Working wives rise as firms aid transfers amid inflation
A Merrill Lynch Relocation Management survey shows 16 percent of 686 major firms offer job-finding help to wives of transferred employees. Aid includes local listings and agency fees, with cost-of-living differentials cited by 31 percent, up from 12 percent. Transfers in Fortune’s top firms rose 5 percent, highlighting a growing fringe benefit in inflationary times.
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Merrill Lynch Relocation Management, Inc
Fortune Magazine
Bureaucracy’s New Dimension in Stationery Standards
The Joint Committee on Federal Printing and Paper Sites reports the federal stationery size will shift from 8 by 10 inches to 8 by 11 to align with private sector letterhead. The change promises 11 percent more paper and 15 percent more text space per page, but will not take effect until old stock is exhausted by January 1, 1980.
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White House
General Accounting Office
Congressional Joint Committee On Federal Printing and
Banks in WSJ Top 10 by 1977 assets include three US banks
The Wall Street Journal ranking of the world’s top banks by 1977 assets shows three American institutions in the top 10, contrasting with seven U.S. banks in 1970. The analysis hints at shifts in global banking power amid the era's dollar dynamics.
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Wall Street Journal
U.S
Recession forecasters shift timing with new outlook
AP analysis notes Data Resources delays recession start to summer, replacing earlier forecast. Economists fault misread data and consumer behavior for delays, yet warn the downturn may come with greater speed and depth later. Irving Trust remains cautiously optimistic about 1980 prospects.
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John Cunniff
New York
Data Resources
This Day in History January 9 1979 Highlights
On January 9 1979 events span the world from WWII Luzon invasion in 1945 to 1964 Panama riots and 1788 Connecticut ratification. The AP notes Nixon and Apollo 8 honors ten years earlier and energy talks five years prior. Caracas reports 2.2 million barrels daily output with reserves to century end. output 388000 bpd above 1978.
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Associated Press
Philippine
Luzon
France
Spain
Connecticut
U.S
Mississippi
Charlotte
Luxembourg
Philippines
Pacific
Panama
Washington
Lyndon Johnson
Richard Nixon
Pakistan
Joan Baez
Caracas
Venezuela
Energy and Mines Ministry
Voyager 1 Sends Jupiter Pictures Like A Big Easter Egg
Voyager 1 begins transmitting Jupiter images from 37 million miles away. Frank Bristow at JPL calls the photos fantastic and Jupiter a beautiful planet. Voyager 2 will rendezvous in July for similar tests with the planet.
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Pasadena
Calif
Jupiter
Frank Bristow
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
FEC under fire as enforcement weakens against high profile figures
The Federal Election Commission faces criticism for perceived leniency toward powerful figures while cracking down on lesser cases. Recent targets include two Marion Illinois inmates who proclaimed presidential candidacy in 1976 and Daly of Chicago famed for his Uncle Sam costume, illustrating the agency's varied approach to campaign finance reporting and enforcement.
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Washington
NEA
Federal Election Commission
FEC
Congress
Federal Penitentiary
Marion
Ill
Commission
Lar Daly
Chicago
Uncle Sam
Daly
John Adams
New Hampshire
Adams
Concord
N.H
FEC scrutiny wanes amid late 1970s campaign cases
A series of incomplete FEC actions marks a lax approach to 1976 campaign finance. A dying Daly failed to file disclosures, John Adams faced suit for zero reporting, and the commission avoided investigations into foreign gifts and concealed funds involving Sen. Lloyd Bentsen and Sen. Hugh Scott, citing insufficient details.
Mob motive tied to Kennedy killing, scholars say
A Washington column reports the House Assassinations Committee will find Mafia ties to Lee Harvey Oswald and Jack Ruby through FBI transcripts. It notes mob leaders Marcello Trafficante and others feared Robert F. Kennedy as a driver of prosecutions, with three noted exceptions where outsiders carried out killings. The piece also cites Carter’s 1980 race intrigue and multiple fringe party hopefuls seeking the presidency.
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Washington
John F. Kennedy
Carlos Marcello
Santos Trafficante
House
Marcello
Trafficante
Lee Harvey Oswald
Jack Ruby
Kennedy
Underworld
FBI
Ralph J. Salerno
Kennedy Brothers
Salerno
Robert F. Kennedy
Mafia
Dallas
Buffalo
Stefano Magaddino
Magaddino
Cosa Nostra
New York
Bobennedy
Commission
Angelo Bruno
Philadelphia
White House
Dealey Plaza
Victor Kiesel
Joe Columbo
Kansas City
Oswald
Carter
Federal Elections Commission
Puritan Ethic Prohibition and Magnetohydrodynamics Party
God and the
God and Country Party
National Christian Party
Pyramid of Freedom Party
The
Peace Party
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Tucson
Ariz
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Massachusetts
Lloyd Bentsen
D-Tex
Hugh Scott
R-Pa
Senate
Martha Angle and
Robert Walters
Jack Anderson
Merry
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