Auto companies charged $100 million profit on seat harnesses
Sen Mondale and safety advocate Ralph Nader accused automakers of masking costs to profit from shoulder harnesses. Mondale cited $1.25 to $1.50 per harness and $2.50 parts, estimating a $20 profit per car and over $100 million overall. Nader urged disclosure of true installation costs, criticizing secrecy as a public curtain on cost data.
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Walter F. Mondale
Ralph Nader
Maridale
Minnesota
Nader
Congress
Mondale
Senate
Heart Transplant Cost Revealed by Barnard
Dr Christian Barnard says a heart transplant would cost a paying patient 5000 to 10000 dollars. He spoke in an Italian TV interview taped during a Rome visit three days earlier and broadcast Friday night. He noted patients Louis Washkansky and Philip Blaiberg did not pay since Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town treats only public patients and he earns a salary from the hospital.
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Christian N. Barnard
Louis Washkansky
Philip Blaiberg
Groote Schuur Hospital
Cape Town
Oldest Alabama bridge restored after flood loss
Buzzard Roost Bridge once built in 1820 in Old Bridge Cherokee Alabama was swept away by flood waters and later restored by Colbert County officials to its original site preserving the historic structure.
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Cherokee
Ala
Oil Spill Douses St Andrews Bay After Tanker Collision
In Panama City Florida about 240 tons of crude oil entered St Andrews Bay when the Liberian tanker Dorothy rammed the International Paper Co dock. Officials fought to contain the slick and keep it from nearby beaches as conservation crews moved quickly to surround the spill. The article notes a separate statistic about the world’s phone networks, stating the total in operation has doubled in 11 years.
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Fla
St. Andrews Bay
International Paper Co
Florida
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