Push for national truck weight limits faces safety pushback
Critics argue the Nixon administration aims to raise truck sizes to aid energy costs, but area roads already struggle with 18 foot wide lanes and heavy rigs. They urge a uniform national standard balancing safety and highway damage while rejecting broader twin trailer use. Truckers say relief from state-by-state rules is needed without overhauling the interstate system.
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Nixon
White House
Senate
Local option on Sunday movies set by municipal vote
The Legislature authorizes municipal elections on whether motion pictures may be shown after 2 p.m. on Sundays. A prior statute bans showings before 2 p.m. The ballot measure requires 20 percent of the highest vote cast for any candidate to trigger a local referendum. If a majority approves, Sunday showings after 2 p.m. become lawful. if not, they remain prohibited. The question can appear no more than once every four years.
Nickel politics and Burundi ties shift under nickel lure
The Nixon administration quietly moves toward normalizing relations with Burundi amid a major nickel discovery worth about 14 billion dollars. State Department memos reveal a push to assist American corporations, with hints of future oil prospects, while Burundi's 1972-73 killings of Hutus are cited as background to U.S. cautious engagement.
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Jordan
U.S
Progressive Magazine
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Ralph Nader
Foreign Affairs
Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
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United Nations
Africa
Women and travel across Italy by rail costs and debts
A column mixes humorous home life anecdotes by Piaro Valleccchi with a report from Milan on Italy's rail system. It notes a Milan to Rome train trip costs eight dollars by rail while car travel costs over twenty, yet the state rail company runs a daily three million dollar deficit and fights free riders. It highlights war on fare dodgers and a large audience of veterans, reflecting economic strain and public policy.
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Italy
Rome
Britain
Holland
West Germany
Trains Face Discounts and Proposals in European Rail Split
A Milan reports that Italian rail firms seek an 80 percent fare discount shift to curb free riding and raise daily revenue by around one million dollars. government price boosts loom. Freight trains show longer life, but passenger services remain costly. Paris to Milan box cars slow business. ridership expected to grow 3 percent by 1976 from 975000 daily in 1973.
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