Manifest Destiny Reemerges in Pacific Marianas Takeover
The United States moves toward adding 246 square miles across 14 Western Pacific islands the Northern Marianas as voters approve commonwealth status. If federal and UN approvals follow, sovereignty would shift around 1980. Military and strategic value, distance from California, and potential base sites like Tinian drive the push, amid questions about local economy and American aid.
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United States
Pacific
Northern
Marianas
United Nations Trust
U.S
UN Security Council
Virgin Islands
Magellan
Spain
Guam
Germany
Japan
Saipan
Tinian
Washington
Commonwealth
Islands
Marianans
California
Asia
Okinawa
Japanese corporate entertainment tax rules splash lavish spends
Editorial notes Japan allows large tax exempt and partly tax free entertainment expenses. Focus Japan reports executives entertain guests with golf club outings, hotel bars, and kimono hostesses, all charged to the company. Tokyo Electric Power Co sets aside 307 million yen annually for social entertaining, about $1 million. Smaller firms spend more relative to sales. total corporate socializing outlays in 1973 rivaled government education spending.
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Focus Japan
Japan External Trade Organization
Tokyo Electric Power Co
Unemployment sparks major political clash over targets
AP National analysis notes Ford administration may accept jobless rates above 7 percent through 1976 while labor leaders call for expansive job creation. Meany accuses the administration of do nothingism as Greenspan suggests slow recovery to curb inflation. US unemployment hovers around high levels with international comparisons and rising costs for unemployment insurance.
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John Cunniff
New York
Ford Administration
Aflcio
George Meany
Meany
United States
Labor Department
Canada
France
Germany
Britain
Dickinson College Abolishes Dean’s List For Not Being An Honor
Dickinson College Carlisle Pa eliminates the Dean’s List after more than 500 of 1600 students qualified. Dean George J Allan calls it not an honor. The piece cites rising grade inflation elsewhere and argues lenient grading coexists with stronger teaching, competition, and student effort.
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Dickinson College
Carlisle
George J. Allan
Dartmouth
Amherst
Vassar
Chronicle of Higher Education
California State College
Edward M. White
Castor Canadensis the Beaver Named Canada’s Early Engineer
A Canadian settler figure known as Castor Canadensis or the Beaver is described as Canada’s first engineer and multi discipline professional. The quest for fur in Canada spurred wars and helped build early business empires.
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Canada
Castor Canadensis
Today in history July 16 1975 news recap
On this date in history events include the 1945 first atomic bomb test in New Mexico and the DC district creation in 1790. Notable items cover Dag Hammarskjold’s death verdict in 1962 and John Glenn’s transcontinental flight in 1957, with birthdays for Ginger Rogers and Barbara Stanwyck.
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Associated Press
New Mexico
District of Columbia
U.S
David Farragut
Russia
Nicholas II
Leopold II of
Belgium
Baudouin
John Glenn
California
New York
Rhodesia
U.N
Dag Hammarskjold
Adlai Stevenson
London
Washington
Britain
Prince Charles
Princess Anne
White House
Makarios
Cyprus
Malta
United Nations
Ginger Rogers
Barbara Stanwyck
Josiah Martin
North Carolina
Mark Your Items With Vibrator Markers To Fight Theft
A Pecos advisory urges residents to register valuables with driver license numbers using a vibrator marker from Reeves County Sheriff's Office. Attach decals to windows to deter burglars and aid quick recovery via nationwide teletype. The program, endorsed by the Pecos Chamber of Commerce, stresses immediate action to protect property and reduce court complications.
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Pecos
Odessa
Reeves County Sheriff's Office
United States
Pecos Chamber of Commerce
Sheriffs Department
National Union to Thank the Shah mocks oil price pleas
The piece satirically portrays Elwood Sandune and the National Union to Thank the Shah as they mock Shah Iran price hikes. It images a proposed trip to Iran with gifts and humorous demands while joking about dramatic measures including bombing to curb price rises.
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Iran
United States
Shah
National Union
NUTS
Elwood Sandune
Hank Aaron
Fort Knox
Sandune
Czechoslovakia
Africa
Latin America
Southeast Asia
Rolls-Royce
Sonny
Cher
U.S. Air Force
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