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Washington Post, The (DC) - May 3, 1977
Belgian Central Bank governor Cecil de Strycker r |
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Belgian Central Bank governor Cecil de Strycker recommended yesterday that control over the floating of currencies on world markets be strengthened.In a speech to the Bankers' Association for Foreign Trade in Puerto Rico, he said he urged the move because "the market can't determine the right rates." ...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - June 8, 1977
Karen Lashman and Peter Hall Wed Here |
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Karen Elise Lashman and Peter Armstrong Hall were married Saturday, May 28 at River Road Unitarian Church in Bethesda. A garden reception followed.The bride is the daughter of Margot Rolland of Marlton, N.J. and Shelley B. Lashman, Esq. of Linwood, N.J. Ms. Lashman has a B.A. in international relations and economics from the School of International Service of the American University, and a master's degree in public administration from Harvard University. She works for the... |
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Washington Post, The (DC) - February 17, 1977
Senate< Not in session. |
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Senate Not in session.Committees: None.House Meets at 11:30 a.m. to hear Alexican President Jose Lopez Portillo.Committees: Agriculture - 9 a.m. Open. On Agri. Consumer Protect. Act. MC. 1301 Longnorth House Office Bldg.Appropriations - 9:32 a.m. Open. On helium fund rescission. H-140 Capitol.Appropriations - 1 p.m. Open. Agri. Subc. on Extension Serv. 2362 Rayburn House Office Bldg.Appropriations - 10 a.m. Open. Defense Subc. On FY '77...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - November 5, 1977
Key Group in Senate Urges Carter To Reappoint Burns as Fed Chief |
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An influential group of 10 senators, including four committee chairmen and Republican Leader Howard H. to reappoint Federal Reserve Board Chairman Arthur F. Burns, it was learned yesterday.In a letter to Carter, the senators said that "cosidering the present state of the national and world economy it would be the highest national interest" to reappoint Burns to a third term as chairman of the nation's central bank.The senators said they believed it...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - March 11, 1977
Fed Sees Banks as Stronger, Developing NOW Account Law |
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Federal Reserve Board chairman Arthur F. Burns said yesterday the nation's banking system "has past well beyond the worst of its recent difficulties and is in fact regaining strength steadily."Burns also told the Senate Banking Committee that his agency is working with congressional and bank regulatory officials to develop legislation that would permit banks nationwide to pay interest on checking accounts.The so-called NOW accounts, for...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - October 8, 1977
Carter's Failed Lobby Attempt |
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Proof that President Carter has not quite mastered the art of Congress-taming came when his lobbying efforts for unobstructed foreign aid resulted in failure, ending in a presidential exit from a meeting with more than 60 congressmen.Whether Carter was wise to summon House members to the White House to be lobbied on a less than transcendent issue is doubted even by his own congressional supporters. That can be excused on grounds of inexperience. But his error was compounded by a blunder on...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - May 12, 1977
Chile: Raising a Social Profile, Altering an Image With a Reception for a New Ambassador |
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Reprinted from yesterday's late editions.Chile, never a very visible country on the diplomatic social scene, altered that image Tuesday night when its still new ambassador to the Organization of American States, Maria OyarzuErrazuriz, gave a reception for Chile's new ambassador to Washington, Jorge Cauas."The fact is that we are not a rich country so our social budget is small," explained Herbert Nuller, a Chilean on the OAS staff,...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - May 14, 1977
Philippines Slum Leader Freed After U.S. Protest |
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A Manila slum leader was ordered freed yesterday apparently as a result of U.S. interest in her arrest and reports that she had been tortured.Philippines President Ferdinand E. Marcos ordered Trinidad Herrera, 35, released two days after the first story of her imprisonment appeared in the U.S press and a day after the State Department announced it had expressed deep concern to the Philippines government.It was understood the U.S charge d'affairs in Manila made U.S. concern...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - May 23, 1977
D.C.-Owned Bahamas Bank Closing for 'Irregularities' |
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A Nassau bank owned by a Washington company is being closed after discoveries of improper accounting, apprently related to insider-loans over several years.The local firm, International Bank of Washington, said the decision could lead to losses of $7.5 million.A financial services and industrial conglomerate, International Bank revealed over the weekend that its Mercantile Bank and Trust Company, Ltd., of Freeport, Bahamas is expected to be liquidated under the supervision of...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - November 30, 1977
Brandt Launches Drive On North-South Tensions |
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Former West German Chancellor Willy Brandt today named 16 persons - four of them former heads of government - who will join him on a commission to seek ways to reconcile the potentially explosive differences between the wealthier northern part of the world and the poorer south.Brandt, 64, who was asked to head the commission earlier this year by World Bank President Robert McNamara, has long held the view that the gap between the developing countries and those already industrialized is the...
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