Cooling-off period proposed to curb door-to-door sales
The FTC proposes a three business day cooling-off period for door to door sales totaling twenty five dollars or more to allow buyers to cancel purchases made outside the seller’s business. The model aims to standardize state laws amid growing use and challenges to FTC authority.
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Washington
New York State
Federal Trade Commission
Pennsylvania
Bureau of Consumer Protection
FTC
State sends researchers abroad to study shipwrecks
The Texas Antiquities Committee funds a three month archive study in Madrid by two researchers to locate information about Texas coast shipwrecks. The $37,000 project, sponsored by the San Jose Mission library, aims to aid recovery of treasure from a sunken Spanish galleon. A related 1553 hurricane claim is pending in Brownsville federal court with Platoro Ltd. as plaintiff.
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Madrid
Spain
Texas
Texas Antiquities Committee
Historical Research Library
San Jose Mission
San Antonio
Federal District Court
Brownsville
Platoro Ltd
Padre Island
U S and Soviet clash over U N budget vote
At the United Nations the United States seeks to cut its U N budget assessment from 31 52 to 25 percent prompting a clash with the Soviet Union. George Bush and Vasily Safronchuk sparred as Sen Gale McGee opened the drive in the General Assembly budget committee. Bush noted the United States paid 40 percent of both assessed and voluntary U N funds in 1970 while the Soviet Union paid 7 percent. The debate followed four resolutions opposing nuclear testing and other actions with China and France voting against some measures. Guinea Somalia and Sudan urged Portugal to negotiate with liberation movements in Africa.
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United States
U.N
U. S
George Bush
Vasily Safronchuk
Gale McGee
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U.S
Safronchuk
Bush
Unicef
Soviet Union
U.S.S.R
Assembly
China
France
Guinea
Somalia
Sudan
Security Council
Portugal
Pope Paul VI says whole societies fall under Satan power
In a public audience Pope Paul VI warned that entire societies have fallen under the devil's domination citing sex and narcotics as openings for Satanic influence. He called for a defense against evil and referenced Satan as the No 1 enemy, noting concerns about cults in many countries including the United States.
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Pau VI
Pope Paul
United States
Vatican
Satan
Paul
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Henry Kissinger
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