Automakers cite better gas mileage in 1976 cars
EPA tests show GM Chevette at 33 mpg tying with Datsun B-210 and Subaru for top fuel efficiency. GM average 16.6 mpg up 8 percent from 1975. Ford 17.3 mpg up 27.5 percent. Chrysler 16.4 mpg up 5.5 percent. AMC 18.3 mpg down 3.5 percent.
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American Motors
Ford
Chrysler
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Equal opportunity panel guilty of discrimination
U S District Judge Gerhard Gesell ruled the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission discriminated against George Rogers a black former deputy director in Philadelphia. The court found race played a part in the hiring decision tainting the selection and ordered the EEOC to pay Rogers at the district director’s salary level retroactive to April 1974.
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George Rogers
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Carol Williams
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Gesell
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Transportation chief seeks bigger rail aid for ConRail
Transportation Secretary William T. Coleman Jr urged Congress to raise federal funding for ConRail from 1 billion to up to 2.1 billion to reorganize financially stressed Northeast and Midwest railroads. He backed USRA's plan to form ConRail and fund its first decade, warned that without adequate financing ConRail cannot stay solvent, and supported abandoning unprofitable branch lines while opposing outright grants.
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Ford defies Congress over subpoenaed intelligence data
The Ford administration resists congressional subpoenas for intelligence operation records and Arab boycott data, blocking documents and witnesses. House leaders denounce executive arrogance as Pike and Moss insist Congress has right to access the materials while Morton cites confidentiality laws. Ford also signs a Veterans Day date change to November 11 starting 1978.
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Washington
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Israel
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Otis G. Pike
D-N.y
U.S
Rogers C. B. Morton
House
Morton
John E. Moss
D-Calif
House Commerce Oversight Subcommittee
Pike
Moss
Los Angeles
White House
Administration refuses to disclose boycott info as Congress demands
National observers note a split view on Arab boycott confidentiality. The administration argues Ford as commander in chief must protect intelligence, while Congress pressingly seeks release of sensitive information.
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Ford
Kleppe confirmation hearings open amid conservation questions
Senate begins confirmation hearings for Thomas Kleppe to head the Interior Department amid scrutiny of his silence on environmental issues. Critics question his qualifications, while supporters note his varied background as a wax maker and former SBA head.
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Thomas Kleppe
North Dakota
Kleppe
Small Business Administration
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Ford
Wyoming
Stanley K. Hathaway
Hathaway
Charles Clusen
The
Sierra Club
Quentin Burdick
SBA
Richard M. Nixon
Senate panel probes possible U S inside spying under Huston plan
The Senate intelligence committee opens a second week of hearings to determine if U S agencies used break ins wiretaps and mail surveillance on citizens. Chair Frank Church notes the probe covers pre and post Huston plan era with Huston as lead witness and mentions a CIA tape of Oswald and possible hearings on CIA FBI ties to the Warren Commission. Kennedy says no new evidence undermines the lone gunman finding.
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Idaho
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Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
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Jack Anderson
New Hair Growth Treatment Promises Stops Hair Loss
Houston firm Loesch Laboratory Consultants offers a 32 day trial claiming to halt hair loss and grow hair for both men and women. The ad urges interested readers to send information to receive confidential responses by mail with no obligation.
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