Electric car Amitron unveiled by American Motors and Galton
American Motors and Galton Industries announced an electric car called the Amitron with an arrow shaped body, 50 mph cruising speed, 150 mile range, and a lithium battery system. A prototype was shown, road tests planned within a year, and full recharge in four hours. Battery claims include 10 times energy of lead acid and 20 second zero to sixty acceleration.
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Detroit
Roy Dpd Chapin Jr
American Motors
Chapin
Leslie K. Gulton
Gulton Industries
Gulton
Ford
General Motors
Galton
Aid-to-Education Bill Advances with Race Safeguards
Senate approves a 14.2 billion aid-to-education bill aimed at preventing cuts to segregated schools. The measure, backed by Gardner's pledge, extends authorizations for three years and requires advance warnings to districts on Civil Rights Act compliance with hearings and potential actions if noncompliance is found.
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Washington
Senate
House
John W. Gardner
Health, Education and Welfare Department
Gardner
Morse
Johnson urges progress as Central Texas College dedicated
President Johnson dedicates Central Texas College in Killeen urging Americans who value progress to back educational expansion and poverty abolition. He defends high costs of progress, cites rising college access for poor youth and falling dropout rates, and recalls frontier growth amid controversy.
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Frank Cormier
Associated Press
Killeen
Tex
Johnson
Central Texas College
Johnson City
Washington
Afl-Cio
Miami Beach
Fla
Vietnam
America
Central
Texas
White House
Lynda Bird
Charles S Robb
Studies Planned On Saving Youth
The Pentagon plans long range studies to evaluate social effects of Project 100 000. About 49 000 men have been admitted this year and the goal is 100 000 annually with Army Navy Air Force and Marines quotas. Greenberg notes tracking will compare new standards participants with a similar group that narrowly missed entry.
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Bob Horton
Washington
Pentagon
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Army
Navy
Air Force
Marines
Greenberg
Defense Department
McNamara
Denver
Trouble Spot Gets Protection
Deputy State Police Chief Steve Lagomarsino says about six more officers will stay in Tierra Amarilla while indications of trouble persist. He noted past gunmen raids on the Rio Arriba County Courthouse on June 5 and reports of possible gatherings. Dist Court Judge James Scarborough’s civil case was canceled as talks settled it out of court.
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Santa FE
Steve Lagomarsino
Tierra Amarilla
Rio Arriba
Lagomarsino
Dist
James Scarborough
Concert Group To Wear Culottes For Philharmonic Evening
Twenty eight women of the Kansas City Philharmonic plan to wear flowing black crepe culottes with ice blue ruffles for a concert. The ensemble aims for comfort while bowing cellos and plucking harps, with a front panel opening when seated for ease of movement.
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Kansas City Philharmonic
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J. M Greenberg
Project 100,000
J. P Scheel
Pan American Airways
Roswell
Gerhardt Schmidt
Pan Am
Theodore Roosevelt
Scheel
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Miami
Stubbs
Kansas City
Culottes
Broadmoor Shopping Center
Zale
Marquise
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