GM to Raise Truck Prices on Average Six Percent
Detroit AP General Motors told dealers in price assurance letters that 1977 light to heavy trucks may rise about six percent over current models. The notice lets dealers place new orders before final prices, with increases to be borne by GM. Also GM may drop royalties on the Wankel engine unless production resumes. Labor Dept rejected 6000 GM workers' special jobless claims. 6000 in NY and Ohio were eligible. Ford plans 1230 new jobs at St Louis plant this fall to resume second shift due to strong demand for large models.
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Government tests back chloroform cancer link
Washington reports new tests show chloroform causes cancer in animals with oral exposure leading to liver tumors in mice and rats and thyroid tumors in female rats while FDA proposes a July ban on cough remedies toothpastes and food packaging. The tests cannot prove human cancer risk yet.
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Miner Defies Odds by Living to 100 With Black Lung
John Franks of Waynesburg Pennsylvania died at age 100 after a life in coal mines. Born in Emly he worked in Fayette and Greene county pits, retiring in 1945 after 39 years. He survived decades with black lung disease once called miners asthma.
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GOP Leader Blasts Albert Handling of Hays Scandal
Washington AP reports Republican leader John Rhodes criticized Speaker Carl Albert for naming only three Democrats to study payroll and staffing. Rhodes proposes a bipartisan panel to audit salary and expense practices while subpoenas push into four staffers tied to Hays and others. FBI and grand jury probes expand to related payrolls and purchases as pressure mounts for Hays to resign.
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Lyme arthritis linked to insects in Connecticut findings
Yale researcher Dr. Allen Steere reports 61 cases of a Lyme arthritis in Old Lyme, Lyme and East Haddam, Connecticut. The illness appeared first in 1972 with summer or early autumn attacks, often joint and skin symptoms, and suspected insect transmission in wooded areas.
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Spain Moves to Legalize Political Parties in Bid for Reform
Madrid reports the government backed a law legalizing political parties with a 338 to 81 vote while delaying penal code liberalization. A Basque militant assassination in northwest Spain sparked anger in Cortes as Justice Minister Garrigues pledged no setback to the anti terrorism drive and promised further study. Officials anticipate over 120 new political associations forming under the new law.
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