Nixon warns inflation will push Americans to buy foreign cars
The U S administration condemned the GM UAW settlement as inflationary and warned wage gains averaging 7 percent would raise auto prices and push buyers toward foreign cars. It urged voluntary restraint as slack in the economy persists and unemployment sits at 5.6 percent.
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UPI
Nixon
United Auto Workers
General Motors
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White House
UAW
Population growth slows as 1960s finish
The 1970 census counts 204,765,770 Americans in the U.S. and abroad as of April 1 1970. It notes the population rose 13.3 percent from 1960 to 1970, the second smallest percentage increase since the 1930s, and it will affect apportionment of the 435 House seats. The piece also mentions weather shifts and economic signals including a discount-rate cut by the Federal Reserve.
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UPI
United States
Census Bureau
Nixon
House of Representatives
Congress
U.S
House
Federal Reserve Board
Independent
Federal Reserve Banks
Army charged with building spy network
Five former military intelligence agents accuse the Army of creating a nationwide spy network to monitor antiwar and civil rights movements. They allege infiltrations during the King funeral Poor Peoples Campaign and 1968 Democratic National Convention and say about 1,000 agents remain in operation. Defense official says activity occurred at Justice Department request.
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New York
UP1
Army
Nixon
Martin Luther King Jr
Chicago
Washington
NBC
United States
Daniel Z. Henkin
Defense
Justice Department
16 Routes Picked for National Rail Passenger Network Plan
Washington officials unveil 16 routes that would form the core of the proposed Railpax system, with about 15 percent of current communities cut from service and roughly half of the existing trains discontinued. Major axes center on New York and Chicago and include Chicago to Los Angeles, Seattle, and Houston, with many lines reduced to single daily services.
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Washington
UPI
Transportation Department
Far West
Southwest
Chicago
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Seattle
Houston
Transportation
John Volpe
Semipublic Corporation
New York
Boston
Buffalo
Miami
New Orleans
New Oreleans
Detroit
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Washington-St. Louis
Railpax
Penn Central Railroad
Southern Pacific Railroad
Pacific Northwest
Space astronomy mission fails over nose cone accident
CAPE KENNEDY UPS reports the 98 million failure of the OAO observatory after a fiberglass nose cone failed to detach four minutes after launch. The Centaur rocket overloaded, the satellite burned on reentry, and officials plan a board to determine the malfunction.
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UPS
America
Earth
Orbiting Astronomical Observatory
OAO
U.S. Space Agency
OAO 2
Space Machine
Centaur
Bruce T. Lundin
Lewis Research Center
Lundin
Federation presents gloomy picture of pollution trends
National Wildlife Federation reports 1970 shows ground lost on seven key points with air and water pollution rising and public apathy increasing. It urges federal standards faster tighter enforcement cleaner engines cleaner fuels and quicker power plant cleanup to curb health and economic costs.
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Vaughn Proctor
National Wildlife Federation
Federation
He Federation
U.S
Sadat warns cannot extend cease-fire without withdrawal timetable
Egyptian President Anwar Sadat told frontline troops along the Suez Canal he will not extend the Middle East cease-fire beyond February 5 unless Israel issues a timetable for withdrawal from occupied lands. He warned that further extensions would risk 20 years of delays, and criticized Israel for stalling with U.N. negotiator Gunnar V. Jarring.
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United Press International
Anwar Sadat
Middle East
Israel
Sadat
Suez Canal
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Sacramento
Space Astronomy
Central Africa
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