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Washington Post, The (DC) - October 9, 1977
On the Island of Our Fathers |
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IT IS A CRUISE for reflection. It is a cruise back to beginnings that one way or another touched half of modern America, perhaps more. It is a cruise without gaiety, a cruise that brings forth a torrent of questions. It is a trip that is over in two hours and yet may be one of the most affecting voyages you can take. It is the trip back to Ellis Island.Anchored in upper New York bay, just off the New Jersey coast, Ellis Island, named after a farmer who lived there in Revolutionary times,... |
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Washington Post, The (DC) - June 2, 1977
Major Banks' Intervention |
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Intervention by major central banks in the foreign exchange market totaled approximately $20 billion in the quarter ended April 30, about as much as in the preceding quarter, the New York Federal Reserve Bank said yesterday.The figure for both quarters compares with $16 billion in the quarter ended Oct. 31.Alan Holmes, executive vice president of the New York Fed, told a news conference that despite the large February-April total, the foreign exchange markets generally were free of... |
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Washington Post, The (DC) - October 7, 1977
Page Named Chairman of J. P. Morgan |
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Top executive changes were announced today for J. P. Morgan and Co., the prestigious bank holding company which is parent to Morgan Guaranty Trust Co. of New York, the country's fifth largest bank.Walter H. Page will be the next chairman and chief executive officer of both J. P. Morgan and Morgan Guaranty, succeeding Ellmore C. Patterson. 64, in the position on Jan. 1.Page 62, currently is president of the bank holding company and its chief subsidiary, and his succession... |
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Washington Post, The (DC) - August 14, 1977
Oh's Fans Get Ready To Celebrate His 756th As World Homer Mark |
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Meet Sadaharu Oh, a production-line toiler who for a change is happy in his work. The job is manual and repetitive - rapping a baseball over distant fences to tumultuous applause. As the undisputed home-run king of baseball-crazy Japan, Oh swings the fastest, meanest bat in the East. He makes $500,000 a year in salary and endorsements, is a genuine national hero and the living idol to every Japanese boy old enough to say "Yomiuri Gaints," the name of his team.He... |
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Washington Post, The (DC) - June 7, 1977
Gain Seen in Bank Loans |
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International bank lending is expected to increase by about 20 per cent this year, about the same gain as last year, the International Monetary Fund reported yesterday. International lending by banks last year was estimated at $65 billion."Bankers expect that gross loan demand of the non-oil-exporting developing countries will continue in 1977 at a level similar to 1976 and that it will also remain high for several industrial and more developed countries," the... |
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Washington Post, The (DC) - August 16, 1977
When Left Reaches Right |
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This is a story about the shadow world of American extremist politics.It is a world of stretched and blurred definitions, of arcane political gamesmanship and Byzantine interconnections where the political right at times seems to merge with the left. It may not make sense.But it demonstrates the huge and bizarre dimensions of American politics.Begin with the National Caucus of Labor Committees, an obscure New York-based organization.One of the most volatile and militant... |
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Washington Post, The (DC) - December 10, 1977
Secret Summit Focuses on Slowdown |
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Treasury Secretary W. Michael Blumenthal, Federal Reserve Chairman Arthur F. Burns and leaders of four other major powers met secretly in Paris last Saturday and agreed the world economy faces a new slowdown next year.There is even a danger, they concluded, of slipping into a new recession before the recovery from the current recession is completed.The one-day session was not prompted by the recent decline of the U.S. dollar - although that was discussed - or any other immediate... |
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Washington Post, The (DC) - May 25, 1977
Closer IMF-Bank Ties On World Loans Urged |
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Treasury Secretary W. Michael Blumenthal said last night that the next needed step to be considered in international monetary cooperation should be closer and regular ties between private bank loans and official scrutiny by the International Monetary Fund.In a speech in Tokyo and released here, Blumenthal said there is no alternative to a continued predominant role for priave bank lending to assist government borrowers, even though IMF resources must be increased.But he raised the... |
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Washington Post, The (DC) - July 8, 1977
Robber's Mother 'Did Right Thing' |
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Ronald Heiligh says he isn't mad at his mother, even though she called FBI agents and told them he had robbed a bank."I think she did the right thing for me." Heiligh said in an interview yesterday after pleading guilty to the bank robbery in U.S. District court here. "She's always done the right thing."Heiligh, 23, faces a possible maximum prison term of 25 years for the May 11 robbery he pulled with two other... |
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Washington Post, The (DC) - December 27, 1977
Sadat, Begin Report 'Progress' at Summit |
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President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menahem Begin wound up their summit today reporting "progress" toward an Israeli troop withdrawal from the Sinai and agreement on a format for continuing their quest for peace.The Egyptian and Israeli leaders admitted, however, that they remained far apart on the most difficult question confronting them - the future of the 1.1 million Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip and on the West Bank of the Jordan River.... |
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