Revolution Hits El Salvador As Military Coup Ousts Romero
Editorial notes upheaval in El Salvador following a military-backed overthrow of President Humberto Romero. It contrasts U S policy with Nicaragua’s Somoza era and highlights internal factions, church rifts, and the prospect of a transitional government, free elections, and reforms amid Latin American shifts toward representative rule.
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el Salvador
U.S. State Department
Carlos Humberto Romero
Washington
Nicaragua
Honduras
Maryland
Roman Catholic Church
Oscar Arnulfo Romero Y Galdamer
U.S
Somoza
Humberto
Peru
Report on life insurers angers industry and lawmakers
A government FTC study on life insurance draws fierce criticism from insurers who call it misinformed and biased. At a congressional hearing they argued whole life is not a savings hybrid, but a guaranteed cash value policy, with misinterpretation blamed on agents who simplified the product.
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John Cunniff
NEW York
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
American Council of Life Insurance
Washington
James Martin
Massachusetts Mutual Life
Erie Canal Opens and World Events on This Date
On this day in history Oct 26, highlights include the Erie Canal opening in 1825 linking Lake Erie to the Hudson River, George III crowned in 1760, Krushchev offering to withdraw missiles from Cuba in 1962, and Nixon denying resignation in 1973. Birthday note: the deposed Shah of Iran turns 60. Thought by Robert E. Lee.
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Erie Canal
Lake Erie
Hudson River
George III
England
Soviet Union
Krushchev
Cuba
Turkey
Kennedy
Iran
Henry Kissinger
Vietnam
Richard Nixon
General Electric
Gerald Ford
Brezhnev
Russia
Israel
United States
Robert E. Lee
Unlucky Jimmy Carter and the Democrats fate in the economy
The piece traces Democratic rise and fall through economic cycles from Roosevelt to Carter, suggesting the current downturn accelerates under Carter’s own administration due to Fed tight money and policy. It notes past recoveries tied to New Deal Keynesian remedies and war hero rhetoric guiding shifts in power.
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Jimmy Carter
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
White House
Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
Johnson
Federal Reserve
Carter
Fed
Nixon
Lyndon Baines Johnson
Inflationary Fever and Carter Economy Overview
The piece argues inflation dominates public concern ahead of the election, with Gallup data showing 50 percent naming rising living costs as the top issue. It critiques Carter's mixed responses to inflation, links current woes to 1960s wage and welfare policies, and warns of possible recession risks and job losses as credit restraints bite.
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Gallup
Carter
Merry Go Round of White House Sins and Secret Ties
Jimmy Carter and Richard Nixon shared a wary, secretive bond over keeping errant brothers in check. Donald Nixon and Billy Carter drew White House scrutiny, with Vesco ties surfacing amid Libyan dealings. The piece traces hush dealings, internal cables, and late betrayals as dark hints linger.
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Jack Anderson
Washington
Richard Nixon
Jimmy Carter
Oval Office
Nixon
Carter
Donald Nixon
Billy Carter
White House
Robert Vesco
John Ehrlichman
Donald
Ehrlichman
Tom Beard
Billy
Beard
Libya
State Department
U.S
Georgia
Tripoli
William Eagleton
United States
Brother Jimmy
Eagleton
Rome
Leonard Scensny
Scensny
Mr. Carter
Justice Department
Vesco
Tip O'Neill
John White
O'Neill
Gerald Ford
Ted Kennedy
D-Mass
Betty Ford
Griffin Bell
Bell
Countries fail to reach United Nations on South Africa ties
The Special Committee against South African apartheid said it asked 13 nations to end military naval or air attaché exchanges with South Africa and received no replies. Argentina Austria Belgium Britain Bolivia France West Germany Italy Malawi Paraguay Portugal Switzerland and the United States were named in the Thursday report.
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United Nations
Special Committee Against
South Africa
Argentina
Austria
Belgium
Britain
Bolivia
France
West Germany
Italy
Malawi
Paraguay
Portugal
Switzerland
United States
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Hulme
O.K
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THIS
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Sesame Street
John Filer
Aetna Life & Casualty
Wan
Donald F. Graff
UEP
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