Detroit Auto Makers Promise New Protective Devices In '67
UPI reports a Detroit safety revolution in auto design with 1967 models featuring collapsible steering columns, deforming instrument panels, and safer windshields. Engineers target second collision injuries by absorbing impact with energy absorbing materials and redesigned dashboards while disc brakes and anti lock systems improve control.
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Detroit Auto Makers
Detroit
Patrick J. Slovan
UPI
Congress
U. S
Ford
General Motors Corp
ACIR
Soldier Prophesies Own Death They Knew They Would Die
In Viet Nam Pfc Hiram Strickland of Burlington NC wrote a last letter predicting his death before a battlefield assault and was killed shortly after. The piece recounts similar tales of premonitions among front line troops and questions whether such predictions are coincidence or psychic phenomena.
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Tom Tiede DA
Strickland
9Th Regiment Marine
Viet Nam
John Payne
Tampa
Fla
Payne
UFO sighting eyed as satellite Venus by Air Force
Two Ohio deputies chased a bright unidentified flying object for about 85 miles into Pennsylvania. The Air Force said it was likely a satellite passing Venus, though Ravenna officials disputed the report, noting the object’s movement and brightness.
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Washington
UPS
Ohio
Venus
Air Force
Dale F. Spaur
W. L. Neff
Ravenna
Pennsylvania
Spaur
Gerald F. Buchert
Mantua
Inks and phrases mark Washington talk in 1960s era shift
A UPI report notes Veterans of Foreign Wars leader Andy Borg misused “a big and fast step-up” for Vietnam and contrasts it with smarter terms. The piece lists current so-called in words like consensus, pragmatic, charisma, quantum jumps, infrastructure, thrust, benchmark, overview, dialogue, meaningful dialogues, counterproductive, and credibility gap.
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Washington
UPI
Andy Borg
Veterans of Foreign Wars
U.S
Viet Nam
Borg
Hugh Scott
R-Pa
Kennedy
Johnson
Ky's Government Seventh Since '54 French Pullout
Washington's UPI dispatch traces South Viet Nam power shifts from the 1954 French pullout to Ky's 1965 rise. It details coups, interim regimes, and U.S. involvement shaping Ky from Diem through Minh, Khanh, and Oanh, noting Johnson's Honolulu meeting and US focus on policy over personalities.
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Stewart Hensley
United Press International Washington
UPI
Nguyen Cao Ky
South Viet Nam
Indo China
Stites Gamaee
Khanh
Quat
Marshal Ky
Washington
U.S
Saigon
Johnson
Honolulu
United States
Your Men At War mailing label order form
A fragment shows an order form for the publication Your Men At War priced at one dollar per copy. The reader is instructed to enclose payment and print clearly on the mailing label, including their name. The readable portion indicates a request for the payee name and address.
Pacifist Would Like Another Viet Visit
A. J. Muste and four companions left South Viet Nam for Tokyo after failed hopes of visiting North Viet Nam. The group plans a short stay in Tokyo before returning to the United States, while one member stays in Hong Kong pursuing a Cambodia visa.
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Richard B. Russell
Senate Armed Services Committee
United States
South
Viet Nam
Saigon
Hong Kong
UPI
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
A. J. Muste
New York
Tokyo
Kar Meyer
Cambodia
William Davidson
Haverford
Bradford Lyttle
Charlotte Thurber
Greenwich
Quake Rocks Caucasus Foot Hills in Azerbaijan
An earthquake measuring 8 on the Soviet scale struck the foot hills of the Caucasian Mountain range in the Kusarsk district of Azerbaijan, according to Tass, with no further details available.
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Russia
Moscow
UPI
Kusarsk
Azerbaijan
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Ngo Dinh Diem
Diem
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