Wage price restraints predictions stir business outlook
AP analysis notes many executives fear Carter will rely on wage price restraints, recalling Nixon’s freeze. They expect actions, not promises, to guide pricing as costs rise from inflation, social security taxes, and regulatory shifts. Forecasters see inflation 6 to 6.5 percent this year, worsening as months pass. Geothermal energy is defined as earth heat energy sourced near permeable rock.
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John Cunniff
NEW York
Jimmy Carter
Richard Nixon
Carter
Center For the Study of American Business
Editorial: Minsk-32 computer pulled from sale in Byelorussia
In Minsk the Byelorussia Power Engineering Construction Department offered its Minsk-32 model for sale after failing to complete usable programming. Originating in 1973 to advance electronic tech, the device was planned for 31 functions but only eight were programmed, three proved useless, and manual duplication followed. The department then pulled the plug, inviting possible interest from Western buyers.
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Byelorussia Power Engineering Construction
Minsk
Communist Party
Pravda
United Press International
Moscow
Beylorussia
Women's liberation in Soviet style rises with divorce rate
The Soviet Union faces social strain as one in three marriages ends in divorce, a tripling of the 16 year trend. Experts link rising female education, employment and earnings to demands for equality, reshaping birthrates and demographics while prompting concern within the Kremlin.
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United States
U.S
Kremlin
Today in History March 24 1978 highlights and birthdays
Today in history notes events from 1603 joining English and Scottish crowns under James I to 1972 Britain taking direct control of Northern Ireland. Also recalls UN resolution in 1965, Belfast ambush in 1975, Cuba talks in 1977, and birthdays for Steve McQueen and Byron Janis. Thought for today cites Dylan Thomas quote.
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Associated Press
England
Scotland
James VI of
James I
Rhode Island
Spain
United States
Franklin Roosevelt
Philippines
George V
Mary
Robert Kennedy
Mount Kennedy
Canada
Yukon Territory
North America
Britain
Northern Ireland
U.N. Security Council
Jordan
Israalis
Belfast
Cuba
Steve McQueen
Byron Janis
Agnes the nuclear reprocessing plant bailout tale
The article profiles AGNS Allied General Nuclear Services Barnwell South Carolina plant facing bankruptcy after 1971 start. It notes $13 million funding this year $18.5 million sought next year plus possible $250 million to $1 billion government buyout. It cites Carter Ford policy opposing commercial reprocessing and corporate losses at Morris Illinois West Valley New York.
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Washington
NEA
Agnes
AGNS
Allied General Nuclear Services
Barnwell
S.C
United States
Gerald R. Ford
Carter
General Electric
Morris
Ill
Nuclear Fuel Services
Getty Oil
West Valley
N.Y
Allied Chemical
Gulf Oil
Shell Oil
Congress
Gulf and Shell
Arafat scrutinized in private talks and a shifting U S policy
Washington reports reveal Yassir Arafat denying PLO terrorism in a January Damascus transcript with four members of Congress. The piece questions his control over Al Fatah and notes the rise of a potential shift in U S policy as White House weighs dismantling the Consumer Product Safety Commission and reevaluating arms support to the Middle East.
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Jack Anderson
Washington
Palestine Liberation Organization
Yassir Arafat
Middle East
Arafat
Congress
PLO
al Fatah
Israel
Lebanon
Paul Findley
R-Ill
Helen Meyner
D-N.j
Leo Ryan
Munich
Carter
Zbigniew Brzezinski
Consumer Safety
Consumer Product Safety Commission
John Byington
White House
Commission
Consumer Protection Agency
Capitol Hill
Esther Peterson
Consumer Agency
Harrison Welford
Egypt
Saudi Arabia
United States
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