Legislation Proposed To Protect Consumers
Washington Senator Magnuson unveiled a broad consumer protection package. He urged bills on auto insurance reliability radiation hazards fish inspection home improvements cigarette advertising youth and other areas. He also noted a federal study on auto insurance and expansion of power reliability safeguards with stricter truth in lending and warranties oversight.
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Washington
UPI
Warren G. Magnuson
Dwash
Senate Commerce Committee
Magnuson
Senate
Federal Trade Commission
Gunmen Free Hostages During Colorado Flight
Police set up roadblocks as two gunmen fled after an attempted hold up taking five hostages. The 10 hour 300 mile flight across treacherous terrain ended with all hostages freed unharmed at various stops. Authorities identify suspects as Charles E. Hardin and Earl Wayne Sanders, both of Fort Worth Texas.
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UPI
America
Vail
Colorado
Charles E. Hardin
Earl Wayne Sanders
Fort Worth
Tex
Hardin
Dick West
Dick Jordan
300 Mile Flight Ends With Hostage Threats In Colorado
Gunmen forced Vail Police Chief Ted Holmes Jordan and two lodge workers to accompany them on a 300 mile across Colorado. Holmes was released tied to a tree seven miles from Vail, near tail pass. The group fled to Maysville and Bailey before taking a car toward Denver. No overt threats were made according to police.
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Denver
Vail
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Jordan
Lodge
Holmes
Maysville
Colo
McNamara Sees End Of ABM Race
Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara said U S and Soviet intelligence now doubt the Tallinn defense system has significant ABM capability. He noted Moscow area Galosh ABM is being built at a moderate pace with no major expansion recently and could be degraded by penetration aids.
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UPI
Robert S. McNamara
United States
Russia
Congress
McNamara
U.S
Soviet Union
Tallinn
Moscow
Soviet
Estonia
Army Snafu Delays GI Vietnam Departure for 10 Months
Pfc. Berry A. Moore, 22, of Sheffield, Alabama, volunteered for Vietnam service but spent 10 months at home awaiting a port call that never came. MPs picked him up at his door, he was confined 24 hours, then sent to Ft. McClellan as the Army investigates the paperwork snafu. Moore enlisted in 1966, served in Germany, and faced a labyrinth of missing records and wrong mail routing while hoping to fight for his country.
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FT Mcclellan
Ala
UPI
Alabama
Sheffield
Berry A. Moore
Ft. McClellan
Moore
Vietnam
Lane Carlson
Carlson
Germany
Florence
Oakland Army Base
Calif
Oakland
Army Support Services
Ft. Benjamin Harrison
Ind
Adjutant General’s Office
Villa residents fly own flag at new police station
IVER England residents staged a private flag ceremony after news of no official opening at the new police station. A flag atop the pole carried a pair of panties, prompting Mrs. Eileen Swindale’s embarrassment. Frank Swindale said everyone enjoyed the joke but his wife.
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England
UPI
Eileen Swindale
Frank
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