Horseback Ride Proves To Be Costly Travel Mode
North Carolina State University engineering students compare a seven day car trip to the west coast with a 2800 mile horse journey. Car uses 100 gallons of gas about $50 and 1.8 million BTUs while horse consumes 40 pounds of hay daily for up to 100 days costing $200 and 20 million BTUs. Car is cheaper faster and far less energy intensive.
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Raleigh
California
Frederick O. Smetana
North Carolina State University
Detroit
West Coast
Smetana
Labor leaders push rationing and tax cuts to spur economy
AFL-CIO President Meany holds a meeting with 110 unions to craft a crash program. It calls for a 20 to 25 billion dollar tax cut for lower and middle income families, release of 20 billion for public works, broader unemployment benefits, a large public service jobs program, gasoline rationing, and import controls to protect jobs.
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Ford
Conference Board
Washington
America
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Labor Federation
Kelley No Authority To Destroy Records
FBI Director Clarence M. Kelley says the bureau cannot legally purge derogatory and unproven files on members of Congress. He invoked existing law requiring written approval from the national archivist to destroy records and noted he would not seek changes to allow destruction. The deputy archivist confirmed current law preserves most official records.
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Washington
FBI
Clarence M. Kelley
Congress
Kelley
James B. Rhoads
Rhoads
James E. O'Neill
O'Neill
Last Of Four Children Is Freed
An escaped convict freed the last of four hostages, 12-year-old Robert Field, and fled with a $10,000 ransom and a police car. Cline, 22, and his group left Toronto after firing at pursuing officers, then headed west toward London Ontario as authorities lost track of them.
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London
Ont
Donald Wayne Cline
Robert Field
Robert
Cline
Toronto
South Bend Girl Released After 30 Hour Deal
A 17 year old South Bend pupil Loucinda Sherman was released unharmed after being held for more than 30 hours by two gunmen in a downtown department store holdup. LAPD? No. FBI agents aided the probe as police worked to locate the two abductors who remained at large.
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South Bend
Ind
John Weinzer
Loucinda Sherman
LaSalle High School
FBI
Miss Sherman
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