Oil price rise debated by Congress
Congress debate over President Carter energy plan centers on how to raise oil prices to curb wasteful use. The piece traces historical price controls, OPEC's rise, and proposed shifts between taxation and price controls, noting economists warn of misaligned domestic and world prices and potential compromise ideas.
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Bob Monroe
Associated Press
NEW York
Congress
Carter
National Energy Plan
U.S
United States
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
OPEC
Cost of Living Council
Ford
Lichtblau
Pindyck
Massachusets Institute of Technology
John Lichtblau
Petroleum Industry Research Foundation
Grafton Editor Gripes and Pressroom Pains Exposed
Column lists editor realities from delays and late interviews to weather at games and ruined obituaries. It catalogs conflicts with politicians, fire alarms, faulty equipment, bad handwriting, broken film, slow meetings, and the scramble to meet deadlines. It notes the daily grind behind news and photos.
Houseplants Take Over a President's Living Room
Art Buchwald humorously recalls how a gift of houseplants over the years transformed his home into a jungle. The growing foliage overwhelms rooms, blocks the TV, reshapes dining space, and even traps family members, with comical danger from vines, pests, and a looming leafy apocalypse.
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Shenandoah
Quotes and quips on trust and power from public figures
A collage of remarks from Bella Abzug Studs Terkel Marshall Efron David Frost Richard Ben-Veniste Tom Wicker and Andy Tobias plus Jesse Winchester. The quotes discuss trust in leaders, FBI spying on feminism, memories of Nixon and Kennedy, luck versus brains in investing, and a musician’s reaction to pressure, reflecting media culture and politics of the era.
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Bella S. Abzug
Mas
FBI
David Frost
Richard Nixon
von Re
Richard Ben-Veniste
Watergate
Banyan trees grow downward with multiple trunks
A reader asks about trees with many trunks. The banyan grows downward from the branches, sending shoots to the ground where they root and become trunks. An island once called Ceylon reportedly has about 350 large trunks and over 3,000 smaller ones.
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Ceylon
A Moment of Prayer and Courage Amid Fear
A fragmented reflection notes fear limiting courage in people, referencing a moment of prayer and belief, and mentions avid Sarnoff as an American electronics engineer.
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Avid Sarnoff
History highlights for June 6 1944 D Day and more
On this date in 1944 Allied forces landed on Normandy beaches marking D Day. Other events include the Peace of Copenhagen ending Sweden Denmark conflict in 1660, Nathan Hale born in 1755, Alsace annexed to Germany in 1871, Yorktown sunk in 1942, James Meredith at Ole Miss in 1086, and a 427 miners death in Rhodesia. Birthdays include the Dalai Lama and Elmer Staats. Thought for today notes debt and misery share a road.
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Normandy
France
Copenhagen
Sweden
Denmark
Baltic
Nathan Hale
Coventry
Connecticut
Alsace
Germany
U.S
Yorktown
London
Dalai Lama
Elmer Staats
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