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...long struggle between the White House and Congress over national energy policy moved closer to a showdown last week. After waiting out a fruitless two-month truce to give the House and Senate time to wrap up an acceptable package of energy legislation, President Ford ordered a phasing out of Government price controls on U.S.-produced oil over the next two years. The move could more than double the price of about two-thirds of the nation's oil output-a prospect that is anathema to many of the Democrats, who hold commanding majorities in both House and Senate...
...Radcliffe doubles team of Lissa Muscatine and Denise Thal was ceeded second in last weekend's Seven Sisters (and Ivy) Tournament held at Vassar, making it look like a repeat of last year's tournament, which ended with a showdown with Princeton's number one team in the finals...
...time being, the P.R.G. issued its 48-hour ultimatum to Thieu. Around the same time, South Viet Nam's top generals met with Thieu at Independence Palace and bluntly presented him with a message of their own: his resignation was the only way to avoid a disastrous military showdown with the Communists. Thieu accepted the verdict on the spot...
...week's end Saigonese were clinging to the hope that a military showdown would never come about. In the capital, blue and gold banners that would have been banned only a week ago rippled over busy streets: FOR PEACE AND NEGOTIATION, NOT BLOODSHED...
Forced Retreat. Not one to accept desanctification without a struggle, the prodigal son decided to return to India for the first time in two years for a showdown with his mother and brother. He scheduled a mass rally last week in the city of Lucknow, a Divine Light stronghold in northern India, but was forced to retreat when local officials refused permission for the meeting. So the guru called a press conference and announced that he would deal with his mother and his brother through a lawsuit. After all, he reasoned, nobody can oust the Lord...