On this date in history July 10 1979 highlights
Events listed include Millard Fillmore becoming president in 1850 after Taylor's death, Wyoming's statehood in 1890, Allied Sicily landings in 1943, Beria's purge in 1953, Telstar orbit in 1962, Murville as French PM in 1968, Bahamas independence in 1973, Gromyko's 1960s diplomacy in 1969, Arab oil embargo relief in 1973, Pamplona riots in 1979, and birthdays of Saul Bellow Jerry Herman Arthur Ashe Hal McRae.
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Associated Press
U.S
Millard Fillmore
Zachary Taylor
Wyoming
Union
Sicily
Lavrenti Beria
Soviet Union
Cape Canaveral
Fla
America
Europe
Maurice Couve de Murville
France
Georges Pompidou
Bahamas
Andrei Gromyko
Jerry Herman
Arthur Ashe
Hal McRae
Kansas City Royals
Carter keeps unused expense money cash in pocket
The piece notes President Carter spent only $1,108.52 of his $50,000 allowance in 1977 and $13,165 last year with plans to return none. It contrasts Mondale who did return unspent funds, cites congressional debate over intent, and questions the ethics of treating the allowance as purely for expenses. It also mentions Japan planning a 1985 astronaut program costing about $92 million and using a shuttle.
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Jack Anderson
Washington
Jimmy Carter
Treasury
Carter
White House
Richard Nixon
Internal Revenue Service
Herbert Hoover
Jesse Sterns
Sterns News Service
IRS
Numero Uno
Walter Mondale
Robert Lipshutz
Lipshutz
Eugene Millikin
Colorado
Millikin
Congress
Morse
Ralph Church
Democratic National Committee
DNC
Nelson Rockefeller
Editorials A half million millionaires rise with inflation
A New York Times summary of a U S Trust Corp study shows about 520 000 Americans hold at least one million dollars in net worth today up 15 percent from 1978. Inflation may lift more people into the millionaire class even as the overall population remains small.
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Rockefellers
Fords
Gettys
U.S. Trust Corp
New York Times
Unemployment figures spark debate on economic significance
June’s jobless rate fell to 5.6 percent, but analysts caution seasonal adjustments limit meaning. Critics like Drucker and Gutmann question the official rate, arguing it undervalues or overstates conditions and ignores discouraged workers and off the books earnings.
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Peter Drucker
Peter Gutmann
Try, Try, Try Again Around Indochina and Korea
The piece notes the ongoing Indochinese refugee crisis and a renewed push for talks on Korea reunification amid Carter's Asia tour and the Tokyo summit. It suggests U S China rapprochement isolates hardline North Korea, potentially easing negotiations. Both Pyongyang and Seoul share experience with authoritarian regimes.
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Asia
Carter
Tokyo
U.s.-China
North Korea
Pyongyang
Seoul
Gas line delays flag lenient tardiness amid shortage
The piece notes extended gas station lines and a broader gasoline shortage. It cites a Wall Street Journal report about many firms lenient toward tardy or absent employees offering explanations for lateness. No major oil companies are named.
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Wall Street Journal
Carroll faces scrutiny as NGA sits in Kentucky
The 71st annual National Governors Association meeting in Louisville July 8-10 places outgoing NGA chairman Governor Julian M. Carroll at center stage. His dual roles as host and chair raise unease among governors about reputational risk and the balance between leadership and controversy within the nation’s state executives.
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Louisville
Nea
National Governors’ Association
Kentucky
Julian M. Carroll
Carroll
NGA
FBI feuds over prisoner release amid Kentucky corruption probe
In Washington fear grows that negotiations could free a prisoner. Gov Carroll's trust betrayed as he shared plans with a campaign treasurer. A Kentucky grand jury probes state government corruption, guided by Justice Department investigators, with secretive proceedings and a 1975 case of a wife’s bribery recording.
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FBI
Carroll
Kentucky
NGA
Jimmy Carter
Lexington
U.S. District Court
Grand
Justice Department
Public Integrity Section
Criminal Division
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