Hydrogen aided combustion may curb automobile emissions
Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena reports progress on using hydrogen as an additive to gasoline to achieve nearly complete combustion. The system would generate hydrogen from water aboard cars, reducing carbon monoxide and nitrogen oxides, while boosting engine efficiency. Government funds support Caltech work and demonstrations are planned for the auto industry.
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Pasadena
Caltech
National Aeronautic and Space Administration
Cape Kennedy name may revert to Cape Canaveral
The Interagency Board on Geographic Names will meet in Washington on October 9 to consider 50 or 60 name and spelling changes. It may restore Cape Canaveral, reversing the 1963 decision honoring President Kennedy, while the space facility on the cape keeps the Kennedy designation.
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Interagency Board On Geographic Names
Washington
Cape Kennedy
Cape Canaveral
John F. Kennedy
Cape
Florida
Age doesn’t tell how young you are
New York writer Hal Boyle humorously lists signs of persistent youth across aging, from late-night moon gazing to liking rock music and writing a short poem. The piece notes fondness for family nicknames, playful romance, and lingering ambitions despite aging, ending with a claim that such traits keep one young for practical purposes.
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Hal Boyle
New York
McGovern Urges Nixon to Compromise on Spending
Sen. George McGovern urged President Nixon to reach a budget compromise with Congress or face potential recession and ongoing inflation. He proposed a variable business tax credit, commodity reform, and tougher Phase 4 rules, arguing a broad framework of accommodation is essential for economic revival.
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Washington
George McGovern
Nixon
Congress
South Dakota
Senate
McGovern
House
U.S
Indochina
Pentagon
Oil allocation action seen as too little too late
Washington reports mandatory allocations for propane and soon for distillates to ease winter shortages. Kennedy and other Democrats say delay hurt the Northeast while White House and Knauer defend the plan as targeting those with greatest energy needs. critics call it piecemeal and urge broader mandatory controls.
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Washington
Administration
White House
New England
Upper Midwest
Edward M. Kennedy
McDonald
House
Alioto Hopes Mankiewiecz Help in California Campaign
San Francisco mayor Joseph Alioto, 57, seeks to hire Frank Mankiewiecz, the former George McGovern strategist, to lead his bid for California governor. He aims to forge a coalition of moderates and liberals with some conservatives and has not secured a firm commitment.
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San Francisco
Miami Beach
Frank Mankiewiecz
Joseph Alioto
Mankiewiecz
California
Alioto
George McGovern
Hubert H. Humphrey
McGovern
Humphrey
Ronald Reagan
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Holiday tolls rise on Labor Day highway deaths
The National Safety Council warns holiday travel is deadlier with 559 immediate deaths on Labor Day weekend and a final tally of 750 fatalities plus 22 500 injured. Driving 12.2 billion miles raised death rate to 6.1 per 100 million miles, higher than nonholiday periods.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Council
Associated Press
Twiggy myth stands against dieting for all
AP reports Dr Myron Winick of Columbia University says many fat people are fixed by the number of fat cells formed in childhood. He notes two types: those who can lose weight and keep it off and those who regain after dieting.
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Washington
Myron Winick
Columbia
University’s
Institute of Human Nutrition
Winick
Professor Galbraith calls economic policy inept and harmful
Harvard economist Professor John Kenneth Galbraith denounces Nixon era policy as a fraud driven by high interest rates. He urges a tax increase on top incomes, tighter monetary controls, and targeted aid while criticizing George Shultz and Herbert Stein and advocating a return to broader policy realities.
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NEW York
Kenneth Galbraith
Treasury
George P. Shultz
University of Chicago
Galbraith
Harvard
Shultz
Chicago
Business School
Nixon
Council of Economic Advisers
Herbert Stein
Herbert Hoover
Price Administration
Kennedy
Across and Down Word Puzzle Clues Mixed in One List
A dense mixed clue page listing across and down crossword prompts with numbers and partial phrases. Items include names like Priscilla and Olivier, various languages, and common crossword categories such as “Nuisance” and “Direction.”
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United States
Reubin Askew
Houston
J. D. Hunt
Hunt
Henry V. Jackson
D Wesh
Senate Interior Committee
John A. Tove
Clergy Policy Office
Interior Department
Smokey
Priscilla
Dutcherty
Liget-cousn
Miss
Olivier i Oration
Memora
Tear
University In
New Orleans
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