams & Peck forecasts, and lists birthdays Steve Kemp and Mai Wojciechowska with a Shaw quote on reason.
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Tional Association of Investments Clubs
Value Line
Laidlaw Adams & Peck
Steve Kemp
Detroit Tigers
Mai Wojciechowska
George Bernard Shaw
Today in History August Seventh Highlights Across Years
On this date in 1789 the U S War and Navy Departments were established. Soviet planes bombed Berlin in 1941, Marines landed on Guadalcanal in 1942, Ivory Coast gained independence in 1960, JFKs wife gave birth to a son in 1963 who died two days later, Nixon was nominated in 1968, Spock case ended ten years ago, Kissinger cleared in 1975, and a nuclear carrier funding was debated a year ago.
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U.S. War and Navy Departments
Berlin
U.S
Guadalcanal
Pacific
Ivory Coast
France
America
John F. Kennedy
Otis Air Force Base
Cape Cod
Richard Nixon
Miami Beach
Justice Department
Benjamin Spock
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Henry Kissinger
House
Carter
Just Musin by Alton Hughes Estes scandal series begins
The Pecos Independent reporter Oscar Griffin launches a series in February 1962 exposing suspected abuses in anhydrous ammonia tank financing in Reeves County. He highlights massive mortgage totals, questionable signings, and tax losses, leading to a March 29 1962 federal arrest of Estes and several company officers.
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Oscar Griffin
Pecos
Reeves County
The
Independent
Griffin
Hale County
Deaf Smith County
Dawson
Lamb
Lubbock
Dallas
Billie Sol Estes
Pacific Finance Company
Federal
Estes
FBI
U.S
Ralph Gilliland
Gary Ingram
Richard L. Toll
Hudspeth County
Texas
Los Angeles
California
Coleman McSpadden
Harold Orr
Ruel Alexander
Superior Manufacturing Company of
Amarillo
John Dennison
Carter Aims to Fix Cabinet Clash Amid Re election Push
Washington report says President Carter, facing slipping polls, moved to re organize the White House after disputes between Cabinet and staff. At Camp David in April 1978 he summoned leaders for a tense retreat and delivered a sharp rebuke, witnessed by Rosalynn Carter and Kirbo. The episode followed a leak dispute and spurred a Cabinet purge as aides maneuvered for influence May 1979. Also noted is a consumer boycott wave against Shell Oil over price concerns and distribution amid a gasoline shortage.
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Jack Anderson
Washington
Jimmy Carter
Jimmy
Rosalynn
White House
Carter
Camp David
Chip
Charles Kirbo
Hamilton Jordan
Kirba
Jordan
Plains
Shell Game
Shell Oil Company
Shell
Arizona
New Mexico
Southwest
Exxon
Royal Dutch Shell
U.S
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Betty
the World Almanac
Johnny
Dwight D Eisenhower
John J. Pershing
Douglas MacArthur
Musin
By Alton Hughes
Merry
Benedic
I Company
ATS
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