Editorial on controlling household noise and regulation
The editorial argues noise from everyday appliances is a concern but questions EPA labeling and cost. It urges market competition to push quieter models unless price or size rises deter consumers, and jokingly suggests families simply mute or delay noisy tasks without government rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donna McCord Dickman
Washington
D.C
Council of Governments
Dickman
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Business Week
Studies on Reserve Forces Raise Calls for Action
The Defense Department and services have conducted over 100 studies on reserve forces since 1970. Critics say new studies delay action, cost money, and fail to yield firm solutions amid shifting political goals. They urge synthesizing findings from existing 100 studies rather than starting another.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Department of Defense
Military Services
Secretary of Defense
Air Force
Navy
Chilean regime faced by missing relatives and UN pressure
Ana de Los Angeles Gonzales Gondales and other Chilean women recount disappearances, arrests, and torture under Pinochet. U.N. inquiries, Amnesty International figures, and U.S. statements clash with junta denials as world pressure threatens renewed action.
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New York
Ana de Los Angeles Gonzales Gondales
General Pinochet
Junta
Gabriela Bravo
Een
Santiago
Alda Ortiz Alvarido
United States
Wiston
United Nations
Ream
Willisten
Chile
Mark L. Schneider
House
CNN
Letters on public financing and global aid cheer readers
A reader praises American generosity after disasters and urges support for a mixed public private financing bill to curb special interest influence in Congress. The letter cites cargo preference and campaign contributions, questions media coverage, and laments local newspaper service and plans to move to Holtville California.
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Congress
Carter
House
Ami
U.S
General Accounting Office
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Germond
Wittever
Independent Press-Telegram
Holtville
Calif
Imperial County
el Centro
Jewish claim to Israel sparks debate on Palestine status
Letter argues Jews have a God given right to a Jewish state within biblical Israel and rejects the concept of Palestine. It states Arabs are not Palestinians and warns that further war could yield more Jewish territory to rightful owners, while criticizing Dr Voth and Dr Briggs.
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Amnesty International
Chile
Vicariate of Solidarity
Santiago
Junta
U.N
Palestine
Israel
Jordan
Land of
Notice of Southern California Edison rate increase
Enclosed bill shows an application for rate hikes for 1978 and 1979. The notice explains dates and locations for public comment sessions, a plan many may find inaccessible. The writer jokes about candles and fireplaces, suggesting the raise aims to curb electricity use.
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Southern California Edison
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Wes Alo
Daniel J. Ridder
Samuel C. Cameron
Miles E. Sines
Don Ohl
David Levinson
Bert Resnik
Pine Ave
Pinochet
U. N
Kurt Waldheim
Aftor
Terence A. Todman
Inter-American Affairs
DINA
Eugenio Velasco
New York Times
National Information Center
Todman
Waldheim
Pindchet
Tom Wicker
House of Representatives
Prince Charles
Palos Verdes
Long Beach
Mary
Land of Israel
Cilla Brown
Harold Vath
Menninger Foundation
Topeka
Kan
Dr. Vath
Karl Menninger
Vous
Dr. Menninger
Voth
Briges
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