Editorials The Chrysler Crisis
The Chrysler crisis centers on whether government should bail out private enterprises with public funds. Chrysler argues national interest and jobs justify aid, citing its size and supplier networks. Critics raise ideological questions, noting precedent from Lockheed and concerns about market incentives and European subsidization.
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Lockheed Corp
Chrysler Corp
Chrysler
Carmaker
Ralph Nader
Lockheed
National Defense
Pentagon
Nader
United States
Europe
Britain
Decline in productivity hurts living standards
AP Business analysis argues U S living standards fall if productivity does not rebound. From 1965 to 1978 growth slows from 2.6 to 0.4 percent, with a first half of the year showing a 3.3 percent decline. Causes include weak capital investment inflation research cuts and service-sector productivity limits. Government costs and work restrictions aggravate the trend, while apathy hinders action.
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John Cunniff
New York
United States
Joint Economic Committee of Congress
Today in History August 15 1979 lookback
On this date in history events include India and Pakistan independence in 1947 ending British rule, Napoleon born in Corsica in 1769, Panama Canal opened in 1914, Will Rogers and Wiley Post killed in 1935, Allied invasion of southern France in 1944, Korea proclaiming the Republic in 1948, East Berlin starts building the Wall in 1961, saboteurs blow oil pipeline in Haifa a decade ago, the South Korean president’s wife shot in Seoul five years ago, and Israel freezing a land settlement plan for a Camp David talks aimed for Sept. 5.
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Associated Press
India
Pakistan
Napoleon Bonaparte
Corsica
Panama Canal
Will Rogers
Wiley Post
Point Barrow
Alaska
France
Republic of Korea
Berlin Wall
Haifa
Park Chung Hee
South Korea
Seoul
Israel
Camp David
U.S
Just Musin by Alton Hughes causes lawsuits and suspensions
A 1962 Pecos saga details threats over using names at rodeos and public relations disputes with Mayor Cothrun. It covers Estes related indictments, a grand jury hearing in Pecos, press influx, a proposed Estes trial continuance, later bankruptcies, foreclosures, and national attention from Fortune magazine amid political intrigue.
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Pecos Independent
Buck Jackson
Jackson
The
Rodeo Association
Cecil Cothrun
Cothrun
Anly
Rufus Atkinson
Kennedy
Atkinson
Estes
el Paso
Wilson
Pecos
Texas
New York Times
New York Herald-Tribune
Associated Press
United Press International
Wall Street Journal
Nashville Tennessean
Washington Daily News
Washington Star
Starley
Tyler
Jim O’brien
Big Bend Sentinel
Marfa
O’brien
Thomason
John Cofer Estes
Henry Marshall
Senate
Reeves County Grand Jury
John Dennison
Washington
Bill Mattox
Senators
Orville Freeman
Bill
McClelland
Billie Sol Estes
Fortune Magazine
Carter Portraits Stir Debate On Inner Drive And Faith
Washington Whirl excerpt analyzes President Carter through two psychoanalysts relying on public records. They depict him as a disciplined, private leader with inner struggle, faith, and a drive to excel. His 1966 Georgia gubernatorial defeat cited as a key turning point prompting greater religious reliance and self-examination.
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Jack Anderson
Washington
Central Intelligence Agency
Jimmy Carter
CIA
Carter
Ted Saretsky
New York
Saretsky
Georgia
Ruth Carter Stapleton
Billy
Capitol
Congressional
Rayburn House
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Sam
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Alton Hughes
John Cofer
Hume Cofer
Independent
McClelland Committee
Mattox
ASC
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