Lighter Cars Win On Weight Cost In Gasoline Use
A study for the Environmental Protection Agency led director William D. Ruckelshaus to accuse the auto industry of driving up gasoline use with heavy, gadget-filled cars. He cited that extra weight and options can cut mileage by up to 14 percent, while attributes like air conditioning and automatic transmission increase consumption, and steel-belted tires may save about 10 percent. He noted that reducing weight to 2,500 pounds could help reach projected 1975 gasoline-use levels, but market demand will continue to favor a range of choices between economy and comfort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Environmental Protection Agency
William D. Ruckelshaus
Ruckelshaus
Canada Delivers Narrow Result In Liberal-Progressive Tie
Canadian national election yields a dead heat between Pierre Trudeau's Liberal Party and Robert Stanfield's Progressive Conservatives while Nixon crushes McGovern in the United States. Quebec Premier Bourassa urges economic development and welcomes U.S. capital, as Quebec seeks greater autonomy and self determination amid Ottawa policy clashes on American investment.
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Nixon
George McGovern
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Liberal Party
Robert Stanfield
Progressive Conservative
Canada
U.S
Trudeau
Robert Bourassa
Quebec
Economic Club
New York
Montreal
Ottawa
Polic
Cribs That Kill Babies Safety warning prompts action on crib slat gaps
The National Commission on Product Safety warned that about 200 infants may be killed annually by strangulation from crib slat spacing. In 1970, most slats were 3 1/4 inches apart, with unsafe models sold at bargain prices. FDA inspectors find about 15 percent unsafe and aim to set minimum spacing after anthropometric studies, possibly by August. Parents should ensure slats are no more than 3 1/8 inches apart to reduce risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Commission On Product Safety
Food and Drug Administration
Charles H. Percy
Ilinois
Charles C. Edwards
FDA
Health program debate shapes 93rd Congress action
Senator Peter Dominick outlines health policy options for the 93rd Congress. He warns against radical reform, endorses a National Health Insurance Partnership that leverages private insurers with federal support, and stresses catastrophe coverage and industry actions to curb costs.
From the Land and Back and the fading farm life
A Michigan writer reviews Curtis Stadtfeld’s From the Land and Back, arguing that farm populations have collapsed nationwide and that rural life faces a quiet extinction. Stadtfeld’s portrayal contrasts agrarian history with agro business and contemplates a future where some return to small farming, echoing broader ecological and urban concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Curtis Stadtfeld
Michigan
Mecosta
Lindsay Javits race teased as New York Senate bid
William F Buckley Jr contemplates John Lindsay shifting from mayoralty to a New York Senate run in 1974, eyeing Javits or Rockefeller as potential opponents. The piece casts Lindsay as an opportunist drawn to broader power, highlighting party loyalties, cross-aisle moves, and the era’s intra party tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Lindsay
New York
Jacob Javits
Lynda Bird
Luci Bird
Lindsay
Republican Party
Nelson Rockefeller
John Marchi
Javits
Republican
Democratic
Forecasting Headlines: Congress Tax Reform and Nixon Clash
The piece predicts Congress will debate tax reform and defer action until next year. It also anticipates Congress blaming the Nixon administration for delaying leadership or adding to controversy as the administration confronts ongoing issues.
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Congress
Nixon Administration
Nixon
Forecast for 1974 Congress Tax Reform Debate
The passage notes Mills will issue a statement on the tax reform issue while pundits prepare bios of Rep Mills. It predicts the main question of the 1974 elections will be tax reform amid threats of taxpayer revolt with a bleak forecast likening it to snow in Siberia and swallows returning to Capistrano.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Wilbur Mills
House
Rep. Mills
Siberia
Capistrano
Year of Decision Jest in a Political Satire Card
A spoof column mocks political memory and the era's jokes about 1973 1976 and the RCMP centennial. It riffs on checks dated 1973, Christmas gifts, January sales, and a college football coach vote. The piece plays with language about reformers and the year of decision.
Loving Giant Lyndon Johnson Remembered By Brother Sam Johnson
Holmes Alexander recalls Lyndon B. Johnson through quotes and memories from Sam Houston Johnson. The piece portrays LBJ’s crowd appeal, Vietnam remarks, and close family ties, noting Johnson’s death and a future reunion in the family burial ground.
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LBJ
Sam
Lyndon
Danville Register subscription rates and notices
The Danville Register outlines delivery and mail rates for daily and Sunday editions with in city and suburban carrier prices of 50 cents for four weeks and 10 cents for single copies. Mail subscriptions run annual 20 dollars, six months 10.50, three months 5.25, and one month 1.75 with a renewal notice mailed 109 days prior to expiration. Subscribers are urged to renew promptly.
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Sen
Peter Dominick
Rte GH
92Nd
General Accounting Office
Michigan County
Mecosta County
Curtis K. Stadtfeld
Scribner's
Mr. Stadtfeld
Eastern + Michigan University
Stadtfeld
Michigan State College
Hamlin Garland
America
Curtis Stadfield
Wesche
King
Syndicat
William F. Buckley, Jr
Aurelio
United States
White House
Wisconsin
Rockefeller
Empire State
Parricide
Javits-Lindsay
Americans For Democratic Action
Lind-say
Nashville
Tonu
Banner
Soaper
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Jeanette MacDonald
Ohio
Holmes Alexander
Washington, D.C
Lyndon Johnson
John Masefield
West Berlin
Johnson
Richard Nixon
Sam Houston Johnson
Sam Houston
Massachusetts
Senate
Danville
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