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Newspaper

Danville Register

Location

Danville, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Aug 31, 1972

Page

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Nader group accuses GM of concealing Cadillac defect

Ralph Nader's Center for All Safety charges General Motors with concealing a steering defect in about 285,000 1959 and 1960 Cadillacs. Lowell Dodge presents a letter to Attorney General Kleindienst seeking potential fraud and concealment charges and releases a report based on GM documents about pitman arm defects affecting steering control.

Ween Haudland Associated Press Washington (Ap Ralph Nader Center For All Safety General Motors Cong Cadillac Motor Division Dodge Center Cadillac Cadillac Motor Car Division General Motors

Indochina Fronts See Fierce Fighting Amid Shifting Fronts

Reports detail South Vietnamese forces recapturing key posts around Que Son while enemy infiltrators hold parts of district HQs. U.S. pilots conduct over 200 strikes across North Vietnam, with 94 American airmen lost since the offensive began. In Laos, rebels near the Plain of Jars face growing enemy resistance and loss of steering. In Detroit,GM faces scrutiny over Cadillac pitman arm failures and a disclosed internal probe into safety defects and recall decisions spanning 1959 60 models.

South Vietnam Lam Quang Thi Havel Que Son Boulder Hill U.S Air Force Navy Marine North Vietnam U.S. Command Darra Borders Herin Laos Plain of Jars Vietlane

Chess Draw Halves Point in Lengthy Match Series

The article covers a seventh consecutive draw between top players with Breworks-a Spassky leading to a two point margin after earlier results. It notes Fischer gaining a three point edge since game thirteen and Icelandic scientists delaying a final report on Spassky's chair amid a Soviet complaint. Chester Fox, a New York moviemaker, settles a suit with an Icelandic cameraman and sues Fischer in New York for 1.75 million over contract and payment disputes related to film plans and the match.

Mulberry Bush Breworks Spassky Fischer Chester Fox New York Fox Icelandic Chess Federation

Woman wounded during alleged kidnapping at empty home

Police say Daphne Sivert was shot in the thigh moments after fleeing to her parents’ bedroom when Gordon Mednick, armed with a hunting knife and pistol, allegedly broke into the house and kept her captive. Detective Captain Phlefar said the incident involved attempts to access National Highway Traffic Safety Administration files and talk of Volpe.

Sivert Mednick W. H. Phlefar Daphne Sivert Dodge Secretary of Transportation John A. Volpe Warn Traffic Safety Administration Wim Phlegar Wayne Wood Wood Daphne Central Virginia Community College City W. T. Gillespie Woood Heroinhill Place Marine Corps General Electric Communications Systems St. Francisville Siverts Iradia K. Harris Lynchburg Princeton N. J

Hepatitis Antibody Process Aims to Improve Plasma Safety

At the 164th American Chemical Society meeting Dr. Charm and Bing Wong described a process to remove hepatitis from plasma without damaging components. The method would lower hepatitis risk in plasma products and for hemophiliacs relying on clotting factors, using an antibody to bind the virus and filter it out, yielding safer plasma.

Dr. Charm Charm Bing L. Wong American Chemical Society Les

Nixon urges freer trade to curb deficit with Japan

President Nixon pressed reducing the US Japan trade gap at a Tuesday briefing, warning that a persistent imbalance could spark restrictive quotas. He argued freer trade serves both nations and cited Tanaka’s approach toward China as a factor in planning the Hawaii summit set for July 24, following Tanaka’s ascent to prime minister.

Nixon United States Japan Tanaka China Hawaii Eisaku Sato Kissinger

Bomb threat extortion closes Milwaukee airport briefly

A light airplane believed carrying a $100 000 ransom returned to Milwaukee after a bomb threat led to the airport being evacuated and searched. A dummy device was found with a note, later declared non explosive. The incident began with a threat to Watersmeet Michigan and involved a second plane observing the investigation.

