Inflation Jump Sets Stage for Higher Prices and Hardship
Friday figures show consumer prices up eight tenths of a percent and wholesale prices up 1.1 percent from April. Analysts warn of a double digit inflation era, with food and energy costs rising 1.5 percent in April and the poor hit hardest as inflation outpaces wage growth. The piece urges the Carter administration to focus on inflation and zero based budgeting as a step toward a balanced budget.
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Labor Department
Carter
Spoleto Festival U S A opens in Charleston links Menotti to revival
Esquire praised Charleston as an ideal arts site in a city with rich cultural material. Spoleto Festival U S A opens May 25 and runs to June 5 directed by Gian-Carlo Menotti offering music opera dance drama film and mime with Tschaikovsky The Queen of Spades and Menotti The Consol. World premiere of Simon Gray play Otherwise Engaged also featured with limited admission events.
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Albert Goldman
New York
Charleston
D.C
Esquire Magazine
Goldman
Cambridge
U.S.A
Gian-Carlo Menotti
South
E.R.R
Thought For Today Moral Guideline Quote
A reflective note cites Matthew 7 12 or 2 12 urging reciprocity. The message encourages treating others as one wishes to be treated and links this ethic to the law and the prophets.
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Matthew
Dentist in a Political Toothache Satire
A narrator seeks urgent dental care from Dr Needles while a public relations skit pokes at politicians and polling, noting a campaign style for 1981. Cronkite-like commentary, misdirected calls, and mock policy talk frame a dental crisis as satire.
Bigger Mexican Army grows in size and stature
Foreign observers note Mexico is expanding and modernizing its armed forces. The Army and Air Force University and a new Military Academy symbolize a professional elite rising from 118000 personnel in 1976, with education aimed at internal security and potential influence on politics.
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Mexico
Colombia
Venezuela
Costa Rica
Manuel Avila Camacho
U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
Army
Air Force
Luis Echeverria
Echeverria
Mexico City
Tlatelolco
Oaxaca
Sierra Madre
Armed Forces University
Peru
Ecuador
Cuba
Panama
Realities of U S Vietnam ties beyond Nixon promises
Anthony Lewis argues for a practical US Vietnam relationship rooted in current realities. He cites Paris talks with Holbrooke and Hien, the UN admission pledge, and the aid controversy. He warns that tying embassy moves to aid risks undermining reconciliation while urging gradual normalization and continued economic engagement.
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Vietnam
Richard Nixon
Cambodia
Nixon
North Vietnam
U.S
America
Paris
Richard Holbrooke
Phan Hien
United States
United Nations
Kissinger - Ford
U.N
Carter
Holbrooke
Hien
Congress
House
Socialist Republic of Vietnam
John Ashbrook
Henry Kissinger
Kissinger
Holbrooke - Hien
Playing for Keeps in Washington reviewed by NYT ads
New York Times May 18 book section features a Dial Press release Playing for Keeps in Washington by Laurence Leamer. The ad promises a powerful portrait of Washington power brokers and includes upbeat quotes from Woodward, Leonard, and others. Leamer’s background includes mining research at Eccles No. 6 Mine and Harper's Magazine work.
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New York Times
Dial Press
Washington
Laurence Leamer
White House
Leamer
Edward Kennedy
Jack Anderson
Edward Bennett Williams
Washington Legal
Bob Woodward
Woodward and Bernstein
Washington Post
John Leonard
Walter Taylor
Washington Star
Eugene J. McCarthy
Eccles No. 6
Beckley
Eccles
the Register
John Hodel
Harper's Magazine
John
Bangladesh
Harper's the
Peace Corps
Nepal
Ford
Columbia (University
Simon and Schuster
Kennedy Health Myths Debunked by Blair Debuts
Washington Window discusses Joan and Clay Blair Jr. debunking myths about John F. Kennedy. They challenge the idea of a flawless president, revealing Kennedy’s chronic back problems and Addison's disease. They argue disclosure informs understanding of his character and choices.
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George Washington
Joan
Clay Blair Jr
Saturday Evening Post
Jfk
John F. Kennedy
Addison
Kennedy
Blairs
Clear Fork district to build high school between Colcord and Ameagle
The Clear Fork district votes overwhelmingly to establish a new high school opening next fall. It will be located between Colcord and Ameagle on land the board purchased, with annual operating costs around $6,000 and furnishing and equipment about $1,500. Allen Foster serves as president and G. B. Williams as secretary.
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Clear Fork
Colcord
Ameagle
Board of Education
Allen Foster
G. 8. Williams
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Needles
Dr. Needles
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Jimmy Carter
Wall Street
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N.Y. Times News Service
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Navy
Raleigh Register
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