Detroit Aims at Economy in ’74 Cars
Detroit reports a shift to small fuel efficient cars amid the 1970s energy crisis. U S automakers Ford GM Chrysler and AMC push compact models while compact and subcompact sales rise in early 1978 with a goal to blunt foreign share and explore alt power like the Wankel engine.
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George Romney
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Mrs King rejects SCLC presidency to focus on MLK Center
Atlanta widow Coretta King says she would not accept the Southern Christian Leadership Conference presidency even if offered. She commits to completing the Martin Luther King Jr Center for Nonviolent Social Change and raising her four children. The SCLC board meets in Indianapolis to select a successor amid reports Abernathy may remain.
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Southern Christian Leadership Conference
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Martin Luther King Jr. Center For Nonviolent Social Change
School Head Says Use Of U S Funds Correct
Kansas Education Commissioner Dr. C Taylor Whittier says federal funds may be handled differently as states that owe money may raise state and local spending instead of repayment. The dispute centers on 130000 owed for Title I programs in Hutchinson Kansas City Kansas Leavenworth and Olathe and use of funds for libraries reading and class size reduction. Kansas maintains no money is owed and says no notice of any option has been received.
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