Confrontations Loom Over Auto Industry Regulations
The Nixon era regulatory battle pits the federal government against Detroit automakers GM Ford and Chrysler as emissions safety and pricing fights move through courts and Congress. Record 1972 sales loom, but costs and potential labor strife threaten profits.
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Detroit
UPI
U.S
Congress
General Motors
Ford
GMI
Chrysler
American Motors
Richard C. Gerstenberg
John Riccardo
Henry Ford
Federal Price Commission
Nixon
AMC
Lynn Townsend
The
Price Commission
United Auto Workers
UAW
Norwood
Ohio
GM Board
Garstenberg
William D. Innes
Ford North American Automotive Operations
Hanoi Could Hold Some U S POWs For Ransom
The piece discusses North Vietnamese and Viet Cong claims about political prisoners held by Saigon, numbering about 42 000 civilians in multiple correction centers. It notes potential leverage they could hold in peace talks and postwar South Vietnam power struggles, with details on prison sites and the controversy over tiger cages.
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North Vietnam
Viet Cong
Saigon
South Vietnam
Paris
Henry Kissinger
Nixon
le Duc Tho
Hanoi Radio
South
Chi Hoa
Con Son Island
Hanoi
Youth Booked On Marijuana Count
An 18 year old Monroe youth, Willie Earl Tillery of 513 South 6th Street, was booked by Monroe police Sunday on possession of marijuana and vagrancy charges.
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Monroe
Willie Earl Tillery
South 6Th St
Unclear Prisoner Figures Spark Vietnam War Debate
Officials review possible exchange linked to political prisoners as about 1 818 Americans are captured or missing in Vietnam Laos. North Vietnam acknowledges 339 prisoners, raising questions on hidden captives and hostages. Data suggests discrepancies between counts and raises safety concerns for U S personnel.
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United States
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Laos
Modern man as predator endangers wildlife says zoologist
Melvin A. Traylor of the Field Museum warns that contemporary activity from chain saws to pesticides accelerates species extinctions. He notes 106 bird and 40 mammal species extinct in 300 years, with 191 birds and 161 mammals currently endangered. ivory billed woodpecker cited as danger from virgin forest loss to Cypress forests in east Texas, western Louisiana, and possibly Florida.
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Chicago
Melvin A. Traylor
Zoology Department
The
Field Museum of Natural History
Traylor
International Union For the Conservation of Nature
Texas
Louisiana
Florida
James Oglethorpe Born in London in 1696
The founder of the Georgia colony, James Oglethorpe, was born in London in 1696. This trivia note marks the early life of a key figure in American colonial history.
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Colony of
Georgia
James Ogletthorpe
London
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