The Car Book a Consumer Guide to Car Buying
NHSA releases The Car Book a six chapter 68 page guide on cars and safety. Officials say the book costs 650000 for 500000 copies and 50 cents each for 1.5 million. critics call it rushed and shoddy though advocates say it helps buyers with tests and costs across car families.
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Auto Industry
Consumer Agency
Robert Boaz
NHSA
Federal Consumer Information Center
Pueblo
Colo
Boaz
Department of Transportation
Yankee engineering leads as American cars win praise
Local auto mechanics, including Ken Skala of A C Tire in Elyria, say GM dominates in engineering and reliability while foreign cars like Datsun and Toyota lag. They note GM Chevette diesel may boost fuel efficiency and vouch that GM products have better durability, with Skala personally driving GM cars. Hill Pownall of Bill's Auto Service in Grafton agrees GM makes the best domestic cars.
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Chronicle-Telegram
Ken Skala
A & C Tire Company
West Avenue
Second Street
Elyria
Skala
Hill Pownall
Bill
Butternut Ridge Road
Grafton
Reagan estimate off by $3 billion
Reagan aides underestimated next year's federal spending by 31 billion dollars. Brady said figures range from 3 to 6 billion, amid Carter-era cost estimates. Stockman noted broad cuts, naming veterans affairs, NASA, farm price supports, Job Corps, and nuclear energy projects, with 30 percent cut planned for the.SUPPLEMENTAL nutrition program and consolidation of health and social services into a single grant, reducing 40 programs to 75 percent of 1981 levels.
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Reagan
James S. Brady
Carter
Treasury
Donald Regan
Veterans Administration
Job Corps
Congressional
Congress
Reagan earns solid marks after first month in office
After a month in office Ronald Reagan holds a positive national rating similar to Carter's early weeks. A AP NBC poll of 1,597 adults finds 56 percent rate his overall work as good or excellent, with 21 percent fair and 5 percent poor. He leads in economy and foreign policy, and 59 percent believe he understands the nation's complex problems.
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Ronald Reagan
Jimmy Carter
Associated Press
NBC News
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Ap-Ibc
Carter
Ap-Nbc News
Weather Outlook With Chance of Snow Flurries Monday
Cloudy with highs in the mid to upper 30s and a 20 percent chance of precipitation tonight. A mix of cloudy skies continues tonight and Monday with a low around 25 to 30 and a high in the mid 30s.
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Detroit
Yankee Engineering
Brady
David A Stockman
Office of Management and Budget
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Stockman
Charlie GE
Pat Willbrand
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