Ford warns V-8 engines may disappear if big cars stay popular
Dearborn based Ford Motor Co warns it may limit large V-8 engines and even close plants unless Americans shift to fuel efficient small cars. Ford aims to meet an 18 mpg fleet average, but executives say demand for V-8s could trigger price hikes and incentives to push smaller models. General Motors has already raised optional V-8 prices to discourage their installation.
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Dearborn
Mich
UPI
Ford Motor Co
Ford
William O. Bourke
Bourke
General Motors
Aleady
Rourke
PG&E Proposes Two-Unit Nuclear Plant in San Joaquin Valley
Pacific Gas and Electric submits a notice of intent to the state Energy Commission to build a 2400 megawatt nuclear plant about 15 miles east of Modesto with an estimated 4 billion cost. Alternative sites include areas east of Merced and east of Madera. The Commission has until Sept 28 to judge the filing. if satisfactory, a three year hearing follows. Approval by the Public Utilities Commission and Nuclear Regulatory Commission required before operation. The plant could supply electricity to about 2 million homes.
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Sacramento
UPI
Pacific Gas & Electric Co
State Energy Commission
San Joaquin Valley
Pg&e
Modesto
Merced
Madera
Energy Commission
Public
Peace Corps to reclaim desert lands worldwide
The United States plans to send 1000 Peace Corps volunteers by year end 1978 to assist reforestation natural resources management and anti desertification efforts in Africa and Sahel region. The drive expands the Peace Corps by 15 percent with U S funding and technical aid amid a UN conference on desertification.
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Nairobi
Kenya
UPI
United States
Peace Corps
James Joseph
Interior Department
U.N
Action
Sahelen
Sahara
United Nations
Joseph
Welfare payments tied to tax plan face Senate GOP clash
In Sacramento Senator Nicholas Petris warns Gov Brown's push for larger county funding in welfare programs endangers a 305 million aid package for local governments. Amendments to SB154 are being drafted as conference committees aim to sign a report and send the bill to both houses. The plan would have state cover 60 percent of county general assistance costs, with a four year buy-out starting 1978.
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Sacramento
UPI
Conference Committee On Property Tax
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Petris
Brown
Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee
Traits traced to childhood in 16 year crime study
Washington psychologist Dr Stanton Samenow told California and Sacramento law enforcement audiences that criminal tendencies arise as early as ages three or four. He and Dr Samuel Yochelson studied 255 male inmates at St Elizabeths Hospital yielding The Criminal Personality. Most were criminals who manipulated to avoid prison.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Washington, D.C
California
Stanton Samenow
Samenow
Sacramento
Evelle J. Younger
Samuel Yochelson
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
Washington
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