Ford Raises Pinto and Capri Prices in Auto Shift
Ford Motor Co boosts Pinto by about 150 to 2080s plus Capri up 119 to 2730, ending US subcompact era under 2000. Government approval granted. GM Chrysler and AMC expected to follow. Ford warns further increases across rest of line. Capri price aimed to offset German mark changes with Ford Germany production.
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Charles C. Cain
Associated Press
Detroit
Ford Motor Co
American Motors
U.S
Volkswagen
Ford
General Motors
Chrysler
Cost of Living Council
Office of Emergency Preparedness
Germany
Capri
Appoints Staff to Interpret Phase 2 Plan
Fred W. Johnson, IRS Arkansas director, named William K. Estes as a full time economic stabilization manager. Two staffers start with him, potentially expanding to 21. The unit will interpret wage and price guidelines from the Cost of Living Council, the Price Commission and the Pay Board, ruling on individual requests for waivers. Appeals go to the IRS office in Oklahoma City.
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Little Rock
Fred W. Johnson
Internal Revenue Service
Arkansas
William K. Estes
Estes
Johnson
Cost of Living Council
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Price Commission
Pay Board
IRS
Oklahoma City
Okla
Plastic bottles pave streets in Japan's bold plan
HAL BOYLE reports Japan is turning discarded plastic bottles into street paving material by crushing melting and blending them with other substances. The piece also surveys astronomy accidents aging presidents and quirky folktales in a collage of notes and trivia.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Japan
Earth
North American
America
Adlai E. Stevenson
Polynesia
France
England
U.S
Andrew Johnson
Abraham Lincoln
Johnson
ABC
Eliza McCardle
TB Sanatorium Director Resigns in Booneville
Dr. Walter D. Jones resigns as medical director of the state TB Sanatorium at Booneville effective December 15. He cites an unstable future and plans to move to Fort Smith to join doctors in a confidential venture. Superintendent Fulmer says the move stems from efforts to close the facility, with the sanatorium holding 143 licensed beds and 98 patients.
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Booneville, Ark
Walter D. Jones
Booneville
Jones
W. J. Fulmer
Fort Smith
Fulmer
Conway Bus Firms Charged With Price Fixing
A federal suit filed in Atlanta accuses Ward School Bus Manufacturing Co. of Conway Arkansas and ten other firms of price fixing in Georgia. The state seeks 15 million dollars in damages. Blue Bird Body Co. of Fort Valley, Georgia, built over 61 percent of the state’s bus bodies. Eleven companies across seven states are named. Governor Carter said investigations by the state attorney general and a legislative committee prompted the suit.
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Atlanta, Ga
U.S
Ward School Bus Manufacturing Co
Conway
Ark
State of Georgia
River Trailer and Equipment Inc
Jacksonville
Fla
Georgia
Blue Bird Body Co
Fort Valley
Jimmy Carter
Georgia Attorney General’s Office
Timely Quotes on quitting smoking and world affairs
Quotes span quitting smoking and personal change by a speaker urging willpower. Diane actress Katherine Hennarn comments on the UN as a forum for order. A Vietnam War note references settling by unilateral policy or negotiations under Henry A Kisser’s adviser view.
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Henry A Kisser
Nios Loll
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Helicopters Collide in Indochina. 10 Killed and Wounded
A Vietnam War era report details two U.S. helicopters colliding with four Americans killed and four wounded, another chopper crashing after mechanical failure, and a South Vietnamese helicopter hitting a mine and exploding. Incidents occurred northwest of Saigon as crews refueled and troops operated near the Cambodian border. multiple flights and an airport were affected including shelling and civilian damage.
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Sailem
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Feld
Cambodia
Mhnemi Pent
Enna Ieveral Felts
Air Force
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