Agency chief questions fed fine decision
The New York Assembly oversight chief questions why the Justice Department seeks only a token fine against Gulf Oil for alleged uranium price fixing. He notes evidence to a grand jury but cites a 1975 end date and argues the cartel remained active, urging potential civil suits to recover profits and challenge the price structure.
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Bell
Justice Department
Department
United States
Mark Sheehan
Haddad
U.S
Con
Charitable Giving Surges 9.6 Percent To 35.20 Billion
Americans donated a record 35.20 billion to charities in 1977 led by individuals at 29.50 billion, 12.3 percent higher. Religious groups received 16.54 billion, health and hospitals 4.76, education 4.66, and social welfare 3.46, with United Way totaling over 1.2 billion. Corporate giving rose 9.91 percent to 1.57 billion while foundations fell 5.6 to 2.01 billion. Bequests declined 10.2 to 2.12 billion.
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United Way Movement
Bread price up nearly twelve cents since 1971
Washington AP reports the Agriculture Department notes a one pound loaf of white bread averaged 36.2 cents in March, up from 24.8 cents in 1971, with three years of high prices driven by grain exports and rising middleman costs. Wheat value rose 19 percent while retail bread climbed about 46 percent. A Labor Department report will help analyze April prices.
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Soviet Union
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Labor Department
Foreigners stay under protection in Lubumbashi
In Lubumbashi Zaire a group of foreign women and children fled the capital of Shaba province while others remain under Belgian protection. Belgian paratroopers arrived a day earlier and more whites are staying calm hoping the army will prevent a repetition of a massacre at Kolwezi.
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Kamina
Kolwezi
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Albuquerque
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Lenton
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Nash” Torres
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