Optimistic GM Emissions System Faces EPA Hurdles
GM touts an emissions control system aimed at meeting federal standards for 50 000 miles while seeking EPA concessions. Edward Cole says tests are unfinished as critics demand mileage figures. EPA tests reportedly show encouraging results, with GM proposing longer testing, averaged model emissions, and shared maintenance costs by owners. Oil industry must supply lead free gasoline to support implementation and the Supreme Court opens its term.
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Los Angeles Times
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Edward N. Cole
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EPA
Oil Industry
Rhetoric Of Reality In McGovern Campaign Shift
John Roche argues McGovern moved fromFaculty meeting rhetoric to broad political rhetoric after Miami Beach. He notes the gap between academic zeal and real-world consequences, criticizing McGovern for inconsistency and misplaced sincerity in politics.
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George McGovern
Miami Beach
Playboy
Lt. Calley
Vietnam
United States
Change In Bus Route Provokes Resident Letter to Editor
A Middletown parent writes to Robert Johnson about rerouted school buses without advance notice. The change, cited as causing hardship for students including the writer’s son, follows a prior east west route near old Route 25. On Oct 3, 1972, the writer spoke with Principal Lewis Hill.
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Robert Johnson
Middletown
Middletown High School
Lewis Hill
Breiel
Jefferson Road
Rt. 25
Thorny Acres
Stonyrill Subdivision
Purple Ox Controversy and Letters to the Editor
A satirist laments TV reruns and CBS scrutiny when a July CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite is claimed to be a year-old repeat. Reader letters discuss local voting rights, school transportation, and property tax implications linked to Warren County and Middletown areas.
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CBS Evening News
Walter Cronkite
Walter
Acapulco
CBS
Cronkite
Reader Lawwill
Warren County
Middletown City
John Chamberlain on Hanoi POW release and election impact
John Chamberlain criticizes Hanoi for releasing three American prisoners as political leverage aimed at swaying the 1972 election. He notes the broader context of 1,200 missing in action and questions why the release omits many with greater needs, while POW relatives demand answers and safer mail delivery.
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U.S
Hanoi
South Vietnam
the Bulge
League of Families of Prisoners
Southeast Asia
Laos
Prisoners of War and Peace Politics in Saigon Return
A veteran observer argues the POWs back from Hanoi should refrain from political statements to honor their duty. The piece signals concern that antiwar activists and lawmakers could jeopardize the prisoners and harm Nixon’s Vietnam endgame. It notes Major Elias and two Navy lieutenants adjusting to civilian life and criticizes activists for pressuring captives.
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Hanoi
Saigon
Indochina
Cora Weiss
David Dellinger
William Sloane Coffin
Thailand
Peking
Moscow
Navy
Mark Gartley
Norris Charles
Air Force
Edward K. Elias
Charles
Elias
Gartley
Vietnam
U.S
Nixon
Southeast Asia
South Vietnam
Cora Weisses
David Dellingers
North Vietnam
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Nobel Gesture and Mockery in One Column
A satirical column lampoons the Nobel Peace Prize delay, TV weather humor, and a health quiz book on sickle cell disease. It jabs at Supreme Court rulings on language and ends with a punch line about potential illness observation.
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