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Washington Post, The (DC) - October 9, 1977
Atlantic City Still Waiting to Cash In |
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Almost a year after the vote that was to transform a crumbling resort one supporter calls "Newark-by-the-sea" into the butterfly of East Coast playgrounds, America's living Monopoly board still isn't much past "Go."The talk along the boardwalk and in the offices on Atlantic Avenue is of giant new hotels, elegant restaurants, new shops for Gucci, Cartier and Harry Winston, and high-rolling customers who will be drawn...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - September 8, 1977
Merlin Smelker, HUD Economist |
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Merlin Smelker, 66, a retired senior economist with the Department of Housing and Urban Development, died Monday at Washington Hospital Center after a long illness.He had joined HUD when it was established in 1965, and retired in 1970. He helped formulate the open housing, public facilities and urban mass transit programs of the department.Before joining HUD, Mr. Smelker had been with the Housing and Home Finance Agnecy, the Federal Home Loan Bank Administration and the Budget... |
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Washington Post, The (DC) - July 17, 1977
Issue of Human Rights Complicates Relations With Dozens of Nations |
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On June 20, the White Warriors Union, a right wing terrorist organization in El Salvador, notified 47 Jesuit priests that they must leave the country in 30 days or risk becoming "military targets."That kind of report from a small Central American country would probably have received only routine attention at the State Department at one time. But the Department's response in the era of President Carter's human rights policy has been anything...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - April 30, 1977
John A. Quinn Dies at 62, Contracting Firm Head |
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John A. Quinn, 62, head of a mechanical contracting firm bearing his name, died of a heart attack April 19 while on vacation in Glendalaugh, County of Wicklow, Ireland.He founded John A. Quinn, Inv., in 1950. The Rockville firm became one of the largest plumbing, heating, ventilating and air conditioning contractors in the area.The company worked on numerous residential developments, high-rise apartments and office buildings here and in the Ocean City, Norfolk and Baltimore areas....
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Washington Post, The (DC) - March 30, 1977
Senate< Meets at 10:30 a.m. |
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Senate Meets at 10:30 a.m.Committees: Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Subcomte on Production - 10 a.m. Open.Tobacco production, control, price and support program; Sen. Thurmond; William Lanler, Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service. 322 Russell Office Bldg.Appropriations Subcomte on Agriculture - 9 a.m. & 1:30 p.m. Open. FY '78 appropriations bill; Public witnesses; agric. secy. Bob Bergland. 1224 Dirksen Office Bldg....
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Washington Post, The (DC) - February 17, 1977
British Sign Loan Pact |
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Agreements for a $1.5 billion, seven-year loan to the British treasury were signed in London yesterday, the Bank of England said.The loan, announced last month, is being provided by a consortium led by the five main commercial banks in London, the four largest West German banks, three U.S. banks and the Royal Bank of Canada.The agreement provides that the British treasury will draw $1 billion of the total in the next six weeks, with the remaining $500 million to be drawn within six...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - December 10, 1977
Sadat Drive Weakens Palestinians |
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Less than a week after the Palestinian guerrilla movement formally overcame its differences, only Israeli propaganda seems prepared to take the nominal hard-line policy seriously.Influential guerrilla officials privately concrede that pure tactics dictated the alignment in Tripoli of Yasser Arafat's umbrella Palestine Liberation Organization with the hard-line theses of the minority "rejection front" that opposes any dealings with Israel.Those...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - November 12, 1977
Westgate/Westpark: Market in Tune |
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It seems only yesterday that Tysons Corner was just the sleepy intersection of Routes 7 and 123 in Fairfax County and cows were grazing on what now is the Westgate/Westpark industrial park.Legend has it that a man named Tyson once has a small general store on the intersection whose name now rings big bells in the world of business and real estate development. In the past dozen years years a phalanx of shopping, business, commerce and residential development has emerged within and around...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - October 22, 1977
BRANCH BANKING |
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The South Korean government has authorized the Continental Illinois Bank of Chicago and the International Bank of Singapore to open branches in Seoul, it was announced yesterday. ...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - August 21, 1977
Groucho Is Gone - Humor Lingers On |
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The world's sorrow at the death of legendary comedian Groucho Marx has been tempered with humor - his own.Dick Cavett, television performer and humorist, recalled a birthday note he received from Marx: "Happy birthday. PS - If you keep having birthdays, you'll eventually die. Love, Groucho."Groucho, who died Friday night at the age of 86 after a long bout with pneumonia, was eulogized by fellow entertainers as one of the all-time greats... |
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