Electric car revival eyed as fuel costs rise
A June Publishers' Auxiliary article notes past electric car use in 1910s and 1912 100000 vehicles in US cities. It discusses limitations of range 35 40 miles and the switch to internal combustion as gas prices rose, with future options including alcohol fueled and steam powered cars. It mentions battery advances needed for a viable revival and cites 160 million federal funds from the 1976 Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Act.
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Publishers’ Auxiliary
National Newspaper Association
Auxiliary
Quincy
National Argonne Laboratories
Mike McCormack
D-Wash
Bronx club fire killer says it was to protect girlfriend
Jose Angelo Cordero testified through an interpreter that he masterminded the Bronx social club fire to shield a teenage girlfriend from drunkenness and smoking inside the club. He rejected earlier claims of a lover’s quarrel and said he did not intend to harm anyone.
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New York
Bronx
Jose Angelo Cordero
Pentagon reviews warning by General Starry after Germany speech
Lt. Gen. Donn Starry faces Pentagon discipline for an unauthorized warning that the United States might enter a Sino Soviet war. He prepared to report to Army leaders while praising his German farewell as he returns to the United States for a vacation before a new post at Ft. Monroe. The flap follows Maj. Gen. Singlaub’s Korea troop withdrawal remarks that led to his removal.
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Washington
Pentagon
United States
Donn Starry
Lic
Starry
West Point
Parate
Army
Clifford Alexander
Bernard Rogers
Germany
Sth
Headquarters Officers’ Club
Army Training and Doctrine Command
Ft. Monroe
John Singlaub
U.S
Korea
Singlaub
Carter
Skokie Nazis Case Spurs Free Speech Debate
Holocaust survivor Sol Goldstein says Supreme Court action allowing a Nazi march in Skokie protects hatred spread rather than free speech. Local leaders and groups mix anti Nazi counterplans with First Amendment rulings amid tensions in the Chicago suburb.
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Skokie
Ill
Sol Goldstein
Supreme Court
Goldstein
Chicago
National Socialist Party of America
Frank Collin
National Socialist Congress
U.S
High Court
Court upholds gas rates drawing consumer appeal
Washington AP report says consumer groups may pursue a rehearing or Supreme Court review after a U.S. Court of Appeals ruling upheld the Federal Power Commission stance on interstate natural gas pricing. The decision sparks dismay from the Consumer Federation and Energy Policy Task Force while Judge Leventhal stresses agency latitude amid a national supply emergency. In a second item, four Missourians were minorly injured in a small airplane crash near Ravenden Arkansas, FAA says an investigation is ongoing.
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Washington
Federal Power Commission
John E. Moss
D-Calif
Moss
Supreme Court
U.S. Court of Appeals
Consumer Federation of America
FPC
Texas
Louisiana
Ellen Berman
Energy Policy Task Force
Luxembourg Denies Prince Charles Engagement Link
Grand Duke Jean and a Buckingham Palace official denied reports that Prince Charles would announce an engagement to Princess Marie Astrid of Luxembourg. The London Daily Express story cited a religious arrangement for children from the marriage, but palace aides called it a misunderstanding of a private press reception. Green-eyed Marie Astrid, 23, had been among several women linked to the heir.
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Luxembourg
Jean
Britain
Charles
Marie-Astrid
London Daily Express
Palace
Wmen
Ronald Allison
Queen Elizabeth II
Prince Charles
Prince of Wales
Hope Advertising Commission Discusses August Watermelon Festival
Bob Keaton of the Sheraton Inn attends his first Hope Advertising and Tourist Promotion Commission meeting. The panel reviews August events for the Watermelon Festival at Fair Park and the Old Washington Art Portfolio with ad plans in the Great Southwest booklet.
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Bob Keaton
Sheraton Inn
Hope Advertising and Tourist Promotion Commission
Fair Park
Schaff
Dean Murphy
Murphy
The
Keaton
Enterprise's manned flight postponed by computer failure
Edwards AFB Calif AP a computer failure today forced a 24 hour postponement in the first manned test flight of the Space Shuttle Enterprise. The flight rescheduled for 8 am PDT Saturday atop a Boeing 747. Commander Fred Haise Jr and pilot Gordon Fullerton to man the shuttle during the dress rehearsal with NASA Mission Control guiding simulated data. Haise, veteran of Apollo 13, and Fullerton, a program veteran, are among the four crew members for Phase Two approach and landing tests.
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Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
Fred Haise Jr
Gordon Fullerton
Boeing
Mission Control Center
Houston
Tex
Houston Center
America
Haise
Earth
Fullerton
German rocket pioneer von Braun dies at 65
Dr. Wernher von Braun a German born rocket designer who aided the U S space program died at 65 after a long cancer battle He helped design the V 2 for Hitler and the Jupiter C for the United States before joining Fairchild Industries in 1972 and retiring in 1978 He spent years in hospital and continued limited work as Fairchilds VP of engineering and development
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Washington
Wernher von Braun
United States
Adolf Hitler
U.S
Russsia
von Braun
Alexandria Hospital
Virginia
Fairchild Industries
Fairchild
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Lawrence County
Federal Aviation Administration
Prince
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Jim Harris
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Paul Henley
Charles ‘‘Buckey
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