Canada votes Trudeau out as Clark takes helm
Editorial notes Clark’s fragile majority with Progressive Conservatives seeking New Democrat votes. It highlights Levesque’s looming referendum and Ryan as a strong French-speaking alternative, cautioning Clark to stay low profile amid Quebec dynamics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Pierre Trudeau
Joe Clark
House of Commons
Clark
New Democrats
Trudeau
Quebec
Rene Levesque
Levesque
Quebecois
Liberals
Menachem
Claude Ryan
Liberal Party
Montreal
le Devoir
Ryan
Ottawa
The Consumer as Force in the U S Economy
AP analysis explains how the consumer evolved from passive buyer to a powerful force shaping public policy and business. It notes widespread federal and local regulation, recalls, guarantees, and voters influence, with Exxon cited to illustrate the producer side of consumers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Cunniff
New York
Carter
Exxon Corp
Exxon
Today in history June 6 1979 highlights D-Day and more
On June 6 1944 Allied forces landed on the Normandy beaches marking D-Day in World War II. The date also recalls Sweden Denmark Peace of Copenhagen in 1660, Yorktown sunk in 1942, Six Day War began in 1967, RFK death in 1968, East Germany treaty in 1973, Vietnam war events, Nixon era troop debate, and Joshua Nkomo’s Cuban training acknowledgment a year earlier and in Zambia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Normandy
France
Copenhagen
Sweden
Denmark
Baltic
U.S
Yorktown
Middle East
Israel
Egypt
Mediterranean
Robert Kennedy
Los Angeles
Sirhan Sirhan
West Germany
East Germany
Saigon
South Vietnam
Nixon
Congress
Senate
Joshua Nkomo
Zambia
Brezhnev Age and Soviet Leadership Shakeup Loom Ahead
The June Vienna talks between Carter and Brezhnev will center less on Salt II and more on Brezhnev’s health and age. At 73 he is older than Western leaders, signaling a geriatocracy with a coming generational shift. A new, more educated Soviet leadership may emerge, facing stagnating growth, energy woes, and rising restlessness in Eastern Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Jimmy Carter
Leonid Brezhnev
United States
Ford
Vladivostok
Brezhnev
Lkely
Winston Churchill
Georges Clemenceau
France
Britain
Margaret Thatcher
Valery Giscard d’Estaing
West Germany
Helmut Schmidt
Washington
The
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Nixon Kissinger failed push to curb 1973 oil price rise
Secret CIA files implicate Nixon and Kissinger in enabling OPEC price hikes by backing the shah of Iran and failing to pressure Saudi Arabia. Simon and Burns sought countermeasures, but were thwarted, allowing the shah and OPEC to raise prices and harm the U S economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Anderson
Washington
Richard Nixon
Henry Kissinger
United States
Central Intelligence Agency
Shah of
Iran
Shah
Nixon
West Germany
Japan
Saudi Arabia
James Adkins
U.S
CIA
Organization of Petroleum Exporting
Kissinger
Ahmed Zaki Yamani
OPEC
Treasury
William Simon
Federal Reserve Board
Arthur Burns
Simon
Riyadh
Burns
Ahd
Shah Arguhat
Tehran
Gerald Ford
White House
Ford
Th Shah
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Hulme N.E.A
Night News
Swami
Hirin
Rembrandt
Sam
Burke
Kremlin
Merry
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Joyce
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