Government Plays Strong Role in Consumer Issues
The 1976 federal actions covered additives advertising aerosols air laws antitrust car standards credit fair trade and food labeling. Agencies like the FDA FTC and CPSA moved to regulate dyes labeling warnings and consumer rights while new laws targeted price fixing odometer tampering and credit discrimination.
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Louise Cook
Associated Press
Food and Drug Administration
Supreme Court
Justice Atment
Federal Trade Commission
National Academy of Sciences
FDA
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Airlines
Ralph Nader
Air
Antitrust Congress
Energy Policy and Conservation Act
Equal Credit Opportunity Act
Department of Agriculture
National Canners Association
Association
Congress
Pole remains after collision in Columbia South Carolina
An SCE&G employee appears to hold up the damaged power pole in Columbia South Carolina after a car swerved to avoid another vehicle and clipped the pole. There were no serious injuries.
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South Carolina
Vatican Leader Won’t Sell Art
A Vatican prelate defending sacred art said selling Michelangelo’s Pieta and other treasures would amount to materialism over spirituality. The Pieta, shown at the 1964 World Fair and insured for about 10 million, was damaged by vandalism four years ago but repaired and encased in protective glass. The push to divest Vatican riches has been raised before by figures including the late Luigi Einaudi and dismissed as unfeasible.
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Hilmitoros
Associated Press
Vatican City
Vatican
Michelangelo
Giovanni Fallani
Holy See
L’osservatore Della Domenica
Jesus
New York
St. Peter's Basilica
Fallani
Pontifical Commission For Sacred Art
Luigi Einaudi
Ray Earl Ray Urged to Testify Despite Threats
Memphis attorney Robert I. Livingston says Ray faces extreme danger if he testifies before the House Select Committee on Assassinations. Ray, serving a 99 year term for King’s 1968 murder, has asked to testify, while his Washington attorney warns the risk to his life remains high.
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Memphis
James Earl Ray
Martin Luther King Jr
Ray
House Select Committee
Robert I. Livingston
WREC
Select Committee
Brushy Mountain
Petros
Tenn
James Least
Washington
Livingston
Select Committee On
King
Michelson interferometer measures light wavelengths precisely
The Michelson interferometer, invented in 1881, measures light wavelengths to an accuracy of a millionth of an inch, using interference patterns to determine wavelength with high precision.
Inflation Chart Shows U.S. CPI Peak in 1974
An AP Wirephoto chart tracks U.S. inflation from 1960 to 1976 with an estimate for 1976. The peak CPI rise occurs in 1974 at 12.2 percent, highlighting the era’s tariff and price pressures.
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U.S
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