Survey Puts Bad Rap on U.S. Products
A three part series reports mixed views on American product quality. A.S.Q.C. survey of 7,000 households finds about half see declines over five years while roughly a quarter see improvements and a quarter see no change. Experts cite complexity, recalls, and repair skill shortages as factors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Louise Cook
Associated Press
American Society For Quality Control
Ralph Nader
Nader
Monte Florman
Technical Department For Consumers Union
Kay W. Leek
Society For Quality Control
John Bell
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Consumers Union
Florman
Congress Weighs Multiple Farm Bills Amid Deadline Pressure
In Washington lawmakers push multiple farm bill versions as Senate and House committees refine proposals to replace the 1977 Food and Agriculture Act by May 15. The Reagan administration backs broad authority for price supports while Dole Helms Huddleston and others propose varying loan rates and target-price concepts for grains and cotton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Senate
National Grange
House Agriculture Committee
Senate Agriculture Committee
House Committee
Sen
Bob Dole
R-Kan
Jesse Helms
R-N.c
Senate Committee
Helms
Walter Huddleston
D-Ky
Dole
John Melcher
D-Mont
Thad Cochran
R-Miss
Paul Findley
RTIL
Sands Hunger Strike Triggers Belfast and London Unrest
Supporters of Bobby Sands riot in Belfast and clash with police in London as his 8th day of fasting drags on. Appeals to Irish leader Haughey urge Thatcher to grant political prisoner status for Sands and three other Maze prisoners.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
TRA
Bobby Sands
London
Charles Haughey
Sands
Irish Republican Army
Maze
Waughey
National
Margaret Thatcher
Britain
Owen Carron
Thatcher
Carron
Haughey
IRA
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Thomas J. Hanna
Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Association
Don DeVoto
General Motors Assembly
Tarrytown, Nly
John Nevin
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co
Nevin
Leck
House
Oodsyear
On the
Richmond
Kansas
Phanky
Hubbard L. Lumber
Paxson
Shurfine
Underwood
BHP
Shasss
Tisco
John Deere
Shit Meads
Ottawa
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