Detroit's Auto Industry Improves Gas Mileage Significantly
The piece notes a shift in the U S auto industry from bigger and faster to fuel efficiency. By 1974 GM averaged 12 mpg. new 1975 models reach about 18.4 mpg, a 53 percent rise, with Ford Chrysler and AMC following suit. Domestic gains outpace foreign cars as emissions and fuel concerns drive designs.
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Chrysler
American Motors
United States
Usdane Expected to Leave School Board for State Senate
The article notes Robert Usdane plans to resign from the Usdane School Board after the new year to serve as a State senator. His eight years on the board are praised as dedicated and frugal, but the piece argues he cannot manage both roles and urges a delay in resignation to aid new members and allow a successor appointment or special election.
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Moon and Park tied to Korean lobbying probe on Capitol Hill
The Washington Post reports a two tier South Korean influence effort involving Rev. Sun Myung Moon and businessman Tongsun Park. A tape allegedly records a meeting with President Park Chung Hee planning to sway U.S. lawmakers. Moon missionaries operated on Capitol Hill with access to about 100 attendees per appearance. Park allegedly distributed cash and gifts to officials, with estimates up to 1 million dollars yearly.
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Sing Along with Dick Nixon Album Plans Spark Skepticism
A Washington court allows release of some Nixon tapes and Warner Brothers plots a two record set satirizing the tapes. The imagined song program parodies figures from the Watergate era with titles and quips about Ehrlichman Haldeman Kissinger and Ford. The piece ends noting doubts about selling and a quip about waiting for a bubonic plague.
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Paradise Valley appeals for safety report after bicycle path tragedy
A seven-year-old girl Rebecca Levy died crossing near the Lincoln Drive Mockingbird Lane path. The letter urges the Town Council to request a special report from the town marshal with recommendations to prevent similar incidents and improve early morning traffic safety.
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