Intelligence muddle and Iran hostage crisis analysis
Washington commentary details CIA and State warnings on admitting the shah, flawed intelligence feeding Carter’s decisions, and a five-group factional view of Tehran embassy captors. Also reviews tax politics around a 50 cent gasoline levy and energy plan amid election pressures.
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Jack Anderson
Washington
U.S
Iran
Carter
State Department
Central Intelligence Agency
CIA
National Security Council
Tehran
Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini
Dale van Atta
Khomeini
Revolutionary Council
United States
Palestinian Liberation Organization
PLO
John Anderson
White House
Anderson
Charles Duncan
John Sawhill
Alfred Kahn
Treasury
William Miller
James McIntyre
Office of Management and Budget
Ham Jordan
Jody Powell
Stuart Eizenstat
Walter Mondale
Editorial: The rush to gold boosts coin market worldwide
The surge in gold prices strengthens the coin business as investors, not just big players, buy bullion and government coins. Special coins from major gold producers, notably South Africa’s Krugerrand, Canada’s Maple Leaf, and Soviet Chevvonets, drive demand while the Krugerrand remains the premier asset. The Maple Leaf’s first year sees one million minted. demand could raise output. The Soviet Chevvonets gains ads but faces uncertain sales, while gold’s appeal as a passive investment clashes with current market gains.
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U.S
South Africa
Canada
Wall Street Journal
Kruegerland
New York Bites Report Details Human versus Animal Bites
U S Public Health Service study on 1977 bites shows 892 human bites, four times higher than rat bites, with more men than women bitten by people. Dog bites were 25 times as common, and the report notes New Yorkers’ stubborn stance despite the statistics.
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U.S. Public Health Service
Wall Street prices surge sparks debate on public role
AP analysis notes stock gains spur a debate over what drives markets. Analysts point to possible defense spending, year-end rally, and a Commerce report that the recession has not yet arrived. The piece questions who or what "the public" really is in market movements. Institutions dominate investing, with cash losing value in inflation and pension funds playing a key role in timing of stock purchases.
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John Cunniff
New York
Wall Street
Commerce Department
Main Street
America
Klan plans return to Seadrift amid crab war fallout
Ku Klux Klan members plan to return to Seadrift Texas on January 19 to press for a federal civil rights investigation into the slaying of crabber Billy Joe Aplin by a Vietnamese refugee. Local officials fear renewed KKK activity after violence last summer and a curfew had been imposed.
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San Antonio
Texas
Gene West
Corpus Christi
Nguyen van Sau
Nguyen van Chinh
Seguin
San San Antonio Bay
Just Musin Ex Scout Turned Foreign Newsman Faces Few Scars
Ex scout Denwood Ross son of Judge James F. Ross led a varied life from Merchant Marine WWII service to a Carlsbad construction business before his death. The article chronicles scouts from numbers thirteen to eighteen, detailing careers in journalism, photography, sheriff service, and aviation, with lively anecdotes of mountain climbs and a split army cot incident.
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Scout Number Thirteen
Denwood Ross
James F. Ross
Denwood
Merchant Marine
Carlsbad
Milford Howard
Howard's
Pecos
la Jolla
California
San Diego
Jimmy Harrison
Jimmy
Charlie Fitzgerald, Jr
Charlie
Reeves County
Fitzgerald
Harry Ross
Harry
Arizona
Alfred Stevens
Madera Canyon
Spears
Rev. Spears
Charlie Fitzgerald
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Poe
Ku Klux Klan
Seadrift
Winston Churchill
Musin
Alton Hughes
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