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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...blueprint for a "post-Shah Iran," but that surely was part of his assignment. Another part: to ponder the impact of Iran's instability on nearby Saudi Arabia. U.S. officials are exceedingly worried about the vulnerability of this sparsely populated, semifeudal monarchy, which possesses the world's largest proven oil reserves (150 billion bbl.). Admits one Administration official: "It gives me the willies just thinking about Saudi Arabia...
...Glenn Igleheart, the "interfaith witness" director of the nation's largest Protestant group, the Southern Baptist Convention, warns against "overreaction" by parents of cult members or by the government. He urges fellow Christians to support "free religious expression" at the same time that they carefully scrutinize new faiths and "speak out against deviant beliefs and abuses against persons." Every new group should be examined carefully, he advises, and measured by such beliefs and practices as "the unquestioned lordship of Jesus Christ, the unimpeded right of each believer to communicate with God and use of the Bible as the norm...
...variety of styles and approaches to Christian mission." He adds that because of the "tenuous relations" between headquarters and local churches, he had only a "bare knowledge" of Jones' operation. That is remarkable, given the fact that Jones' Peoples Temple branches were two of the five largest congregations in the church and for a decade he had stirred more press controversy than any other clergyman in the denomination. An investigation by the Christian Church in California went nowhere. Officials are now trying to decide whether to alter cherished laissez-faire traditions and establish a procedure for throwing...
...eleven are on the way. Meantime, hotels that cater to the convention trade are being expanded or else threatened by newer, larger ones. Las Vegas' 2,783-room Hilton, the nation's roomiest, has been expanded twice in the past five years. It will become the nation's second largest hotel if, as planned, the 2,131-room New York Hilton adds 800 rooms. A world-class convention center or convention hotel may soon replace a first-rate symphony orchestra or a winning professional sports team as coveted civic status symbols...
...want it) and the tariff problems of heavy carriers. Representatives from all 51 A.T.A. state chapters listened, debated (often heatedly) and took notes. "Our company feels this is a way of life," said Newton Graves Jr., a vice president of Yellow Freight System, one of the nation's largest common carriers. "We have 15 people and their wives here. I have given each one of them a list of all the meetings we expect them to attend. They better go." Many trucking executives, like Graves, spent a good part of each day discussing new models and products with...