Prop 13 debate ties tax revolt to family backlash
The article weighs Proposition 13 as a possible backlash against government growth in family life. It notes analysts from a New Orleans convention question whether tax-limiting measures reflect a desire to reclaim parental authority. It argues lower taxes help families but stresses stronger family responsibility for future moral values.
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American Home Economics Association
New Orleans
Florence R. Skelly
Saudi money pours into U S as Saudi ties grow in Washington
A 1978 Chronicle-Telegram examination finds Saudi Arabia expanding influence in U.S. politics and finance. It details large private investments by Saudis in American banks, Fannie Mae bonds, AT&T and its affiliates, U S Steel, PG&E, and real estate, led by figures such as Adnan Khashoggi and Ghaith Pharaon. The piece notes treasury caution yet ongoing Saudi holdings estimated at 50 to 70 billion dollars and warns of potential policy leverage from petrodollar wealth.
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U.S
Lewis Boden
Treasury
America
Boden
Ghaith R. Pharaon
Jimmy Carter
Bert Lance
John Connally
Fanny Mae
Robert Bennett
Riyadh
Khashoggi
Colorado
Salt Lake City
Ghaith Pharaon
Louisiana
New Orleans
Baton Rouge
Arabian Services Corporation
Houston
Pharaon
Securities and Exchange Commission
Adnan Khashoggi
Oil States
Saudi Arabia
Enlisted Dummies Rally Through History Says Aspin
A satirical reel portrays Congressman Aspin urging lowering standards to fill ranks, tracing a chain of presidents from Washington to Carter reacting to recruiting woes. It mocks slogans and wartime myths, ending with a jab at not labeling groups as dummies in an election year.
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Les Aspin
Pentagon
Aspin
George Washington
Valley Forge
Continental Congress
Joshua Aspin
Washington
New Jersey
Albania
Fongst
James Madison
Lake Erie
Navy
Ebenezer Aspin
James Monroe
America
Abraham Lincoln
New York
Lincoln
Jubal Aspin
Battle of
Bull Run
Asps
Gettysburg
Wilkes-Barre
James E. Carter
Carter
Washington focus on Soviets and tax cuts
Washington focus reports Soviet court penalties facing two American journalists accused of slander and seeking retractions with possible damages and criminal charges. It notes rising tax-cut momentum, Prop 13 echoes nationwide, inflation fears in the Soviet Union, and Moscow’s complaints with U.S. China Japan relations. Also warns about unsafe dams after last year’s Georgia disaster.
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Soviet Union
Kremlin
United States
China
Japan
Tokyo
Peking
NATO
Leonid Brezhnev
Washington
Georgia
Army Corps of Engineers
The Big Bang Theory Asks Why We Are Here
Scientists translate the universe’s birth into a quest for truth. They trace a dense early mass exploding into galaxies racing apart, with light as afterglow. The narrative blends physics history, Bell Labs radiation hints, and Lecomte du Nouy’s controversial views on chance and purpose.
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Bell Laboratory
Outer
Space
Lecomte du Nouy
du Nouy
Vast cosmos and eluding God in a glass of chalk
The piece muses on scale from a mite inside elephant skin to the universe expanding then slowing its pull toward a cataclysmic return. It contrasts scientific certainty with faith, noting astronomers worry about the Big Bang while many cling to biblical fire as next.
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