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...Thus, instead of running up a combined trade surplus of $15 billion, as expected before the oil emergency, these nations could have a trade deficit of $20 billion to $25 billion. U.S. officials, including Treasury Secretary George Shultz, believe that the current sky-high prices will exact such a toll on the world economy that "something has to give." Shultz last week urged the oil-producing nations to cooperate with the rest of the world in reducing prices and "scaling down the magnitude of the financial problem...
...Nixon daughters' marriages showing signs of stress? In the February issue of McCall's, David Eisenhower concedes that Watergate is taking its toll in his marriage to Julie. "It's hard on Julie," he says. "In her public appearances she always has to be friendly. At home she will bark at me now and then." Mostly, it seems, about sharing the housework. "No matter how hard I try to reassure her that letting down on household chores doesn't mean I feel any less affection, I get the sense she can't understand that." Meanwhile...
...shortened week has already taken its toll. Three million people are estimated to have been laid off. The British Steel Corp., whose cutbacks will send the most ripples through other industries, has laid off nearly half its 235,000-man work force. The company claims that for every week that the three-day week lasts it will take a full month to regain full operational production...
...higher reality was at hand, but like a burst of light in a dark room, it proved to be illusory. Poverty programs, free universities and Camelot gave way to Kent State, Cambodia and urban terrorism. The toll of death and deterioration set in: The Kennedys, King, Dak To, Khe Sanh, Watergate. The clenched fist replaced the V sign as idealists turned cynical. Dylan and his followers withdrew into a more personal and private world. After a near-fatal motorcycle accident in 1966, Dylan moved to his home in Woodstock, N.Y., and switched from participant to observer to chronicle the halcyon...
There is still a depressing mood of fear in Chile. Armed troops patrol Santiago's streets, and gunfire is frequently heard at night. Most observers now believe that the death toll is around 2,000, not 675 as the junta claims. Executions continue, though indiscriminate killings apparently have ceased. Several thousand political leftists are still being held in military prisons without trial. Political parties have been banned, and the junta indicates that the earliest it might allow elections would be in two years...