Editorials Myths about air bags
A reader review of the air bag mandate questions the safety and cost of airbags citing Rep Bud Shuster and Calspan scientist Thomas Glenn. It argues seat belts are safer and notes tests show airbags fail in many crashes and in low speed impacts. It urges Congress to revoke the auto air bag order unless future data prove effective and affordable safety.
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Bud Shuster
R-Pa
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Congress
Thomas H. Glenn
Calspan
Buffalo, NY
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The
Safety Administration
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Houses of Congress
Transportation
Brock Adams
Chrysler
Two Irish women win Nobel Peace Prize for peace work
Betty Williams and Mairead Corrigan, aged 24 and 33, win the 1976 Nobel Peace Prize for their courageous nonviolent campaigns amid Ireland's sectarian conflict. They organized peaceful marches, met with Irish Americans, and urged restraint while acknowledging the limits of impact. Amnesty International also receives the 1977 prize.
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Betty Williams
Mairead Corrigan
Hadeen
Ireland
Spendia
United States
Amnesty International
Nobel Committee
Alfred Nobel
New look at water policies by Congressioaa
Washington insiders say the 1977 drought has shifted federal focus from building vast water projects to planning drought responses and wiser land use. Seven task forces under Interior OMB CEQ and the Water Resources Council will present recommendations to the president in February. Congress has introduced drought bills to revise planning and use as the West endures what is described as the worst drought in decades, with about 2,200 counties eligible for aid.
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Washington
George Miller
D-Calif
Carter Administration
Interior Department
Office of Management and Budget
Council On Environmental Quality
The
Water Resources Council
Congress
Drought Fallout Edges Into Farmers Toughest This Summer
Farmers faced mixed fortunes as some harvested bumper crops while surpluses pushed prices down. Water use dropped nationwide with federal grants totaling 2 billion easing drought impacts. Overuse of groundwater worries officials as deep wells threaten future supply, prompting calls for conservation and tighter resource limits.
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California
Virginia
Glen H. Loomis
West
Carter faces many lobbies in bold challenge to policy
President Carter confronts powerful Washington lobbies from labor and oil to Israeli and civil rights groups while pursuing a broad international agenda. He battles Congress and allies over energy, Panama, and Middle East policies, yet earns respect for courage even as he faces pushback at home and abroad.
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Moscow
Middle East
Israel
Carter
Middle Eastern
Panama
Congress
Kennedy
Democratic Congress
Jimmy Carter
State Department
Amd
Koch
New York
Can the United States cope with an oil crisis
President Carter ordered a secret National Security Council study on oil embargo risks and US vulnerability. The four month review analyzes outcomes if overseas oil is cut off, possible NATO Soviet bloc confrontation, and likely policies to tighten imports and expand the strategic oil program.
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Carter
National Security Council
United States
James Schlesinger
Europe
NATO
Administration
Congress
Treasury
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