Opinion and Comment As We See It Free Enterprise Under Siege
A columnist decries rising cynicism toward business in America. He cites Gallup and Harris polls showing public misperceptions of corporate profits and taxes, notes poor economics education, and argues for defenders of capitalism to articulate its value. He cites Abraham Lincoln and Schumpeter on prosperity, thrift, and the need to defend free enterprise.
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America
Gallup
U.S
Opinion Research Corp
Sylvia Porter
United States
Abraham Lincoln
Brotherhood of Man
Harris
Washington, D.C
Guy Vanderdagt
R-Mich
Washington
Joseph Schumpeter
Shanghai
Mao
Chou Enlai
Chu-teh
V.I. Lenin
Georgia
Michigan
Pennsylvania
New York
California
Shah's oil price quarrel ruffles White House notes
Washington brief outlines internal administration criticism of the shah of Iran during a White House visit. Officials say higher oil prices push inflation and that Western buyers face costs from oil exporters actions. A separate report recounts a four hour sea chase off Todos Santos for marijuana smugglers, ending with one suspect killed and 800 pounds seized.
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Washington
Iran
White House
Ford
Shah
Coast Guard
Why keep on aiding Laos in the wake of Pathet Lao rise
The piece argues the United States should end AID to Laos after the Pathet Lao seized power and hostages. It warns continued unconditional aid risks propping a regime that offers no leverage, risks including diplomatic rupture, and suggests focusing aid on allies like South Korea instead.
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US Agency For International Development
Laos
Pathet Lao
U.S
Prince Souvanna Phouma
Saigon
Vientiane
Thailand
U S
United States
Indochina
Cambodia
South Vietnam
South Korea
North Vietnamese
Time machine misfires to a bleak 2000
A narrator visits friend Mad Marvin an eccentric engineer who builds a time device. After trying the machine the narrator ends up briefly glimpsing past and future eras before landing in the year 2000, only to find nothing hopeful.
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Mad Marvin
Marvin
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October League
Soviet Union
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Chicago
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