Editorial Shifts to Small Car Production Across Industry
Editorial notes a sweeping shift in American auto manufacturing from large cars to small models amid an energy crisis. It cites Detroit News and GM executives on luxury demand, outlines rapid plant retooling by Ford and others, and highlights potential for small cars to sustain jobs and profits while exploring rapid transit vehicle production.
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General Motors
California
New York
Indiana
Michigan
Detroit
News Automotive
Robert W. Irvin
Ford
Irvin
Remembering William Knowland a California newspaper leader
Governor Reagan and former Governor Brown praised William Knowland as a great gentleman and honest man. The Oakland Tribune editor and publisher led with integrity, defending confidential sources, and shaped a respected California journalism legacy. Authorities cite his death as a suicide on Saturday.
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Oakland
Pans
William Knowand
Tye
Edmund G. Brown
California
Knowland
The
Tribune
Joseph R. Knowland
Bill Knowland
the Tribune
Editors lead in Atlanta as Murphy takes program chair
Amid kidnap rumor and editor Reg Murphy’s release, the Bulletin notes Murphy agreeing to become the new program chairman for the American Society of Newspaper Editors April convention in Atlanta. The group’s president Arthur Deck of the Salt Lake City Tribune welcomes the change.
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Imost
Atlanta Constitution
Reg Murphy
Bulletin of the American Society of Newspaper Editors
Murphy
Atlanta
Miami News
Arthur Deck
Salt Lake City Tribune
Military coup fears in Washington echo fiction and real tensions
A loose helicopter incident and a Navy yeoman’s handling of Kissinger documents raise questions about military subordination to civilian authority. The piece argues genuine strain exists between the military command and White House policy, though the White House remains in control.
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White House
Fletcher Knebel
Charles Bailey
Knebel
Navy
Dr. Kissinger
Joint Chiefs of Staff
U.S
Soviet Union
China
Admiral Moorer
Nixon
Kissinger
Peking
Chau Bnal
Liberalism Reviving in Calif GOP in Wake of Watergate
California Republicans drift leftward from Reaganism as State Controller Houston J. Flournoy emerges as a liberal-leaning governor candidate. Backed by the Tuttle group but limited by past ties to Reagan, Flournoy could become a pivotal figure if he upsets in the June 4 primary, signaling national implications for GOP politics.
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Sacramento
California
Ronald Reagan
Earl Warren
Reagan
Houston J. Flournoy
Flournoy
Ed Reinecke
Reinecke
Holmes Tuttle
Los Angeles
ITT
Tuttle
Edmund G. Brown, Jr
Evelle Younger
Younger
Robert Finch
Richard M. Nixon
Reinecke, Darling
Noy
San Francisco
David Packard
San Jose
John Harmer
HEW
John G. Veneman
Nelson
Rockefeller
Barry Goldwater
Robert T. Monagan
U.S
Harris
Letters to the Editor Defend Clowns Against Harris Critique
A Long Beach reader defends clowns after Sydney Harris’s Feb. 13 commentary. She condemns broad caricature of clowns, praises charity performers led by her husband as normal, dedicated entertainers, and urges meeting Richard Buffum of the Los Angeles Times to see clowning as diverse.
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Sydney Harris
Long Beach
Harris
Richard Buffum
Los Angeles Times
Buffum
Ruffum
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