Milwaukee Wis Jon Sherman Sherman Upper Michigan Watersweet Mitchell Field FBI Milwaukee County Seph Litlel Vietnam Midwest Airways Watersmeet United Air Lines Ft. Sheridan Ill John Dayne Doyne

Hurricane Betty Downgraded and Stalled in Atlantic

Hurricane Betty weakened to a tropical storm and drifted stalled about 130 miles north northeast of Flores Island in the Azores. Forecasters expect no definite motion for 12 to 24 hours as cold water saps strength. attention shifts to a weak tropical low forming 200 miles east of Betty, not now a concern but watched as late summer weather evolves.

Miami Georgia Atlantic Azores National Hurricane Center Flores Island Flores Betty Neil Frank

Dole Campaign Attacks Overfunding and Filing Violations

Dole and supporters accuse McGovern campaign of false filings and obfuscation to hide fundraising actions. GAO cites Republican financing lapses totaling about $950,000 in required disclosures. Mankiewicz dismisses the charges as unfounded, insisting GAO investigations will prove no concealment.

Page Dole McGovern GAO Hughes Mankiewicz Sen Lor Bobby Fischer Boris Spassky Fischer White Spasky Reykjavik Iceland Penme Turner Koscott Interplanetary Inc Michigan Flori Klida Madison Square Garden Agen Orlando Headquart United Ing Stewart Mott New York Ferrum Joana Oat Tum BBS KCBS Davia Mann Devel Jopment Anne D. Accy Joseph T Won Sen Ani Fischer Spassky Acey

Leukemia virus work eyed by U S and Russians

Dr Frank Rauscher notes American scientists plan to obtain Russian leukemia virus material during a Moscow mission in October. Moloney and NIH researchers aim to reproduce the material at Ft Detrick to duplicate results and define the virus, with an expected answer in six months. Dr Lapin cited 1967 isolation and trials in baboons and monkeys, about one third developing leukemia.

Moloney Moscow NCI Army Ft. Detrick Lapin Saeviet Ethiopia Frank J. Rauscher Jr National Cancer Institute

Poff Is Sworn In As New Virginia Supreme Court Justice

The ceremony for James Poff included Gov. Snead and Justice Turk assisting in donning the robe. Poff, short in stature, joked about the robe’s length as laughter rolled through the audience. Court colleagues and dignitaries, including Harrison and Almond, offered congratulations and well wishes.

Snead James B. Turk Radford Radford Commonwealth John D. Buck Poff Turk Buck Thomas Gordon Richmond Holton Tuck Albertis Harrison Supreme Court Lindsay Almond U. S. Court of Custom and Patent Appeals Virginia Watkins Abbitt David E. Satterfield I Thomas N. Downing William ‘Wampler John Marsh Porter Hardy Virginia Supreme Court John Eggleston Atty Andrew P. Miller State Corporation Commission Virginia House Senate

Turner firm’s Dare to be Great course tied to securities sale

Fed and Orange County deputies sealed Glenn Turner Enterprises offices in Orlando and seized records after a court upheld the search warrant. Turner's 1969 motivational program, sold for 300 to 5000, offered lifetime membership and tape sets with multi level commissions. A Jacksonville grand jury indicted Turner on deceptive trade practices amid charges tied to the program.

Russell Orange County Turner Orlando Jacksonville Duval County Don Nichols Consumer Protection Bureau of America Les O'Neill Niv

McGovern presses Israel pullout and asylum ideas

McGovern urged Israel to withdraw without safety guarantees and blamed delays in arms to Israel on others. He cited a smuggled Kiev letter from Jewish scientists seeking emigration aid and invoked Democratic leaders in defense of Jewish concerns. He supported asylum for Thieu if postwar settlement risks him. He met Cardinal Cooke and discussed private school tax credits and urban issues, and attended a Soviet Jewry rally with Lindsay and Javits urging better treatment of Jews in the Soviet Union.

Israel McGovern U.N Kiev Democratic Party Franklin Roosevelt John F. Kennedy Vietnam Nguyen van Thien Thieux Saigon United States BfcGovern New York Robert F. Wagner Terence Cardinal Cooke Archdiocesan John V Lindsay GOP Jacob K. Javits Nixon Soviet Union

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