GM plans smaller fuel efficient cars by 1980
GM executives say cars will be trimmed for size and weight and fitted with efficient equipment to raise sales weighted mileage from 12.2 mpg in 1974 models to about 15 mpg by 1980. UAW chief Woodcock backs 22 mpg standard by 1981 and a five year freeze on antipollution rules.
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Burns urges 5.5 percent jobless rate possible in two years
Burns told the Senate Budget Committee that unemployment could fall to 5.5 percent within two years if the right mix of policies is followed. He rejects the Ford budget’s 1980 target and cites current 8.2 percent rate while urging quick passage of a roughly 21 billion dollar tax cut.
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GOP loyalty pledge aims to deter third party movement
House Republican leaders announced 111 GOP members signed a statement pledging loyalty to the party. They characterized it as a reaffirmation rather than a loyalty oath and distributed it to senators governors and state party chairmen to counter dissident conservatives mulling a third party. John Rhodes and John Anderson unveiled the signers at a news conference.
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North Vietnam says it has data on missing Americans
The letter from Foreign Minister Nguyen Duy Trinh to Senator Edward M. Kennedy indicates Hanoi possesses information on Americans listed as missing in action in Southeast Asia. Trinh refused to release details until the United States pressured Thieu to exit Saigon and halt military aid, delaying access to families awaiting news.
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Vietnam War Letter Mentions Missing Americans
A March 1973 private note from North Vietnamese sources to Dehaan indicates information about missing American service members. Trinh’s letter language is vague but suggests yielded details under discussion.
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