Americans unhappy at high corporate profits
An AP NBC News poll shows 68 percent say profits are too high, with 37 percent saying top executives gain most benefits. Public support for government profit controls is split, while perceptions of who benefits vary.
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Evans Witt
Associated Press
NEW York
NBC News
Corporation After Corporation
Exxon
Atlantic Richfield
du Pont
Union Carbide
Chase Manhattan
Ap-Nbc News
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May 10 in history highlights and notable birthdays
On May 10 historical events include the 1871 Treaty of Frankfurt ending the Franco Prussian War and Alsace Lorraine ceded to Germany, Vespucci's 1497 voyage, the 1775 Continental Congress, Jefferson Davis capture in 1865, the first transcontinental railroad spike in 1869, and WWII events in 1940 1941. Birthdays include Fred Astaire, Nancy Walker, and Ella Grasso.
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Frankfurt
Alsace Lorraine
Germany
Amerigo Vespucci
New World
Continental Congress
Philadelphia
Jefferson Davis
Irwinville
Ogden
Utah
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Rudolf Hess
Scotland
Black Long
Zap
N.D
Iceland
Olafur Johannesson
Israel
Fred Astaire
Comedienne
Nancy Walker
Connecticut
Ella Grasso
Shington ch Shington ch Mebr ry Round by Jack Anderson
Washington Alaskan fishermen face foreign rivals in pollock cod and bait fish, with Japanese and others dominating a $2 billion annual catch. A Kodiak report shows U S processors pay low wages, limiting domestic markets. A crab industry buys frozen fish for bait, while U S dinners face high costs. A lame duck congressman junkets abroad, charging substantial travel expenses. Esther Peterson’s passport delay is noted.
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Jack Anderson
Washington
Alaska
Gulf of Alaska
High Seas
Kodiak
U.S
Mrs
Montana
Oral Burch
Bernton
Urch
Shelikoff
Burch
Star of Kodiak Processing
John Flynt
D-Ga
Switzerland
Belgium
Iraq
Saudi Arabia
Italy
South Africa
Rhodesia
Sweden
Austria
Spain
Morocco
Yugoslavia
Soviet Union
John Melcher
D-Mont
eEsther Peterson
White House
New York
Stockholm
Editorials urge metricize gas pricing to hit dollar per gallon
The U S Metric Board suggests converting to liters to break the dollar barrier with a 26 5 cent per liter price equating to a dollar per gallon. It argues widespread adoption would pull millions into metrics, accelerating industry shifts and boosting long term economy and world trade.
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U.S. Metric Board
Metric Board
U.S
United States
Encounter of the mystifying kind
Astronomers report a starlike object in the Milky Way that appears to recede and approach Earth at once with speeds up to 31,000 miles per second. The baffling moving light spectrum suggests two opposite motions, located about 10,000 light years away, with no current explanation.
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Milky Way
Earth
Illegal oil price crimes cited in DOE prosecution list
Washington reports a Justice Department DOE prosecution list detailing 22 cases of alleged petroleum fraud. Charges include falsified invoices and price lists, falsified transportation charges, source misrepresentation, and forged certification documents. Suspected conspiracies among refiners and resellers span Florida to Virginia, with daisy chains used to boost profits.
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Washington
NEA
Justice Department
Department of Energy
DOE
Florida
California
Coloado
Georgia
Illinois
Kansas
New York
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
Texas
Virginia
DOE oversight criticized by inspector general amid oil price concerns
The inspector general reports billions in programs go largely unmonitored with only 21 DOE investigators, far fewer than HUD or Agriculture. The lack of current price ceilings for crude oil transfers since 1975 risks multi hundred million overcharges to consumers as major oil firms set prices for international deals.
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DOE
Tennessee
New Mexico
Nevada
Washington
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Agriculture Department
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