Price trends forecast outruns common sense
An opinion piece satirically applies Manplan Consultants projections from 1973 to 2001, claiming prices for cars, homes, a Sunday Chronicle-Telegram, and basic goods would soar to absurd levels by 2001. The writer riffs on escalating costs, humorously suggesting a house built of rump roasts and printing the Chronicle on meat.
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Manplan Consultants
Manplan
del Spitzer
Elyria
Eastern Heights
Siberia Honeymoon for Christina Onassis in Moscow
Christina Onassis, newly married to a Soviet official in Moscow, chosen a Siberian honeymoon to escape prying eyes. The heiress inherits a $500 million shipping empire and prefers privacy, planning a post trip return to her in law’s cramped Moscow apartment. The tone notes irony about wealth and exile in Siberia.
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Christina Onassis
Moscow
The
Riviera
Skorpios
Siberia
Miss Onassis
No-helmet repeal blamed for rise in rider deaths
A Cleveland Post analysis argues that repealing the helmet requirement will increase motorcycle fatalities. Seven unhelmeted riders in Greater Cleveland have died since the law changed, with state fatalities rising 11 percent from 134 in 1976 to 149. the piece urges restoring helmet laws for rider protection.
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Greater
Cleveland
Ohio
Cuyahoga County
Sam Gerber
Columbus
Hospitals Face Battle Over Cost Containment Bill
Washington lawmakers and medical lobbyists clash over President Carter's hospital cost containment bill. Amendments dilute federal controls, with hospital groups and the AMA fighting to preserve costs while arguing patient care may suffer if cuts are forced. Senate and House committees pressure for progress amid fierce lobbying.
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Washington
UPI
Jimmy Carter
People’s Congress
White House
House Commerce Committee
Paul Rogers
D-Fiz
Jim Santini
D-Nev
Turkey
Santini
Tax revolt shapes fate of U S tax system
Washington traces tax origins to 1913 and notes modern outrage at a 6000 page code. It contrasts czarist levies with today’s complex exemptions. Proposes limits on spending and calls for voters to pressure lawmakers before tax reform spins out of control.
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Washington
Muscovy
Internal Revenue Service
America
The
Tax Foundation
California
Congress
Treasury
Safe streets for cyclists and joggers urged after crash
A hospital bed reflection argues for separated bike and pedestrian paths, safer routes, and sidewalks in new and old developments. The author cites 49,200 highway deaths last year including 8,500 pedestrians and 900 bicyclists, urging shift of some truck cargo to rail and dedicated high speed routes to reduce collisions.
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Legion
Los Angeles
Book Described as Inhibited and RadicalFlaming Review
The piece protests a provocative sex education book aimed at youths, written by an unemployed former Ivy League graduate. It accuses the author of promoting counterculture rhetoric, classroom disruption, and radical sexuality to minors, arguing the text warrants burning. The critique laments liberal literary tastes and urges parental vigilance.
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Vermont
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