| 691. |
Washington Post, The (DC) - December 9, 1977
Marcos Strongly Hints He Will Spare Key Foe |
|
| |
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos indicated strongly tonight that he would not allow his leadign political opponent, Benigno Aquino, to be executed despite a death sentence imposed on the former senator by a military tribunal.Asked during an interview in Malacanang Palace about statements by political observers here that he would prevent the execution, Marcos said: I guess they know me as much as I know myself. They are probably correct, but you see I can't say anything...
|
|
| 692. |
Washington Post, The (DC) - November 2, 1977
RECORD HOLDINGS |
|
| |
Japan's foreign reserves-including gold, convertible currencies and special drawing rights-soared in October to a record $19.58 billion, up to $1.71 billion from September, the Finance Ministry said.Bank analysts said the increase reflected about $1.5 billion in dollar purchase intervention by the Bank of Japan aimed at slowing the drop in value of the U.S. dollar against the yen in Tokyo. ...
|
|
| 693. |
Washington Post, The (DC) - November 2, 1977
MONEY RATE |
|
| |
The annual growth rate of Japan's broadly based money supply rose to 11.3 per cent in September from 10.9 per cent in August. The bank of Japan said, however, the rate was down from 15.0 per cent in September, 1979. ...
|
|
| 694. |
Washington Post, The (DC) - October 27, 1977
U.S. to Back 3. Africa Arms Ban |
|
| |
The United States has decided to support a mandatory U.N. embargo on all arms sales to South Africa administration sources said yesterday.It is doing so in an effort to head off a stronger sanction to ban all trade with South Africa, an action U.S. delegates think would be vetoed in the Security Council, one source said.President Carter is expected to be asked at his news conference today about U.S. policy on South Africa which last week banned 18 anti-apartheid organizations, closed...
|
|
| 695. |
Washington Post, The (DC) - October 17, 1977
PLO Taking Harder Line On Geneva |
|
| |
Professing dissatisfaction with the U.S.- Israeli formula for a Geneva peace conference, the Palestine Liberation Organization appears to have hardened its position on the issue of Palestinian representation at the Middle East talks.Initial hints of flexibility from the Palestinians and their supporters in Syria have given way to renewed militancy.Secretary of State Cyrus Vance said last week that the question of Palestinian representation was "for the parties to...
|
|
| 696. |
Washington Post, The (DC) - October 16, 1977
GURDJIEFF |
|
| |
We listen to our own thoughts when learning, therefore we cannot hear new thoughts, only by new methods of listening and studying . . .Georgi I. Gurdjieff THE AGE of Aquarius. The Post-Industrial State. The Me Generation. The New Age . . .It is as though people were finally rebelling against the sensory overload of the media, were finding themselves numbed by the bombardment of television, magazines, Muzak, billboards, newspapers, telephone solicitors, street-corner handbill...
|
|
| 697. |
Washington Post, The (DC) - October 15, 1977
Citicorp Center Takes Its Place In Manhattan |
|
| |
The jauntily slant-top Citicorp Center, the newest addition to Manhattan's famed skyscraper silhouette, was formally dedicated earlier this week and is already a notable success is terms of economics, architecture, planning and energy conservation.Constructed in a period when few other buildings were going up in New York - because of a deeply depressed real estate market that was also saturated with office space - the 59-story Citicorp Center opens almost fully leased. Its...
|
|
| 698. |
Washington Post, The (DC) - October 13, 1977
Shipbuilding Company Gives $2,500 to Dalton |
|
| |
A Norfolk shipbuilding firm whose president and other key officers were convicted of conspiring to bribe U.S. Navy inspectors three years ago has given $2,500 to the Virginia gubernatorial campaign of Republican candidate John N. Dalton.The donation disclosed yesterday in a list of Dalton's campaign contributions and expenditures came from the Norfolk Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., the city's largest private employer.The check was signed by company president...
|
|
| 699. |
Washington Post, The (DC) - September 28, 1977
Israel's Conditions for Geneva Talks Criticized by Jordan's Envoy to U.S. |
|
| |
Israel's conditions for opening Geneva peace talks with a single Arab delegation put the conference "back to square one" Jordan's special envoy to Washington said yesterday.What Isreal has accepted would produce only "a cosmetic" conference, said Abdul Hamid Sharaf, chief of King Hussein's royal court. Sharaf is scheduled to meet today with President Carter. The president will also confer today with Syrian...
|
|
| 700. |
Washington Post, The (DC) - September 25, 1977
Arlington Approves Cable TV Financing |
|
| |
The Arlington County Board yesterday approved a $6.7 million financing plan that will permit the construction of the Washington area's first county-wide cable television system. The 30-channel system is expected to begin broadcasting next April.The Board, which licenses cable television in Arlington, unanimously approved a financing plan for the system under which Northern Virginia stockholders would retain a majority interest in the Arlington Tele Communications Corp (ARTEC),...
|
|
