Sneakers and tariffs reshape the New York sneaker market
A Eyewitness story follows a shopper in Forest Hills and a sneaker import expert through Manhattan. They explore why Adidas and other imports cost $34.99 to $66, driven by tariffs, production shifts, and American firms' slow adaptation. The piece cites Korea and Germany makers, tariffs around 60 percent, and a push for American-made computer controlled stitching to lower future prices.
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Athlete’s Shoe World
Austin Street
Forest Hills
Adidas Company
Adidas
Puma
Nike
Manhattan
Park Avenue
America
Pony
Korea
Pete
Ken Norton
Queens
Ear on Washington column highlights living stage and gossip
Washington Star note captures Ear on Washington columns with social satire, theater buzz, and political tidbits. Mentions Kreeger Theater Living Stage fundraiser, notable names like Gene McCarthy and Princess Yasmin Khan, and Inside Washington rumors about Carter era politics and literary deals.
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Steve
Living Stage
Sulgrave Club
Kreeger Theater
Gene McCarthy
Jimmy Symington
Steve Martindale Warble
David Lloyd Kreeger
Arena
Yasmin Kahn
Begin denies stalemate in Egyptian Israeli talks
Prime Minister Menachem Begin said there is no stalemate in the peace talks with Egypt and that Israel's cabinet will decide this week on steps toward a treaty. He returned from a 12 day U S and Canada trip amid continued negotiations as Sadat considers Carter's message and a possible U S compromise proposed by Cyrus Vance.
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Menachem Begin
Tel Aviv
United States
Canada
Begin
Moshe Dayan
Ezer Weizman
Anwar Sadat
Suez Canal
Ismailia
Carter
Cairo
al Ahram
Egypt
Sinai
Jordan West Bank
Gaza Strip
Sadat
Middle East
Washington
Hosni Mubarak
Mustafa Khalil
Ben-Gurion
U.S
Cyrus Vance
New York
Kennedy
Monks Claim Coffin May Hold John the Baptist in Egypt
Cairo reporter for Al Ahram cites monks at St. Makar monastery in Natroun Valley saying a coffin there contains John the Baptist’s remains. Scholars question authenticity, noting lack of medical or historical proof and noting the monks’ Dec 12 celebration. The site is near Cairo, and Egypt’s Coptic Church links the body to Alexandria in the 5th century.
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Cairo
Egypt
UPI
John the Baptist
Jesus Christ
al Ahram
John
Jesus
St. Makar Monastery
A.D
Natroun Valley
United States
Morton Smith
Columbia University
New York
Palestine
Alexandria
Seven killed in van crash during passing manuever
Seven people died when two vans collided while attempting to pass a car on Upper Saddle River Road near Albert Street in Upper Saddle River New Jersey. The head on crash at 11 07 p m involved two brothers from Allendale and Waldwick in one van and five occupants from Westwood and Upper Saddle River in the other. The Bergen County medical examiner described severe injuries among the teen drivers and passengers.
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Upper Saddle River
N.J
UPI
Stuart Stricklett
Allendale
Roger
Stricklett
Waldwick
Upper Saddle River Road
Albert Street
Mark
Westwood
Maria van Beers
Louis V. Napolitano
Bergen County Medical Examiner's Office
Carter prayers keep campaign promise with evangelical leaders
President Carter spent nearly four hours in prayer and scripture study at Harold Hughes farm in Maryland with a group of evangelical Christians including Harold Hughes and Doug Coe. The White House said the meeting extended 45 minutes beyond schedule as Carter reaffirmed his pledge to pray.
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Royal Oak, Md
UPI
Carter
Harold Hughes
Hughes
White House
Gail Doar
Iowa
The
Assisi Religious Foundation
Maryland
Dewey Bartlett
R-Okla
Lawton Chiles
D-Fla
Pete Domenici
R-N.m
Sam Nunn
Georgia
Hughes Farm
Dave Faulkner
Assisi
Larry Woolford
Charles Parker
Rosalynn
Coe
Marine One
Right to know if used cars are lemons proposal and reaction
The FTC staff urged mandatory inspections and written disclosures on used cars to reveal defects and odometer tampering. Cars marked Not OK would require repair cost estimates. private sales would be exempt. Industry groups warned prices could rise and challenge the FTC's authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
NACA
Fire kills mother and five children in Alliance home
A mother Agnes Ward 38 and five children Tonia 14 Tammy 12 Tabatha 11 Trista 8 and Troy 6 died in a two story brick duplex fire on Alliance outskirts. Cause undetermined. The home was among the oldest in the Alliance area.
Federal inquiry urged into Cleveland carnival indictments
W Q Walker publisher of the Call and Post urged a federal probe into indictments of seven black councilmen and others over a carnival kickback scandal. He labeled the politically charged cases racist and said only federal action can uncover truth and restore public confidence in justice for black people. The Oct 27 indictments covered 18 people and 498 charges, including bribery and organized crime, the largest against Cleveland officials.
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Cleveland
UPS
W.Q. Walker
Call and Post
Walker
Griffin Bell
Council
George L. Forbes
Battisti approves Cleveland desegregation plan
Chief Federal Judge Frank J. Battisti approves an 11 part plan to desegregate 20121 junior high students in the Cleveland Public School District. The plan desegregates 17 schools and uses about 0 buses to transport 8500 students. Battisti lauds the board and Superintendent Peter P. Carlin and orders weekly progress reports beginning November 15.
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Cleveland
UPI
Cleveland Public
Frank J. Battisti
Peter P. Carlin
Cleveland School Board
Battisti
Saxbe Says Politics Lacks Fun For Era Of Scrutiny
Former state and U S Attorney General William B Saxbe told the Fellows of the Ohio State Bar Foundation that politics has changed from backroom bargaining to pervasive scrutiny. He recalled how bills were traded in the past and noted today there is little privacy and a presumed corruption attached to politics.
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Columbus
UPI
U.S
William B. Saxbe
India
Ohio State Bar Foundation
Saxbe
Mechanicsburg
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Tom Bleasdale
United Shoe Machinery Co
Beverly
Mass
Ear
Diana McLellan
Washington Star
Angels
Ritzy
Cesar
Jimmy Carter
Village
Rick Hutto
Ear Hears
Civil Service Commission
Interior
Congress
Bertel] Oliman
Bert
N.Y.U
U of Maryland
Simon and Schuster
Italy
Mondadori
Duke Ziebert
Joe Califano
GSA
Gsaers
John Durkin
D-N.h
Federal
Providence
Richard M. Nixon
Trader Vic’s
Stansfield Turner
Carol Channing
Theodore Gaster
Barnard College
West Bank
Gaster
Eric Borloz
Thomas Carroll
Brian Hayhurst
Napolitano
Richard Halvorsen
4Th Presbyterian Church of
Bethesda
William Milliken
Richard Felgenhauer
Robert P. Mallon
National Automotive Dealers Association
Ohio News
Russo
Kucinich
Basil Russo
Dennis J. Kucinich
Florida
Andrew Janiewicz
Bell
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