Mondale on CIA abuse and disavowal in U S history
Don Oakley critiques real life intelligence misconduct and CIA plots against foreign leaders, contrasting them with Mission: Impossible fiction. He urges accountability for government wrongdoing, praises Senate work, questions lines of decency, and cites the perils of sanctioning immoral means for noble ends.
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America
United States
U.S
Walter F. Mondale
Silber warns on student loans and looming debt crisis
Boston University president John R. Silber testifies before a Senate subcommittee, arguing federally guaranteed loans have created $385 million in defaults and risk trapping students in poverty. He proposes a Tuition Equalization Program to add need based grants for independent schools and restrict loans to those able to repay.
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Boston University
John R. Silber
Senate Appropriations
Congress
Silber
Prices rise bite into consumer budgets and growth
AP Business Analyst John Cunniff notes that rising prices directly curb spending, challenging theories and models. He argues two thirds of the economy comes from consumer activity and questions why prices climb when demand lags. He cites October inflation at 8.4 percent and discusses worker ownership of capital via pension and profit sharing as a major shift in American capitalism led by longshoremen and investors.
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John Cunniff
New York
Legion
America
John Wright
International Longshoremen’s Association
Bal Harbour
Fla
Wright
Bridgeport
Conn
Today in History December 2 1975 recap
On this date in history events spanned from 1804 Napoleon crowning emperor to 1969 a Quebec home for the aged fire claimed 54 lives. Notable items include Monroe Doctrine 1823 and Enterprise nuclear powered air strikes in Vietnam 1969. Birthdays include Julie Harris and Maggie Smith.
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University of Chicago
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France
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Austerlitz
Czechoslovakia
James Monroe
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Batista
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Canterbury
Pope John the 23Rd
Vatican
Notre Dame du Lac
Quebec
U.S
Enterprise
Vietnam
NATO
Brussels
Takeo Miki
Kakuei Tanaka
Julie Harris
Maggie Smith
Continental Congress
Chesapeake Bay
Parliament purges standards to meet war draft needs
The World Almanac recalls that amid American war pressures Parliament allowed impressment of any nonemployed men, enlisted Roman Catholics, and eased physical requirements to accept 16 year olds and 50 year olds as tall as five feet three inches.
Zarb weighs breakup of oil giants over energy grip
Federal energy chief Frank Zarb weighs a bold move to fracture big oil firms amid concerns over their control of natural gas coal and other fuels. He sought data from FTC chair Lewis Engman and faces worry that fragmentation could raise costs. Simon hints at VP run while diplomats dodge debts and a federal worker fights political pressure.
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Les Whitten
Washington
Federal Energy
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Zarb
Ford
Federal Trade
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Engman
FTC
Zard
Arco
Ashland
Cities Service
Continental
Exxon
Getty
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Mobil
Phillips
Shell
Standard of California
Standard of Indiana
Standard of Ohio
Sun
Tenneco
Texaco
America
Senate
Federal Energy Administration
Simon
Treasury
William Simon
White House
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
George Wallace
U.S
Gabon
New Jersey Turnpike Authority
Milton Young
R-N.d
Gary Pearson
Fish and Wildlife Service
North Dakota
Northern Prairie Research Center
Pearson
Senator Young
Garrison
Young
Harvey Nelson
Nelson
Utah
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