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...Haney Howell who, while covering the same demonstration an hour later, was knocked to the ground and kicked by several policemen; he was hospitalized with painful bruises about his spleen. CBS protested directly to President Thieu, noting that the attack did violence to the already fragile image of democracy hi his country. To Hillenbrand, the ugly episode was a telling sign of political jitters hi Saigon. As always, he says, "when the going gets tough for the government, the secret police begin beating on the journalists...
...coffee table before him. Scattered at his feet are books that he has had little time for recently: Thomas Merton on Zen, Arnold Toynbee on the future, Idries Shah on Sufi parables. As the twilight fades, the soothing voice of Judy Collins drifts through the room from the hi-fi in the corner: " 'Cause she's touched your perfect body with her mind...
...Democrats are hopeful that their biggest victory hi the region will come in New York's gubernatorial contest. Congressman Hugh Carey, 55, an old-fashioned liberal given mod appeal by some adroit television ads, is running far ahead of Malcolm Wilson, 60, the earnest but lackluster incumbent who moved up from Lieutenant Governor when Nelson Rockefeller resigned last December. A poll published last month by Newsday, a Long Island newspaper, showed Carey leading Wilson by the surprising margin of 52% to 27%. Carey's strong showing has improved the once dismal prospects of his ticketmate: former U.S. Attorney...
...price of a product is closely related to the cost of producing the last unit of supply that is demanded by a buyer. No one anywhere in the world is pumping oil that costs $10 a bbl. to 'produce.' The cost of bringing up a barrel ranges from 100 hi Saudi Arabia to 600 in Venezuela to $3 or so in the U.S. OPEC'S defenders seem to have the notion that somehow market forces have never properly recognized the value of oil, that its price always should have been higher. This tosses rational economic analysis out the window...
...increase productivity. Second, increase fuel economy by trimming hundreds of pounds from the average 4,500 lb. weight of GM's full-size cars by 1978; that would doubtless increase sales of those models. Murphy also expects that material costs will ease fairly soon as demand cools hi the world economy...