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...appropriate slightly more than $2 billion for 760,000 additional summer jobs for youths and a six-months extension of some 310,000 public service jobs. On the other hand, Ford roundly criticized Congress for appropriating more funds than he has recommended to stimulate the economy. And, White House spokesmen suggested to reporters that the 1975 budget deficit may be closer to $80 billion than Ford's original projection of $52 billion...
...Fatah, the largest Palestinian fedayeen group, claimed responsibility for the attack. That was something of a shock, since Fatah is headed by Yasser Arafat, chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization, who is regarded by many Arabs as a relatively moderate Palestinian leader. The raid, Fatah spokesmen explained, was to hamper the peacemaking efforts of the U.S. Secretary of State, who has steadfastly refused to consider undertaking any negotiations with the P.L.O. On the rubber boat that brought the fedayeen ashore in Tel Aviv, Israeli officials found a crudely scrawled English graffito: KISSINGER'S EFFORTS WILL FAIL...
...much truth to the argument that even if the U.S. had no Jewish population, U.S. policy would have been very similar to what it was. But the U.S. does have a Jewish population, one that is articulate and aware, and a much smaller Arab population with few influential spokesmen for the Arab cause. That surely did make a difference in the images of both sides in the conflict that were presented to the American people, and in the quantity of news about the Israelis, as opposed to the Arabs...
...sometime speech writer, helps the Office of Public Liaison set up its "field conferences" with the public, and acts as one White House link with Jewish organizations. He also represents the interests of the arts and humanities to the President; he recently arranged a White House meeting for spokesmen for higher education who were eager to make their resources available for federal programs...
...quarter; but on a pretax basis the company lost $46 million. Many Wall Street analysts expect the company to report more big losses for the first few months of this year. American Motors managed to clear $13 million in 1974, but that was down 84% from 1973, and AMC spokesmen warn that the next few months will be "very unfavorable...