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...nations that meets in Havana in early September. What remains a question is the attitude of Saudi Arabia. When the Saudis increased their daily oil production in early July by 1 million bbl., there were hints that they would do so for three to six months. How long this higher output will be sustained could depend on how the Saudis rate U.S. Middle East policy, especially the stand on the Palestinians...
...such a retrenchment has yet to appear. While the automakers are currently suffering through a sharp slump, retailers are reasonably happy. In fact, retail sales in July were actually 11% above what they had been in the same month last year, though much of that increase simply reflected higher prices. Moreover, Americans are still piling on installment debt at the brisk rate of $5 billion a month. Indeed, by the end of June they were in the hole for a record total of $292.5 billion, which is hardly a sign of consumer panic...
...under a layer of ooze almost 4 ft. thick. Rescue workers found bloated bodies half buried in the sediment and hanging from fences and tree branches. By week's end, some 1,100 corpses had been counted, and it seemed probable that the final toll would go even higher, not counting those killed in the 30-odd small villages between Morvi...
...temporary basis to fill factory and public service jobs. But in Britain, by contrast, most of the minorities are citizens; moreover, fully 40% of the country's nonwhites were born in Britain, and that proportion is swelling fast as a result of a birth rate that is 50% higher than the national average. Yet there is an almost unconscious refusal to accept them. In the last major poll on racial issues, taken by Gallup in February 1978, 49% thought that nonwhites should be offered financial help to return "home," as if they were not already there. Indeed, the British...
...most expensive aviation liability case to date. The record for damages is now held by the crash in 1974 of a Turkish Air lines DC-10 near Paris, which has so far cost its insurers some $68 million. But because of inflation and because the passengers were Americans with higher earning potential, the Chicago crash could cost as much as $200 million in claims, which may take several years to settle. Says one Los Angeles attorney: "I call it the megabucks of Chicago...