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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Opponents of SALT II got some strong support from former President Gerald Ford. In Vladivostok in 1974 he had begun the negotiating process that led to the proposal now before the Senate. Ford said he could not back the treaty without the assurance that the U.S. would increase its military spending. Said he: "To use SALT as an answer to our defense needs is the most dangerous kind of wishful thinking...
...Kennedy, his equally unannounced challenger, Jimmy Carter had publicly evoked a shattering political image: Chappaquiddick. Carter's first reference came during a meeting with a group of news editors at the White House. Asked about the significance of polls on presidential popularity, he replied: "I think we have got a superb record . . . of course, your own character assessment, the reputation you have for being steady in an emergency . . . these things become much more important than the relatively transient public opinion polls...
...Bokassa regime in 1978 in protest over its atrocities, staged anti-French demonstrations when his departure from Paris was held up by technicalities. At week's end Patasse castigated Dacko as an accomplice of Bokassa and demanded he resign. Part of it, no doubt, was pique that Dacko got there first; reportedly, Patasse had been plotting a coup...
...financially straitened Chrysler Corp. got a felicitously timed lift last week in its drive to persuade Washington to approve federal guarantees for loans from private banks. The Economic Development Administration decided to guarantee loans totaling $111.1 million for the Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. to install pollution control equipment. Though that guarantee was granted under a special Administration program to help steelmakers meet the heavy cost of complying with environmental rules, Chrysler officials are sure to cite it as a precedent in their push for much bigger guarantees...
General Motors builds 70% of all big cars today, and they make a $2,000 profit on them while we're making $700 on little cars. On top of that, they've got Sevilles selling at $5,700 profit per car; we don't have those baubles in our candy store. And GM is the price leader; it's not going to raise its prices $ 1,000 on little cars just so we can break even. We're the underdog, but that means we've just got to do it smarter...