Ford chief seeks five year moratorium on safety rules
Ford Motor Co president Lee Lacocera urged a five year halt on new auto safety and emission standards to curb inflation. He argued delaying 1976 to 1978 model rules could save costs and materials while allowing engineers to improve efficiency and develop cleaner engines. Other panelists discussed US China cooperation and a pessimistic near term US economy with a hoped rebound by mid-1976.
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San Francisco
UPD
Automobiledustry
Lee A. Lacorea
Ford Motor Co
United Press International Editors and Publishers
Facocea
Jagoeea
Jacoera
Fenderick Gi
Larkin Jr
Security Pacific National Bank
Los Angeles
Earned Potlis Noose
Noose
United States
China
Flo
Larkin
Inflation Spreads to Dining as Bean Soup Costs Rise
The AP reports higher prices across the board this week. Bean soup climbs to 28 cents per serving, bread to 33 cents, and other staples show inflationary pressure at the Senate restaurant. Prices hit consumers as menus reflect wider cost increases.
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Washington
Texas researchers claim fusion milestone at 200 million degrees
University of Texas researchers report a gas temperature of 200 million degrees Fahrenheit in a magnetic confinement device called a Tokamak, surpassing prior containment records by about fivefold. Drummond says the result is a milestone toward practical fusion power, noting the achievement lasted only about one ten millionth of a second. He cites deuterium in sea water as a potential energy source and Lake Austin as containing ample supplies.
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Austin
Tex
University of ‘Texas Researchers
William E. Drummond
Fusion Research Center
Drummond
Brummand
Srummond
Princeton University
Rules on cancer linked gas threaten two million jobs
Washington labor officials issued tough vinyl chloride exposure limits after reports of a rare fatal liver cancer among workers. OSHA rules tighten to 50 parts per million then 1 ppm eight hour average after 1976, with respirators for higher exposures. Firestone Plastics warns of a potential two million job impact across the plastics industry as production constraints bite.
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UPD
Labor Department
One Plastics
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
OSITA
Yast
OSHA
Tte
Firestone Plastics Co
Louisville
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