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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Dec 30, 1971

Page

6

Nixon consumer aide seeks garage rating for motorists

President Nixon's consumer affairs adviser Virginia Knauer asked consumer groups industry and government to help create a public rating system to guide motorists to top repair garages. She urged more service competition and objective evaluations to curb unnecessary repairs and unsatisfactory results. Her letters to A A A, Center for Automobile Safety, Consumers Union and others outline incentives and survey cards to capture customer comments for a manufacturer panel to judge dealer service.

Washington UPI Nixon American Automobile Association Ralph Nader-sponsored Center For Automobile Safety Consumer Federation of America Department of Transportation Consumers Union National Automobile Dealers Association Knauer

Senate ecology prober says quit detergent return to soap

Senate panel chair Sen. William B. Spong Jr. urged discarding detergents for soap, saying phosphates harm the environment. He listed soaps considered safe and urged caution with certain products, noting old laundry soap is environmentally safer than many nonphosphates, while cleaning effectiveness remains mixed.

Senate Ecology Prober Washington If Senate Senate Commerce William 8. Spong Jr Spong

Mercury coated seeds restricted by California rules

California tightens controls on mercury coated seeds with new regulations effective January 1 1972. Mercury has been used to treat seed fungus for decades and will remain allowed only under three specialized conditions with county agricultural commission approval. Seed stock must be discarded after June 1972.

Sacramento California Department of Agriculture California

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