Word: detroit
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Minnesota 5, Detroit...
Instead of fooling with "monetary aggregates" and free-floating interest rates--which the public doesn't understand, and would probably fight if it did--the federal government could take steps to enforce gasoline conservation, either directly by legislated requirements for Detroit or indirectly by an exorbitant gas tax that would force car-makers to produce more efficient autos. There would be inevitable problems to work out, but the public would see a concrete step against inflation much more comprehensible and palatable than Volcker's fiddling...
While the President was crisscrossing the country, Vice President Walter Mondale was also on the road, seeking money and support for 1980. His loyal labors in St. Louis, Detroit, Cleveland and Pittsburgh became a touch less onerous in light of one of Carter's press conference statements. Asked who his running mate might be next year, the President did not duck the question. Said Carter: "Fritz Mondale and I have a very good partnership and I have no plans whatsoever to change...
...Detroit Mayor Coleman Young vs. Georgia's Julian Bond, Chip Carter vs. former Congressman Allard Lowenstein, Miss Lillian vs. all comers. It was White House clout against Kennedy cachet, a rush of federal block grants and prestigious appointments against a hint of similar largesse tomorrow. It was who had the buses and got enough of them to the polls. It was, alas, Florida and its distressingly premature launching of the 1980 presidential race...
...White Sox with Thad Bosley and Dick Dotson for Chris Knapp, Dave Frost and Brian Downing; traded to Texas for Claudell Washington and Rusty Torres; went to Cleveland with Len Barker for Jim Kern and Larvell Blanks; 90. Harvey Kuenn sent to Cleveland for Rocky Colavito, who went to Detroit; 91. Dartmouth; 92. Columbia; 93. California; 94. Duke; 95. UCLA; 96. UMass; 97. UNH; 98. U. Western Michigan; 99. University of South Alabama; 100. Pete Varney; 101. Rich Reese; 102. Tom Zachry; 103. Jack Billingham; 104. Hank Aaron, Willie Mays, Tommie Harper, Ken Williams, Bobby Bonds; 105. Dickie Kerr, Eddie...