Palm Springs Fundraiser for Baker and Tower Draws Big Pledges
Editorial notes a May 6 Republican fundraiser in Palm Springs hosted by Gerald Ford with guests including Billy Casper Eva Gabor and Joey Heatherton. Proceeds benefit U S Senators Howard Baker Jr and John Tower with 140000 estimated gross for the Ford party and organizers Brad O Leary and The Management Group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Angle
Robert Walters
Washington
NEA
Palm Springs
Calif
Gerald R. Ford
Billy Casper
Ford
Leonard K. Firestone
Belgium
Richard Nixon
Howard Baker Jr
Tennessee
John G. Tower
Texas
Tower
Baker
S.I. Hayakawa
R-Calif
Harrison H. Schmitt
R-N.m
Hollywood
Otto Preminger
Eva Gabor
Joey Heatherton
Brad O'Leary
Texas Republican Party
the Management Group
O'Leary
Ford Party
Quadrennial investment pattern suggests large stock gains
AP analysis notes a historical four year cycle buying during congressional lows and selling at presidential highs. Data shows gains averaging 57 percent across many cycles, with a long run dating back to 1902. The argument cites investor confidence, political dynamics, and the effect on the Dow Jones, alongside a brief unrelated note on serum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Cunniff
New York
George A. Nicholson, Jr
National Association of Investment Clubs
Zurich
Nicholson
Today in history May 17, 1978 Highlights
On this date in 1954 the U S Supreme Court ruled racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional. Other events include 1666 Connecticut Congregationalists founded Newark New Jersey 1792 New York Stock Exchange founded 1803 first patent for a reaper to French and Hawkins 1875 first Kentucky Derby 1940 Nazis occupied Brussels 1961 Castro offered to exchange prisoners for tractors. Nine arrested in Baltimore in 1969, Watergate hearings opened in 1974, and Labor Party lost in Israel in 1977. Birgit Nilsson and Peter Mennin born, and a Sophrocles quote notes sea otter fur for days swimming.
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Associated Press
U.S. Supreme Court
Connecticut
Newark
N.J
New York Stock Exchange
Richard French
John Hawkins
New Jersey
Louisville
Brussels
Belgium
Cuba
Fidel Castro
U.S
Baltimore
Selective Service
Senate
Labor Party
Israel
Menachem Begin
Likud
Birgit Nilssson
Peter Mennin
Sophocles
HEW to spend 30 million on anti smoking push amid tobacco clash
Washington reports HEW plans a 30 million campaign to deter youth smoking while Agriculture subsidizes tobacco, prompting scrutiny from House subcommittee. Cigarette firms and ads target teens with glamorous imagery as lawmakers clash over funding and warning labels. Dobrynin era secrecy shadows Shevchenko case and family defection rumors.
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Jack Anderson
Washington
Health, Education and Welfare Department
Agriculture Department
HEW
Joseph Califano
Virginia Slims
House
John Moss
D.calif
Federal Trade Commission
Capitol Hill
Congress
William Natcher
D.ky
Kentucky
George Washington
Valley Forge
Edward Kennedy
D.mass
The
Tobacco Institute
Shevchenko
Anatoly Dobrynin
Kremlin
Arkady Shevchenko
United Nations
United States
Leongina
Anna
Moscow
New York City
Dobrynin
Mike
Anna Shevchenko
Incumbent Slippage Evident In Texas Primaries
The May 6 Texas primary produced early signs that incumbents face trouble this year. Three term Rep. Dale Milford was defeated by Martin Front and eleven-term Rep. John Young went to a runoff with State Rep. Joe Wyatt. GOP strategists, eyeing retiring Democrats, see vulnerable incumbents beyond open seats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Congress
Dale Milford
Dallas
Martin Front
John Young
Young
Joe Wyatt
Fighting Terrorism Across Democracies and the Italian Case
The piece argues terrorism is a global, growth-like threat in open democracies, citing Italy's Moro case, Baader-Meinhof, Symbionese Liberation Army, and Red Brigades. It warns that decisive action risks eroding human rights, urging cautious countermeasures and international cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Aldo Moro
P.L.O
I.R.A
Germany
France
United States
Walter Laquer
Center For
Strategic and International Studies
Washington, D.C
Democratic Institut
Red Brigades
Baader-Meinhof Gang
Symbionese Liberation Army
FBI
William Webster
Laquer
Moro
Democratic Society
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NEA, Inc
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Establishment
Duke
Dullsville
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Ken Dulaney
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