Gasoline promotion games face crackdown urged by lawmakers
A House Small Business Incommittee report on hearings from last year concludes that winners in gasoline sales promotion games were not always determined by chance. Rep. John D. Dingell leads the group calling for FTC action to stop abuses and coercion of service station operators, with possible legislation if no action is taken.
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Washington
John D. Dingell
D-Mich
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
Bipartisan Senate Group Urges U S Support of Israel
Sixteen senators urged the U S to back Israel amid a U N resolution condemning its raid on Beirut, arguing for a four point policy of permanent peace in the Middle East. They called for aiding Israel with 500 aircraft, maintaining the strategic arms balance, addressing Arab refugee settlement, and regional economic cooperation.
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Senate
U.S
Israel
Washington
UPI
United Nations
Middle East
Walter F. Mondale
D-Minn
U.N
Jacob K. Javits
House
Beirut
Lebannon
Mondale
Russia
Javits
Nixon
Hugh Scott
United States
Organization For Economic Cooperation
Philip A. Hart
Mich
William Proxmire
Wis
Joseph D.tydings
Harrison A. Williams
N.J
Stephen M. Young
Ohio
Fred R. Harris
Okio
Abraham Ribicol
Conn
Scott
Peter H. Dominick
Clifford P. Case
Charles E. Goodell
George Murphy
Calif
Richard S. Schweiker
William B. Saxbe
Christopher Columbus on a Motorbike Discovery
A playful classified alert invites readers to check the ads for good buys now while imagining Christopher Columbus discovering America on a motorbike.
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Christopher Columbus
America
Principal and two nuns fired over evolution dispute
In a Staten Island parochial school, the principal and two nuns were dismissed for teaching evolution versus creation and not adhering to church doctrine. The pastor cited differences in approach while noting no heresy, and a lay assistant principal described what she called distorted claims about angels and sin.
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New York
Staten Island
John J. Cleary
St. Mary of the Assumption
Joseph J. Riordan
Chicago
Mary Ellen Poland
Mary Ellen
Patricia E. Sohm
Jesus
Msgr. Riordan
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Hama
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AAMCO
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Cherry
Annaheim
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Compych
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