Editorial urges tougher rear bumper rules for 1973 cars
Dr. William Haddon Jr. of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety criticizes proposed 1973 rear bumper standards as a step backward. Tests show many 1971 models would incur high repair costs at low speeds, with Mercedes models often cheaper to fix than American peers, prompting calls to rethink crash regulations.
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William Haddon Jr
The
Insurance Institute For Highway Safety
Haddon
US Department of Transportation
Grand jury seeks chaplain records over draft counseling
A federal grand jury orders Rev J Gordon Verplank of Claremont Colleges to appear with confidential draft counseling records. He vows to resist disclosure, backed by ministers who call clergy counseling inviolable. The office may seek evasion evidence, prompting concern over privacy versus legal testimony.
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J. Gordon Verplank
Claremont Colleges
Grand Jury
Plank
Widowhood via homicide not compensable GAO ruling
The GAO rejected a widow's compensation claim after she killed her husband to collect his government insurance. The columnist praises the decision as sound policy denying compensation for personal safety related widowhood and urges the GAO to maintain the stance.
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GAO
Editors ponder youth as McMillan ages in records
The piece jokes about aging by recounting Rep. John McMillan of South Carolina lowering his age from 73 to 80 by altering records. It contrasts this with historical figures and notes cautions from Caillon about differing driver license versus congressional directory rules.
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Holmes
George Bernard Shaw
John McMillan
South Carolina
Old Confederacy
Calumbia
Round sounds in Big Steel talks
Washington reports on the steel wage negotiations between R Heath Larry of U.S. Steel and J W Abel of the United Steelworkers. The piece describes their personas, the high stakes for a potential strike, and the broader impact on prices, productivity, and policy, noting outside commentary from Houthakker and public pickets.
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Abe
J. W. Abel
United Steelworkers of America
Heath
Readers comment on taxes ballot issues and Armed Forces Day
Readers discuss a 1968 California income tax ballot amendment, ballot arguments, and reform efforts. They praise an Armed Forces Day show at Municipal Auditorium. A letter questions oil money use for the Queen Mary project and calls for state revenue considerations and tidelands politics.
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California
Armed Forces
Municipal Auditorium
Independent, Press-Telegram
Harbor Islands
Long Beach
Ships and Seapower in the Ancient World review headline
Lionel Casson’s Ships and Seafaring in the Ancient World surveys boat development from 3000 B.C. to Byzantine fleets, highlighting Mediterranean innovation and early skin boats, with a critical note on craft and seamanship. a Princeton volume priced at $20.
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Lionel Casson
Princeton
Casson
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