Editorial on Overregulation in the Auto Industry
The piece argues that federal rules raise car prices by about 2200 dollars and questions the benefit of many mandates. It cites Brookings Institution and Ikings Institution studies noting safety gains but criticizes emissions and fuel economy standards as misguided. It warns 1987 88 fuel rules could push buyers to Japanese makers and hurt U.S. automakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brookings Institution
Congress
Ikings Institution
U.S
Drum major for new RSS Band named 66
Sun files from Baytown recall past features and notable locals. The item highlights a 55 year old funeral for Chambers County pioneer Charlie T. Wilburn, Goose Creek, and notes Anne Cornelius as new Goose Creek Library director succeeding Dorothy Bridges. Details span anniversaries, school events, and community recognitions.
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RSS
Baytown Sun
Chambers County
Charlie T. Wilburn
Cove
Ralph Weaver
Goose Creek
Anne Cornelius
Rice
Harris County Library
Dorothy Bridges
Sterling High School
Sharon Arsement
Debbie Krolczyk
Dorothy Day
Port Arthur
Claire Bays
Sterling
Robert Dippell
Baytown
Bill Bridges
Houston
Eugene Adamek
Pentagon waste and external influence in weapon programs
A sweeping critique of U S defense procurement notes that nearly 100 major weapon systems cost over 750 billion dollars to acquire with life cycle costs far higher. It cites design decisions, weak program management, and external pressures from Congress as key drivers of waste and mismanagement. It also highlights FAA misconduct, CIA dissident fears, and insurance industry pressure on West Virginia rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pentagon
Everett Dirksen
William Roth
R-Del
Defense Department
Roth
General Accounting Office
Lucette Lagnado
GAO
Congress
Defense
David Packard
June 16 1986 history brief highlights feature
AP roundup of notable events on this date includes Valentina Tereshkova's 1963 orbit as the first female space traveler, Lincoln's 1858 speech on slavery, Ford Motor Co. incorporation in 1903, NIR Act 1933, Peron excommunication in 1955, lift of that ban in 1963, and the Beirut embassy killings ten years earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Valentina Tereshkova
Soviet Union
Springfield
Ill
Senate
Abraham Lincoln
Ford Motor Co
U.S. Supreme Court
Pius XII
Juan Peron
U.S
Lebanon
Francis Meloy Jr
Robert Waring
Beirut
Last Dusky Seaside Sparrow Dies at Disney World Zoo
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service lists 889 threatened species, including 92 plants and 458 animals in America. At Disney World Orlando a single dusky seaside sparrow remains in an iron cage, the last of its kind, after decades of habitat loss and failed captive breeding efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Office of Endangered
Fish and Wildlife Service
Department of Interior
America
Orlando
Fla
Walt Disney World
Zoological Park
Earth
Florida
Atlantic
Cape Canaveral
Don Wood
Department of Game and Freshwater Fish
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Wood
Disney World
Disney
Disney World Zoo
Discovery Island
Scott
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Gary Dobos
Leon Brown
Fred Horribe
Fred Honma
Secone
Raytown
Coon Cheorems
Adabine Chongente
P.O. Fox
Beytown
Ito
Editorial
Hl TR
Sun
Lee Junior College
A.R. Shearer
W.H. Hamrick
Chambers County Medical Association
Anahuac
Leslie Farra
Highlands
Houston Jaycees
Braniff Airways
R.T. Kerr
Goose Creek Organization
Texas State Teachers Association
Rel
J.D. Harman
Henry Zahn
Highlands First Baptist Church
Fort Anahuac
Fraternity of the Mystic White Heron
Price Daniel
Doyle Bracey
Clarence Jacobson
Dan Harrison
Jaycee
Benjamin Moskowitz
University of Texas
Jack Anderson
Federal Aviation Administration
Research Arid Development Branch
FAA
Atlantic City
N.J
CIA
KGB
Ilya Bzhiekvelov
West
West Virginia
Joseph Spear
United Feature
Lyndi Ndderson
Meas
Ake
Tom Tiede
Tom Tide
Price Ammetarten
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