Safety standards eyed for all cars from GSA rules
Washington reports that revised safety standards set by the General Services Administration for government purchases may become interim national standards for all cars this year. Senator Warren Magnu son said his committee could adopt the GSA rules on an interim basis, speeding up nationwide safety measures ahead of a final package. GSA buys about 60,000 new cars annually and many automaker safety features stem from GSA and state rules.
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UPI
General Services Administration
GSA
Warren G. Magnuson
D-Wash
Senate Commerce Committee
Magnuson
Johnson
Ay Reyucaicy
Heiress Leaves Sterling Home in Redwood City
The late Mrs. Cleveland Forbes left a 1,634,139 dollar estate to friends and relatives and a lifetime home to Stanford University president Dr. J. E. Wallace Sterling. The Atherton house, valued at about 80,000 dollars, was allocated for his use after retirement. Mrs. Forbes was daughter of Senator Henry Vrooman, one of Stanford's original trustees.
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Redwood City
Cleveland Forbes
Stanford Univerity
Molotov Firefights Across Bakersfield Negro District
In Bakersfield tense protests erupted as flames lit by Molotovs marked a fifth straight day of unrest. A Negro youth was shot but not seriously wounded during clashes with police. Police Lt. Clyde O Kane reported an arrest in that incident while several people were being questioned. A gasoline bomb started a fire at a residential garage causing about 3500 dollars in damage along with blazes in vacant lots and a portion of a building scorched by flames.
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Bakersfield
Flaming Pages
Asst
Warsaw Pact Ministers Plan Summit Meet
Belgrade Yugoslavia AP defense ministers of Warsaw Pact nations plan a preparatory meeting in Moscow for a possible summit. Officials say the talks focus on employment, anti poverty programs, and foreign ministerial groundwork though Soviet sources deny knowledge of today’s meeting.
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Yugoslavia
Robert Paddock
Moscow
Communist Alliance
Bucharest
Borba
Gram
California
Bakersfol
Quake Strikes Central Japan and California Incidents
A strong earthquake centered near Mt. Fuji disrupted central Japan and prompted police and sheriffs to cordon areas in a wide zone. In California, arrests rose as incidents including a bus stoning and a skiff incident in Suisun Bay were reported, with injuries described but no fatalities. Curtis Crye and Arthur Judd were among those mentioned in the reported shootings.
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Japan
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Suisun Bay
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