Upside Down World Moments Rally as Willig Climbs WTC Wall
United Press International notes odd checks of reality as George Willig climbs the 110 story World Trade Center in New York drawing a $250,000 potential bill from city officials later negotiated to 249,998.90 in coins per floor law. The piece also cites Adm Hyman Rickover steering a nuclear submarine under Carter and Singlaub’s Korea dismissal as further signs of a world gone topsy turvy.
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Sandpoint
City Beach
K.F
Arnold Sawislak
United Press International
Washington
Earth
George
Willig
Queens
World Trade Center
New York
Abraham Beame
Hyman Rickover
Jimmy Carter
Atlantic
Singlaub’s career tumble and Romania coal deal
A scrambled narrative shows General Singlaub ordered home from Korea after a perceived error, reassigned then made chief of staff at US Army Forces Command. The piece also cites Armand Hammer and Occidental Petroleum plans investing in a Buchanan County coal mine with Island Creek Coal hiring to mine for a Bakkan regime, amid broad questioning of logic.
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Carter
Armand-Hammer
Occidental Petroleum, Co
Romania
Buchanan County
Virginia
Occidental
Island Creek Coal Co
Banking Industry Faces New Era of Competition
Clarence Zaitz reports from San Diego on Regulation Q which caps deposit interest and shields institutions from fierce price battles. Maurice Mann of the Federal Home Loan Bank in San Francisco warned savers and lenders that Congress may end Regulation Q, signaling a coming shift and urging preparations for a changing banking landscape.
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Clarence Zaitz
United Press International
San Diego
Savings and Loan
Congress
Maurice Mann
Federal Home Loan Bank
San Francisco
National Savings and Loan League
Mann
Press Target For Leftist Bullets: Italian Newsrooms Targeted
In Italy the Red Brigades attacked editors and reporters in Rome Milan Genoa and Florence amid a media freedom crisis. Attacks included leg shootings car arsons bomb threats and a hijacked delivery van. Officials warn the press faces systemic pressures threatening democracy.
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Ernest Sakler
United Press International
Rome
Red Brigades
Red‘ Brigades
Vittorio Bruno
Genoa
Seco
Indro Montanelli
Milan
Il’ Giornale
Emilio Rossi
Rai-Tv
Florence
Massa
Red Brigade
Social Democratic
Luigi Preti
Guilio Andreotti
Christian Democrats
Montanelli
Alessandro Curzi
Press Fedaakian
Benito Mussolini
Burma's fragile regime faces rising insurgency and isolation
Burma under Ne Win confronts a growing multiethnic rebellion from Shan and Karen factions aided by China and communists. The regime struggles with smuggling blocked trade, opium cultivation in the Golden Triangle, and dwindling foreign imports while military force fights to hold control over 250,000 troops amid widespread discontent.
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Paul Vogle
United Press International
Bangkok
Thailand
Burma
Asia
Czechosloovakia
Rangoon
Ne Win
Burma Socialist Program Party
Union of Burma
Panser
China
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