GM announces 1978 car price rise averaging $405
General Motors said 1978 model cars will cost about 405 more than 1977 equivalents, about a 6 percent rise, lifting the average base price near 7,200 including options. The move follows steel, aluminum and labor cost increases, with GM reporting strong first-half earnings and firm guidance on base vehicle prices for most models.
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Pentagon undercharges foreign arms shipments cited by GAO
The General Accounting Office reports the Defense Department underbills foreign military sales. Undercharges on packing and handling may exceed 71 million dollars in 1976 and air shipments 17 million dollars from 1973 to 1975. Ocean transport costs also go unpaid.
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U.S. urged to curb sterility chemical DBCP
A chemical workers union and a consumer health group pressed OSHA and the EPA to curb exposure to the pest-control chemical DBCP amid an NIH study linking animal cancer to injections. Dow, Shell, and Occidental faced sterility cases at Magnolia Arkansas and Lathrop California plants, while industry limits and testing were debated.
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Plainclothes Officer Shot in Sanger Ambush
In Sanger downtown a plainclothes officer was shot twice in the side after exiting his car while investigating a report of a man with a gun. The assailant was fatally wounded by other officers. the officer, Henry Ramirez, 34, was injured in the incident.
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