Global corporations and the future of world order
Editorial argues multinational firms dominate global business and finance through Eurodollars and cross border assets. It suggests corporations rival nations in influence, foresee international unions expanding, and imply business, not just diplomacy, could steer a wary world toward order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations
United States of America
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
General Motors
Standard Oil of
New Jersey
Ford Motor Company
International Business Machines
Colgate-Palmolive
Anaconda
Sidney Rolfe
Istanbul
U.S.A
United States
Patrick Eens
United Kingdom
World Government
Peter Parker
British Institute of Management
International Congress of Management
Tokyo
International Corporation
Saint-Gobain Glass
God
Business
U.N
New Way to Get Blasted In Vietnam Drugs From C-4
Reported use of the plastic explosive C-4 by GIs in Vietnam to get intoxicated prompts hospital cases and revised field manuals. Experts note warnings haven’t curbed marijuana or heroin abuse, calling C-4 another symptom of a global drug problem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vietnam
Army
Science
William J. Stone
Nashville, Tenn. Veterans Hospital
Penn Central Skips Payment for Red Ink Pens
The financially distressed Penn Central Railroad allegedly owes $210 to an office supply firm for red ink ballpoint pens bought last December. The claim illustrates its dire financial state and is cited by the Wall Street Journal as part of its bankruptcy exposure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Penn Central Railroad
Wall Street Journal
Penn Central
Boyle's Column highlights quirky stats and quotes
HAL Boyle surveys reader mail and miscellany from head aches to seat belts and royal trivia. He notes women’s daily influence at home, the costs of cures, and curious facts from artisans and aristocrats, ending with brief defining phrases about royalty and titles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Boyle
New York
Women’s Liberation Movement
America
Dolley Madison
White House
James Madison
Madison
House of Representatives
Edward Dean Martin
National Geographic Society
Philadelphia
Booz
Odd
Lester B. Dill
Meramec Caverns
Missouri
Arnold H. Glasow
Pepsi- Cola
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Trinity University President Emeritus on Campus Unrest
Dr. James A. Laurie, 66, former Trinity University president, argues that smaller private colleges differ from large state systems in handling demonstrations. He cites open curriculum feedback from students, warns against campus disruptions, and notes Trinity’s calm due to student responsibility and dialogue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James W. Laurie
Laurie
Trinity University At
San Antonio
Associated Press
James A. Laurie
Trinity University
Trinity
Berkely
Berkeley
Texas
Kent State
Tom Flower
Ft. Sam Houston
Thomas
Edication
18 Year Old Vote Law or Not in 1971 Supreme Court Fight
The 1970 Voting Rights Act lowered voting age to eighteen and bans literacy tests while shifting power from states to federal authority. Arizona and Idaho challenge the act, with the Justice Department asking the Supreme Court to uphold it and settle the issue. Court arguments loom in October with a January 1 1971 effective date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Arizona
Idaho
Justice Department
Supreme Court
House of Representatives
Senate Democratic
Nixon
Georgia
Kentucky
Alaska
Hawaii
District of Columbia
Pennsylvania
Mississippi
Voung
Puerto Rico's push to become a factory base and grow
Washington reports Puerto Rico aims to imitate Japan by building a diversified factory base, exporting processed goods to the United States. Growth in fiscal 1969-70 reached 10.5 percent, with plans for petro chemical plants steel fabrication and synthetic rubber. Unemployment at 10.5 percent remains a key challenge and shipping costs to U.S. vessels complicate the economy. Governor Luis Ferre plans an ad hoc committee to address coastwise shipping with Hawaii and Alaska.
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Washington
NEA
Puerto Rico
Japan
United States
San Juan
Commonwealth
Luis Ferre
Ferre
Hawaii
Alaska
U.S
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