Government Moves To Standardize Tire Ratings On Safety Wear
Washington AP report on proposed government tire designations to rate tread wear traction and uniformity. Standards would require manufacturers to label tires with grades for road-hazard resistance and high-speed performance, with compliance checks planned through 1972.
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Congress
Edward H. Wale Jlace
National Highway ‘Traffic Safety Administration
Wallace
Walllace
Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Highway Safety Administration
Nixon Sees Detention Law Repeal Calmly Backed
Nixon defended the repeal of the Emergency Detention Act saying no detention centers ever served their feared purpose and that mere legal authority sparked unwarranted anxiety. He urged Americans to move past suspicions as labor talks and a West Coast port strike continued. He planned stops in Portland Walla Walla Anchorage and a summit with Emperor Hirohito in Alaska amid a broader tour.
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White House
Nixon
Wixton
San Diego
Calif
Seattle
Wash
Portland
International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union
Pacific Maritime Association
James D. Hodgson
George P. Shultz
Office of Management and Budget
Hickel
Washington
Elmsdorf Air Force Base
Anchorage
Kirohito
Japan
Hirohito
Nagaka
Europe
China
Nixon Seeks Halt to Strikes Amid Wage Talks
President Nixon calls for a complete halt to strikes as he unveils a new economic policy. Labor Secretary Hodgson questions the cooling off period, saying it often merely delays and fuels further dispute. Bridges and Shultz discuss progress while Counts works to broker settlement. the strike by 35,000 SLWU members idles 24 Pacific ports and diverts cargoes. The union demands wage cuts, a higher weekly wage, a $50 monthly pension at 62, and off dock container handling control.
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Nixon
James D. Hodgson
George P. Shultz
Office of Management and Budget
Bridges
Shultz
Piynn
Odeson
J. Curtis Counts
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Air Force One
Ife
Counts
San Francisco
SLWU
San Diggo
Seattle
Teamstars Union
Ginger hurricane watch extends to Atlantic coast centers warn
Center forecaster Neil Frank cautions Ginger could become treacherous for novices as swells affect the Atlantic from the Carolinas to Puerto Rico. Cape Kennedy remains on Hurricane Condition 4. NASA readies a Delta rocket for possible protective measures while a sun probe satellite awaits launch.
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Page Ane
Center
Neil Frank
Cape Kennedy
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
U.S
NASA
Gand
Bermuda
Frank
Carolinas
Puerto Rico
Bahamas
Brezhnev Tito meet signals cautious Yugoslav shift
Brezhnev and Tito held three days of talks in Belgrade ending with a declaration that affirmed socialist cooperation while preserving Yugoslavia’s nonaligned stance. They pledged greater political and economic cooperation, discussed reducing tension with the Soviet bloc, and agreed to more frequent high level consultations.
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Moscow
Budapest
Brezhnev
Bulgaria
Yugoslavia
Hungary
Pito
Yugoslar
Inon
Communist Party
Seach
Belgrade
Tito
United States
Breshnev
Balkans
Europe
North Vietnam air action rises as U S strikes intensify
The mounting air action in the North stems from increased U S air strikes against the Ho Chi Minh trail and surrounding passes to disrupt supply lines before the dry season. Phantom Jets reported undamaged in the 64th protective action raid, while South Vietnam saw isolated skirmishes including a predawn rocket attack on Phan Rang and another against an American headquarters.
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Ho Chi Minh Trail
U. S
Hanoi
U.S
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Phan Rang
Saigon
Ky Leads Opposition Talks on New Saigon Protest Plan
Saigon Viet Nam Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky and top opposition leaders met to map new anti Thieu strategy after a day of weak street protests. Participants included veterans groups Buddhist and Catholic factions and retired generals linked to the 1963 coup.
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Saigon
Nguyen Cao Ky
South Vietnam
Disabled Veterans’ Association
Nguyen van Thieu
An Quang Buddhist Church
Senate
Ngo Dinh Diem
Eintelligence
Thieu
U.S. Navy
U.S
U.S. Air Force
Air Force
Cholon
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Pope
John Connelly
Birch Bayh
Curt. Flood
Margaret Mead
Jesse Jackson
Indiana
Secretary of Treasury
Swicegood
West Main Street
DIAL
Big George
da Nang
Bien Hoa
Saison
Khe Sanh
Laos
Forster
Shermont Baptist Church
MT. Cross Road
Gerald Goodwin
Curtis Hall
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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