DOT probes safety defects in 2.7 million cars
The Transportation Department opened separate investigations into alleged safety defects in more than 2.7 million vehicles from Volkswagen, General Motors and Ford. GM faces a power brake booster issue affecting 2.2 million GM brands. Ford Probe involves 1975 77 Econoline and Club Wagons. VW covers 370 200 cars with throttle control problems.
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Washington
UPI
Transportation Department
Volkswagen
General Motors
Ford
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Call Tribune Carrier If You Miss Delivery
Reader notification instructs contacting the Tribune carrier if missed delivery with a phone line 431 4100 available 5 30 to 6 p m on weekdays and by 9 00 a m Saturday.
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Tribune
Frost denies Nixon asked for break during Watergate grilling
David Frost says Nixon did not request a break to compose himself during the Watergate interview series. Frost acknowledges a brief break on the second tape day and asserts he ordered it. Reston Jr. and others discuss Nixon admissions and the taped minute erasure dispute. Frost hints at a possible fifth program and further questions for Nixon.
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Calif
UPD
David Frost
Richard Nixon
Frost
Nixon
White House
James Reston Jr
Reston
Chapel Hill
N.C
Frogonian Club grows in Williams Oregon on frog fame
Mike Fleming started the Frogonian Club after a San Francisco radio call sparked interest in an albino bullfrog. In three weeks the Oregon town drew about 400 members with letters from readers and White House attention. The group promotes water conservation through frog pride and wildlife interest.
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Williams, Ore
UPI
Williams
Mike Fleming
San Francisco
Oregon
Frogonian Club
America
White House
Fleming
al Collins
KGO
The
Frog Club
Mike
Woman follows father's footsteps at Texas A&M engineering
Bonnie Hunt Ph.D. becomes the first minority woman in Texas A&M engineering with 485 prior male doctorates in the field. The Dallas raised engineer discusses family influence, career choices, and research on vibrations affecting performance and health.
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College Station, Tex
UPI
Texas A&m
Bonnie Hunt
Hunt
Population drops along Death Rows
Washington reports 444 inmates on Death Rows nationwide at year end, down 29 from 1975. LEAA figures show 233 added while 262 had death penalties voided or reduced. Since the 1972 Supreme Court ruling, only Gary Gilmore has been executed.
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Washington
UPI
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
LEAA
National Criminal Justice Information and Statistics Service
Supreme Court
Utah
Gary Gilmore
Detroit youths find counterfeit money stash during fire cleanup
An abandoned East Side building used as a nuisance-fire site turned into a counterfeit money cache. Firefighters found 1,106 fake $20 bills as they leveled the shack, police said about $25,000 in counterfeit currency was hidden there and turned over to the Treasury.
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UPI
U.S. Treasury Department
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