GOP maneuvering mirrors Carter style in 1980 election race
Conservative Rep. Phil Crane has raised over 647000 for his campaign and travels to 37 states as he builds early campaign organs to erode Reagan support. George Bush signs Jim Baker to lead and may base his operation in Houston, following Ford aides as Carter did in 1976.
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Phil Crane
George Bush
Carter
Crane
Richard Viguerie
Ronald Reagan
Bush
Gerald Ford
Jim Baker
Ford
Houston
Jimmy Carter
Washington
Government regulation in American life moves with the times
AP Business Analyst John Cunniff notes the shift from market frenzy to regulation driven by agencies such as the EPA and OSHA. He cites rising compliance costs around 103 billion dollars annually and warns of indirect impacts like fewer new products and higher unemployment among teens.
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John Cunniff
New York
Murray Weidenbaum
Treasury
Center For the Study of American Business
St. Louis
Washington University
Weidenbaum
Environmental Protection Agency
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Consumer Product Safety Commis
Sion
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Prudential
Today in History January 11 1979 AP summary
Highlights note major events on this date: 1962 avalanche in the Andes kills about 3,000 in Peru. 1569 England holds first lottery in St Paul’s Cathedral under Elizabeth I. 1861 Alabama secedes. 1943 US Britain relinquish extraterritorial rights in China. 1964 Panama cuts ties with US after student clashes in canal zone. 1970 Biafra collapses. 1980s hijackings to Cuba. 1975 Kissinger visits Egypt for peace talks. 1978 Vance tours US to support Panama Canal treaties.
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Andes
Peru
England
St. Paul’s Cathedral
London
Alabama
United States
Britain
China
Panama
Panama Canal Zone
Nigeria
Cuba
United Airline
Kissinger
Egypt
Israel
Cyrus Vance
Roche and Cornell tied to drug promotion questions
A Washington inquiry shows Roche Laboratories used an educational program on stress to promote Valium, with Health Learning Systems and Cornell Medical College sponsors. FDA reconsidered labeling rules as officials noted vested interests. the episode raises questions about disclosure and regulation of pharmaceutical promotion.
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Jack Anderson
Washington
Roche Laboratories
Roche
Health Learning Systems
Cornell University Medical College
David Zimmerman
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Zimmerman
Donald Kennedy
Bureau of Drugs
Roche-Cornell
Furthe
Bureaucr
Cornell
Capitol
Congress
Congressional
Rayburn House
Peter Hofmann
Chatham
N.J
Carter
Hofmann
White House
Landon Kite
Valerio Giannini
Pennsylvania Avenue
N.W
Washington, D.C
Pitney Bowes funds employee interests for fulfillment and possible second careers
Pitney Bowes launches a program allowing employees over 50 and spouses to claim tuition and related costs up to 300 dollars yearly for approved courses at colleges and other providers. Participants develop personal interests from real estate to golf, with one employee even resuming art and selling paintings.
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Pitney Bowes
Business Systems and Equipment Company
Panther Attacks SevenYearOld Mattie King in Texas Ranch
Mattie King, born 1880 in Mountain Rest, recalls a 1887 panther attack near Monahans, Texas. The panther stalked her as she fled around a house while relatives defended her with a shotgun and a loaded rifle. The beast measured 14 feet tip to nose, was slain, and the tale ends with Mattie later marrying Monroe Kerr and living in Pecos. Mattie Kerr died in 1970 at age 90.
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Mattie King
Mountain Rest
South Carolina
W.A. King
Monahans
Mattie King Kerr
Monahans News
Kerr
Mattie
Charlie Miller
King
Oscar King
Oscar
Good Lord
Monroe Kerr
Pecos
Ralph Williams
Mattie Kerr
Delegate hospital closed after snakebite and deaths
In Delegate, a 14 bed hospital shut after a 70 year old heart patient was bitten by a tiger snake and another patient was later found in the kitchen. The snakebite victim is in Canberra hospital. Other patients were moved to nearby towns as authorities investigate.
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Melbourne
Australia
Delegate
Canberra
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