Exploding Color TV Sets Identified by U S Safety Board
The Five firms with above average fire incidence in color TV sets were named by the National Commission on Product Safety. About 22 million color sets show a 12 per 100000 fire rate overall, while identified models run about 30 per 100000. Lear Siegler Olympic sets top the list with nine models flagged. Manufacturers dispute the move as creating unfair competitive advantage.
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Washington
National Commission On Prod 1
Uct
Electronics Industries Association
Olympic
Lear Siegler Corp
Commission
Packard Bell
Magnavox
Sylvania
Philco-Ford
RCA
General Electric
Admiral
Motorola
Emerson
Warwick
Sears
Chaiman Arnold B. Elkind
Jack Wyman
The
Electronics Association
Rooneys Probe Expands to Magazine Subscriptions
Rep. Fred Rooney announced a federal grand jury will meet February 17 in Des Moines to probe five Cowles Communications magazine subscription firms for practices such as altering contract terms and misrepresenting prices. The FTC is also pursuing a nationwide inquiry into deceptive magazine selling.
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Washington
Fred B. Rooney
Rooney
Pennsylvania
Des Moines
Iowa
Cowles Communications, Inc
Justice Department
Cowles
Civic Reading Club
Home Reader Service
Educational Book Club
Mutual Readers League
Home Reference Library
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
Williams And Spence Get Life
In Greensboro, a Guilford County Superior Court jury found Joseph Eugene Spence and Glenwood O'Neill Williams guilty of the 1966 taxi driver Alton A. Maynard murder. Both received life terms after a mercy recommendation, the retrial following a U S Supreme Court order due to faulty juror selection.
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Greensboro
Guilford County
New Orleans Judge Cleared of Morals Charges
Judge Edward A. Haggerty Jr was acquitted on charges of soliciting for prostitution obscenity and resisting arrest in a case tied to a midtown motel stag party. Judge Braniff presided without a jury and ruled police eavesdropping illegal due to lack of court authorization.
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New Orleans
Clay Shaw
Edward A. Haggerty Jr
Haggerty
Criminal District Court
Matthew S. Braniff
Shaw
Jim Garrison
John F. Kennedy
Branliff
Brewer S. Pence
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Nat Walker
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Pence
Hangerty
Girlie
Pent
Kenneth A. Reeves
Sears and
SAVE
Sears, Roebuck and CO
Wrenn High Point, N.C
Piedmont Natural Gas
Piedmont Natural Gas Company
Kleen
Ae Quality & Service
H&r Block
America
N. Main ST
Tax Service With
E. Green
Thomasville
E. Main ST
Elk Beck
High Point
Entire Stock JR
Group JR. Boy's
JR. Boy’s Robes
P. J.s
Sain OM
Westchester Mall
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