Used cars outsell new models two to one in 1983
Hertz reports 1983 saw used cars represent about two thirds of all US car sales, with 17.3 million used vehicles changing hands. The typical used car was 4.8 years old, about 49,969 miles, costing 4,902 dollars. Families, friends, and relatives were a notable source, and 46.3 percent of used cars came from new car dealers.
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Detroifp
UPI
Hertz Corp. Seid. Hertz
Hertz
United States
Monsanto Workers Face $2 Billion Dioxin Lawsuits
In Charleston, Monsanto and seven retired Nitro plant workers sue in federal court seeking more than $2 billion, alleging dioxin exposure caused health problems from 1949 to 1981. Trial could last six months with jury selection underway.
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Charleston
W.va
Monsanto Co
Monsanto
John Copenhaver
Vietnam
United Steelworkers of America
Lynn R. Williams
Satellite finds over 100 Mayan ruin sites from space
A NASA Landsat based study by Earth Satellite Corp. researchers identifies 112 potential ruins in the Yucatan, including two undiscovered cities. Field visits confirmed a site near Conhuas and another near Dos Asuadas, dated to the classic Maya period. The findings suggest long term land use patterns and challenge prior farming assumptions.
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Los Angeles
Mexico
Nul
Landsat
Oklahoma
Rod Prates
Frates
Earth Satellite Corp
Los Angeles Times
John Yellen
National Science Foundation
NASA
Earth
Yellen
Stephen Prucha
John Dykstra
Chevy Chase
Edward B. Kurjack
University of Western Ilinds
Yucatan Peninsula
Conhuas
Dos Asuadas
Doctors to Discuss Voluntary Fee Freeze at AMA Meeting
Chicago based AMA conference to debate a one year voluntary fee freeze proposed after a survey found 73 percent of doctors open to the idea. Discussions include vehicle safety measures such as passive restraints and airbags, with resolutions urging seat belt use and possible auto safety legislation.
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Chicago
UPI
American Medical Association
AMA House of Delegates
Toba J. Cohen
AMA
Ms. Cohen
U.S. Department of Transportation Safety
Dairy farmers push for faster action on trade and price supports
At a hearing, McGuire urged faster responses to unfair imports affecting New York vegetables while dairy cooperatives pressed for new price support rules. Rutherford proposed trigger-based price adjustments tied to CCC purchases and urged revising parity to reflect production costs to avoid farm attrition and possible dairy farm sell-outs.
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McGuire
Block
New York
Canada
U.S
Farm Bureau
Northeast Dairy Cooperatives
Dairyiea
Clyde Rutherford
Congress
Rutherford
Soviets overtook United States in nuclear weapons
Report says the Soviet Union surpassed the United States in nuclear warheads more than five years ago, with delivery systems mainly in missiles. The Pentagon estimate may overstate Soviet strength due to counting MIRV capable missiles and reloadable launchers.
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Secretary of Defense
Richard L. Wagner
Soviet Union
United States
Pentagon
Arms Control Today
Arms Central Association
Washington
William Arkin
Institute For Policy Studies
Jeffrey Sands
National Resources Defense Council
U.S
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