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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1972
Page
4
Lockheed Missiles & Space Co. received a 12.55 million dollar Army contract to build four prototype armored vehicles. The Scout is a two body six wheeled vehicle capable of water and land use and carries a 220 mm gun, entered competition against five other firms.
A safety demonstration by the National Motor Vehicle Safety Advisory Council Wayne State University and Allstate failed as the air bag did not fire during a 30 mph crash mock. Council chair Judson Branch warned public tests under real driving conditions are needed to boost consumer confidence and funding.
NEW YORK UP I reports the National PTA approved a resolution in a 302 to 296 vote endorsing the use of school busing to achieve racial integration. Delegates defeated an amendment that would have nullified the pro busing stand, keeping the focus on integrated transport within districts.
President Nixon's welfare reform plan is described as a hostage of the Senate Finance Committee and its chairman Russell Long. John G. Veneman, under secretary of health, education and welfare, warned time is running out and passage before the conventions is crucial to avoid five more years without meaningful change. Veneman spoke to a Los Angeles civic group about the stalled plan and the committee's central role.
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