New 1972 cars blend safety tech with slim styling
AP reports a shift in 1972 auto design as manufacturers cut models to 327 from 389 and emphasize safety and antipollution upgrades. Ford debuts twin intermediates Torino and Montego with rounded bodies and larger grilles, while convertibles fade in favor of sun roofs.
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Detroit
General Motors
Ford Motor Co
Fords
Ford
Chrysler
American Motors
California
Volunteer Army Requires High Rate of Attraction
A top Pentagon official says an all volunteer force would need about 500000 annual enlistments, with roughly one quarter of all eligible young men serving at some point. Kelley notes higher re enlistment targets for technical roles and outlines pay, respect, housing, and schooling as keys to ending the draft by mid 1973. He projects force size shrinking from 3.5 million in 1968 to just under 2.5 million by June.
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Washington
Armed Services
Pentagon
Robert T. Kelley
Kelley
House
University of Michigan
Katona
Free Enterprise Faces Price Fixing Debate and SEC Orders
The piece argues price setting under pressure from freezes and notes the SEC's move to fix brokerage commissions after the general freeze. Merrill Lynch is highlighted as a profitable counterexample amid industry fear of small investor discouragement and tightened commission rules.
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Merrill Lynch
Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Wall Street
Household Tug of War and the New Inflation Outlook
AP reports consumer behavior expert George Katona links a living standard push and security concerns to a broad shift in spending. He forecasts high savings into the 1970s, a gradual inflation decline, and persistent insecurity shaping purchases from compact cars to air conditioning.
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New York
Katona
Words Differ from Thoughts By HAL BOYLE
HAL Boyle offers playful examples of feminine double talk from New York AP column. He compares spoken phrases to inner thoughts, arguing double talk blends tact with personal honesty, and lists witty exchanges showing discrepancy between outward words and inner beliefs.
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New York
Suits Filed In Crash Okla City Flight Debris Claims
Damage suits totaling 9.4 million were filed this week by survivors of Wichita State University football coach Ben Wilson and six others who died in a 1970 plane crash near Colorado canyon. Plaintiffs include estates of Wilson and trainer Thomas Reeves and relatives of several team members and staff. Defendants cited include aircraft makers and operators such as Jack Richards Aircraft Co and Fairchild Hiller among others.
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University of Kansas
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Arvel Smith
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Dianne L. Reeves
Thomas Reeves
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Martin E. Harrison
Argonia
Kan
Louis Charles Kimel
Mallory William Kimmel
St. Genevieve
Tommie Grooms
Wichita
John W. Grooms
Etta Mae
Jack Richards Aircraft Co
Golden Eagle Aviation Co., Inc
Fairchild-Hiller Corp
Martin-Marietta Corp
Ronald G. Skipper and
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Nevada, Inc
Prisoners Dig Up Old Law For Better Life in Jail
In Liberty Missouri, Clay County officials brace for a possible test of a 1889 law requiring sheriffs to provide any food drink and bedding prisoners "shall think fit" with no restraint. Jailhouse lawyers and attorney Robert G. Duncan sparked the query by requesting a copy. Prof William Brandem questions its relevance while Sheriff Mark McClure notes a $1.10 daily limit on prisoner spending and says he will stay put.
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Robert G. Duncan
William S. Brandem
Brandem
Mark McClure
Ury
Ulster
James I
William of Orange
River
Boyne
James
William
Orange Order
Northern Ireland
Bell Jol In Missouri Bell Jol In Missouri
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. asked Missouri regulators for a rate hike that would raise annual income by 29.8 million dollars, totaling an estimated 63.5 million dollars in extra costs to customers. R. R. Shockley of the company stated the request stems from the July contract and other items, and would be studied rather than granted during the wage price freeze.
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ST. Louis
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Missouri
R. R. Shockley
Southwestern
Illinois
Communications Workers of America
Shockley
Commission
Hearings on Migrant Workers Wrap Up in Kansas City
A Kansas legislative committee finished hearings in three cities on conditions facing low income and migrant workers. Chair Rep. Ervin Grant said a Oct 24 meeting in Topeka will draft recommendations. Social services directors from Wyandotte and Johnson Counties said seasonal migrant populations have diminished with one large vegetable grower closing.
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Kansas City
Kan
Kansas
Ervin Grant
R-El Dorado
Topeka
Wyandotte
Johnson Counties
James E. Wann
Wyandotte County
Reckless Irish Reenacting 1916 Plot in Living Blood
Dr. M. Dallas Burnett surveys the Easter Rising and the Irish partition, tracing the roots of Northern Ireland’s conflict from 1920 to the present. He notes religious and political fault lines, minority discrimination, civil demonstrations, and the presence of British troops as peacekeepers, with calls for reform and continued tension.
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M. Dallas Burnett
Dublin
Ireland
United Kingdom
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England
Irish Free State
Irish Republic
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Irish Republican Army
IRA
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Burnett
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Compton
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Survey Research Center
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