Ribicoff Urges Clear Recall Communications From Auto Makers
Senator Ribicoff chairing a highway safety subcommittee praised Detroit's Big Four for swift recall actions on non safety defects and said the auto industry will tighten recall procedures. He noted more direct customer contact and emphasized that statistics discredit the claim accidents are solely due to bad driving.
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Ribicoff
Senate
Detroit
Big Four
Deficien
General Sinc
Ford Motor Co
Chrysler Corp
Ford Motors
Coop
Former Ku Klux Klansman Sheriff Candidate Imprisoned
Eloral H. Hennis, a former Klan member running for Guilford County sheriff, was committed to prison after a 90 day sentence for malicious damage from an assault by armed men on two youths. He appeared at Guilford Superior Court and was led to the county jail on the fourth floor awaiting transfer to a state prison.
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Greensboro
Hennis
High Court
Bryant withdraws from Guilford County House race
Charlie Bryant of Greensboro withdraws as a Democratic candidate for the North Carolina House of Representatives due to a prolonged illness after a heart attack on April 9. The move leaves nine Democrats vying for six Guilford County seats with a primary set for May 28.
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Charlie Bryant
Greensboro
House of Representatives
Bryant
Guilford County
Wesley Long Hospital
North Carolina
Stock prices slide as market heavy trading continues
In New York stock prices fell further in heavy trading, dropping about one dollar to a 1966 low of 87. The Dow Jones industrial average stood at 895.93, down 3.84 points at 10:30 a.m. EDT amid news of a GM reduction.
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New York
Living Cost Rise Indicated
The Labor Department reports wholesale prices edged up one tenth of a percent, signaling potential higher living costs. Farm products and processed foods fell six tenths of a percent while industrial commodities rose three tenths, with the April wholesale index at 105.5 percent of the 1957 59 base and 3.7 percent above a year earlier.
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Washington
Guneed Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Viet Nam Elections Seen as Sham Without Wider Vote
Ha Thuc Ky of the Dai Viet faction said elections in South Viet Nam would be meaningless unless about two thirds of the people could vote freely. He estimated only about one fifth could vote now, and warned peasants could not vote. He urged a six month organizing period and an interim civilian government.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Ha Thuc Ky
Dai Viet Party
Nguyen Cao Ky
Marines Wish for Discarded Military Gear From Aid Program
Senate investigator Joseph Lippman said the Marine Corps would repair and use discarded Jeeps cranes bulldozers and similar gear from the Agency for International Development in South Vietnam. AID officials call the claims about junk gear inaccurate noting refurbished equipment cost $300 million over six years. Gruening accuses the Defense Department and Pentagon counters that reclaiming gear helps soldiers abroad.
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Senate
U. S
Foreign Aid Agency
Joseph Lippman
Marine Corps
South Viet Nam
Lippman
Subcommittee
Agency For International Development
Pentagon
Viet Nam
Japan
Ernest Gruening
Alaska
Defense Department
Unemployment Rate Declines Again in April
The unemployment rate fell to 3.7 percent in April the second time this year, a record low in more than 12 years, while total employment rose to 73.1 million. Harold Goldstein of the Bureau of Labor Statistics said the figures show ongoing economic strength and easing labor shortages, with unemployment dropping from 3.8 percent in March and from 4.8 percent previously.
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Washington
Labor Department
Harold Goldstein
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Fig
Ures
Fulbright defies Goldwater on Saigon criticism at Johns Hopkins
Senator Fulbright, in a Johns Hopkins lecture, rejects Goldwater's call. He warns Saigon displays the fatal impact of Western wealth on a poorer nation. He cites reports of wives and daughters forced into prostitution to serve American soldiers.
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Arkansas
South
Viet Nam
Fulbright
Johns Hopkins University
School of Advanced Interna
Tional
Saigon
Johnson
Jury Convicts Pair In Moors Slaying Case
In Chester England AP reports Ian Brady convicted of three murders in the Moors case and his mistress Myra Hindley found guilty of two killings. Brady given three concurrent life terms. Hindley faces related sentencing.
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Chester
England
Ian Brady
Britain
Brady
A Hindley
Lesley Ann Downey
John Kilbride
Edward Evans
Sir Fenton Atkinson
Evans
Hindley
Venus as Earth's sister planet and its high surface heat
Venus exploration by Mariner 2 and Soviet probes Venus-2 and Venus-3 reveals a scorching surface possibly heated by a greenhouse atmosphere rich in carbon dioxide. The data show no magnetic field and a reflective cloud layer, with a large portion of sunlight reflected and a mysterious evolution of Venus atmosphere versus Earth.
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World Book Encyclopedia
Science Inc
Earth
Venus
Radio Ae
Naval Renear Washae
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Prober
Agency For International Development Aid
Gruening
Junk
AID
Congress
Goldwater
Barry Goldwater
S. I. Rasool
NASA
Goddard Institute For Space Studies
New York City
University of Paris
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