Oil as Economic Weapon Threatens Western Domination
The essay warns oil power brokers threaten global balance by wielding oil as a weapon. It cites rising oil wealth, rising prices, and widespread investment in private industry. It calls for drastic oil cuts and rapid development of alternatives to avert a new oil-driven empire.
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Canada
West Germany
Treasuries
Saudi Arabia
IBM
Lockheed Aircraft
Germany
Krupp Company
Iran
Living Christmas Trees Benefit City Parks
Councilwoman Billie Gentry proposed using living Christmas trees donated by residents for landscaping. With help from the Parks Department and the Chamber of Commerce the plan grew with merchant and resident participation. The program beautifies parks saves landscaping costs and reduces tree cutting. This year the city and chamber sponsor the initiative again seeking broader community support.
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Billie Gentry
Parks Department
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Governors blame Ford absence at midwinter GOP meeting
Governors and governor elects meeting in St Louis vent frustration that President Ford did not attend to back party rebuilding after the November landslide. They criticize his foreign focus and WIN rhetoric while urging more responsive economic policy and direct engagement with the surviving GOP leaders.
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Rowland Evans
Robert Novak
ST Louis
Ford
Far East
White House
Christopher Bond
Missouri
Dean Burch
Las Vegas
Mr. Ford
William Seidman
James Falk
Seidman
Falk
Ken Cole
Jerry Ford
William Milliken
Michigan
BAC
Milliken
Nixon
New Hampshire
Meldrim Thomson
Arbour
GOP
William McLaughlin
On the Line USS Arizona victim speaks
An interview with Chief Bosa's Mate F X Clancy aboard Pearl Harbor highlights lingering effects of the 1941 attack. The dialogue covers wartime perceptions of Japan, postwar economies, and personal ties as Clancy recalls former shipmates and a Japanese wife.
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Bob Considine
Arizona
Bosa
F.X. Clancy
Clancy
Pearl Harbor
U.S. Navy
U.S. of A
Sukiyaki
Tempura
Detroit
South
Japan
Buddy
Waikiki
Bear Clancy
Tim Moriarity
Tim
Pearl
Letters to the Editor Require Real Signatures and Phone Numbers
The Progress notes many unsigned or pseudonymous letters lately and will withhold writer names when needed. Readers submitting letters must include a verifiable signature and a telephone number for staff confirmation.
Mailbag critique of Pop Warner practice discipline and safety
Michael F. Jarko of Scottsdale laments long practice delays and late releases for Pop Warner football players. He notes lack of public phones and pockets in uniforms, leaving youths waiting in darkness for rides and cites unsafe conditions and unrelated teen tragedy.
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Pop Warner
Michael F. Jarko
Scottsdale
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