Auto makers shift stance on vehicle safety standards
Washington AP reports the auto industry reversed its position and now supports strong federal limits on vehicle safety performance. John S. Bugas of Ford urged a nationally uniform, legally binding standard with federal authority, while encouraging state roles. Congress debates timing, penalties, and a possible new national traffic safety agency.
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Valenti Named Head of Motion Picture Producers Association
Washington AP reports Jack J. Valenti, longtime Johnson aide and White House ally, resigns from a $20,000 yearly post to become president and CEO of the Motion Picture Producers Association of America. His promotion follows a career melding politics and promotion, with ties to Texas campaigns and Johnson’s inner circle.
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Ivory Coast Shows Neighbors How To Riches For Growth
Ivory Coast under Felix Houphouet Boigny pursues a non communist path to prosperity. Six years after French rule it posts an average nine percent growth, surpassing the 1960 74 plan and attracting Western investments. The nation leads West Africa in coffee cocoa and exports timber with surging palm oil rubber and rice prospects. Boigny favors private enterprise, gradual reform, education, and technical training over socialist experiments and Western aid over the Soviet and Chinese models. In Greenland center thick ice depresses the ground surface to 3200 feet below sea level.
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U S Planes Duel MIGs In North Vietnam Skirmish
North Vietnam saw aerial combat as American F4 Phantom jets tangled with MIG21s over the Red River delta in a second dogfight in three days. Both sides claimed limited success and no American losses, while U S airstrikes continued against targets around Hanoi and Haiphong. In the Mekong Delta, Viet Cong attacks struck hamlets and outposts, causing casualties among militiamen and defenders in four provinces.
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Birth Control Pills Seen Lacking Major Long Term Harm
Washington AP reports that Dr. Gregory Pincus and researchers find no strong evidence that prolonged use of oral birth control pills causes cancer or major adverse effects. Studies show potential benefits like corrected abnormalities in the womb and possible protection against cervical and breast cancer, while NIH director Dr. James Shanahan notes long term risk cannot be ruled out without extended, careful follow up.
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Television drama walks tight line on controversial themes
TV review notes that adapting plays like Inherit the Wind and Lamp at Midnight probes science versus church and sponsor interests. It discusses balance between provocative content and avoiding viewer drop too bland or too edgy, citing ABC NBC CBS approaches and notes on Tonight programs.
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Taxes To Make Bigger Dent In Paychecks
Washington AP reports a new U S withholding system will reduce take home pay for many to fund the Vietnam War. Beginning May 1 payrolls use six rates from 14 to 30 percent, incorporating standard deduction and marriage status to better match actual taxes. The change aims to curb inflation by year end and withdraw about 800 million dollars from the economy.
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DeRudder Dies After Artificial Heart Implant
Houston AP reports retired coal miner from Westville Indiana, DeRudder, died at 2 04 am after six days with a left ventricular by pass artificial heart device. Dr DeBakey led the operation. death attributed to a likely rupture of bronchus or trachea pending post mortem.
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Transplant in cancer victim dies after experimental swap
Harry T. Griffith 63 of Flourtown Pa former baseball player died at Chestnut Hill Hospital after an experimental cancer swap operation at Roswell Park Memorial Institute Buffalo. The procedure exchanged malignant tissue and blood with a donor to provoke antibodies against the cancer, but officials said it was unproven and of little value in Griffiths case.
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