Chrysler hikes car prices amid cost surge and watchdog ire
Chrysler Corp raises average car and truck sticker prices by 2.9 percent, about 99 dollars, lifting the average by 335 dollars since December 1973. The move comes after a 98 percent drop in firstquarter profits and faces sharp criticism from John T. Dunlop of the Cost of Living Council as an irresponsible deviation from decontrol pledges. Lynn Townsend defends the increase, citing rising costs, while Dunlop accuses him of breaking the spirit of the agreement.
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Detroit
Chrysler Corp
John T. Dunlop
Cost of Living Council
Chrysler
Lynn Townsend
Dunlop
Townsend
Council
County Protest Mail Hits UC Dam Plan in Erie County
Erie County officials face protest mail as commissioners approve a county park and recreation authority to fund the Union City Dam project. Opponents say the plan skirts a November referendum and shifts costs to the authority. Protest letters include out of county and out of state forms from campsite owners. Local critics and groups urge rescission of the authority.
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Union City
Lam
Erie County
William C. Hill
Leo P. Weir
Help, Inc
Hill
Nixon Transcripts Presented In Defense Of Innocence
President Nixon and his lawyers released edited Watergate transcripts arguing no criminal plot to obstruct justice and no prior knowledge of the break in. A 50 page defense memo asserts the tapes show no conspiracy, and notes Mitchell and Stans were acquitted, urging use of the judicial process.
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Washington (Ap
Nixon
House Judiciary Committee
United States
Democratic National Committee
St. Clair
White House
John W. Dean Iit
Capitol Hill
Atty
John N. Mitchell
Commerce
Maurice Stans
New York
Nixon cites three reasons for releasing Watergate tapes
President Nixon on Monday night said he would set aside executive privilege to publish transcripts. He argued the House needs informed judgment, to restore confidentiality by clearing the air, and to provide the facts and evidence amid impeachment pressures. He contrasted with a July letter to Senator Ervin saying tapes would not settle the central issue.
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Washington
Nixon
House of Representatives
Congress
Sam J. Ervin Jr
D-N.c
Senate Watergate Committee
Ervin
End of Wage and Price Controls Ousts Major Industries
Price controls expire tonight affecting steel health copper construction food processing and retail auto sales with petroleum remaining under separate rules until March 1975. Inflation fears loom as health costs rise and bankers warn on possible renewed controls if inflation accelerates. Senate Democrats seek a one year extension while industry leaders urge restraint and Chrysler announces a $99 model price hike triggering criticism from the Cost of Living Council.
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Washington
Nixon
Senate Democrats
E. Douglas Kenna
National Association of Manufacturers
Chrysler Corp
John T. Dunlop
Cost of Living Council
Two balk call for further drop by bill Eaton
Two Corry Area School District directors opposed a four mill tax increase in a budget that began with a proposed five mill rise. Directors Bennett and Nichols urged trimming more, arguing at least one more mill could be cut from the 25 mill rate. Others supported the four mill hike. president Messenger was absent due to hospitalization.
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Bill Eaton
Corry Area
James Bennett
Concord Township
Robert Nichols
Spartansburg
Nichols
Bennett
William Helmintoller
T. Allan May
Margaret Morrow
Roger Lansberry
Corry
William Kafferlin
Spring Creek
Robert Joy
Wayne Township
Melvin Messenger
Columbus
Robert Wharton
Frank McKnight
Administration Threatens CBS With Ruin Over Anti Nixon Criticism
Los Angeles AP report details sworn court affidavits where Nixon era officials allegedly threatened CBS and ABC with government retaliation and financial ruin to punish anti Nixon coverage. Dan Rather and John Ehrlichman affidavits recount private warnings and that networks would pay for their stance.
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Los Angeles
Cbs-Tv
White House
CBS
ABC
Ronald L. Ziegler
John D. Ehrlichman
Charles W. Colson
Quick Action Urged To Save Corry Wayne Master Plan
Erie County Planner warns Corry Wayne Planning Commission the master plan risks missing the May 31 expiration unless city and township officials act quickly. If not completed on time, the state DCA may withhold 12,235 dollars approved for half the plan cost, leaving the local partners to cover the remainder.
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Corry- Wayne Township
Erie County
Christopher Capotis
Corry-Wayne Planning Commission
State Department of Corset Affairs
DCA
Housing proposals opened for 30 elderly units in Fourth Ward
Corry Housing Authority and HUD opened five proposals for a 30 unit elderly housing project in the Fourth Ward Urban Renewal Area. Costs ranged from 52300 to 597450 with per unit figures from 17493 to 19915. Proposals are negotiable and subject to review before one is chosen, with developer presentations planned next week.
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Fourth Ward
Corry Housing Authority
CHA
Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Warren Napier
Pittsburgh
William Helmintoller
Helmintoller
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James D. St. Clair
Gary L. Seevers
President's Council of Economic Advisers
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U.S. Chamber of Commerce
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