Auto industry shifts toward smaller cars and mini imports
Readers-Writers views say U.S. makers will offer a sub $2,000 mini import within two years as demand shifts from large standards to intermediates and compact classes. Consumer Guide lists classifications from mini imports to luxury, noting luxury share at three percent and a broad move to smaller, fuel efficient models.
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Consumer Guide
Chevrolet
Ford
Plymouth
Ambassador
U.S
Mini
Gremlin
Vega
Pinto
Hornet
Nova
Dart
Maverick
Comet
Mazda
Omega
Valiant
Ventura
Javelin
Mustang
Challenger
Firebird
Open Letter Urges Non-Smokers to Claim Clean Air Rights
A reader letter urges non-smokers to push for stronger non smoking policies citing health harms and lingering smoke. The text notes recent steps like hotel floors in Los Angeles and Indianapolis and a civil aviation rule for separate smoking areas.
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Clermont Countian
Los Angeles
Indianapolis
Civil Aeronautics Board
Maine Hospital Association
W.K. Curfman
Southwestern Ohio Lung Association
Farm Bill Limits Farm Support Payments Under New Law
The new farm bill reduces farm subsidies to a $20 000 cap per farmer and introduces a target price concept for wheat cotton and corn. Payments will occur only when market prices fall below target levels, aiming to cut federal spending while noting farming aid remains a small part of the budget.
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Congress
Washington
Nixon
Clermont County events and tides of time in August 1948
In The Files of The Courier Looking Backward 25 Years Ago Aug 26 1948 details a Clermont County parade of one hour ten minutes and a YMCA campers gathering at Owensville Fair Grounds Aug 29 with supper vesper campfire and invited groups from Beechwood Valley View Woodland Park Owensville Lake Allyn and Trailblazers. It also notes Ohio Valley Motorboat Racing Association hosting national championships Sept 12 for multiple boat classes beyond Coney Island.
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Clermont County
Y.P.D. Camper’s Union
Owensville Fair Grounds
Beechwood Valley View
Woodland Park
Owensville
Lake Allyn
Ohio Valley Motorboat Racing Association
Credit From Above Satirically Promoted by Parson Jones
A spoof letter riffs on a new bank plan for a credit card satellite to provide universal credit. The piece contrasts divine credit with earthly finance, jokes about biblical and wartime references, and ends with a quip about an economic bust if the satellite explodes.
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National Bank of North America
New York
Space
Possom Trot
Cairo
Garden of Eden
Heaven
Jesus
Ohio Senate reviews energy, safety and blue laws after first year
The Ohio Senate completes year one of the 110th General Assembly with several still-pending items. Legislation on auto seat belts and nonreturnable containers faces uncertain fate in 1974. Bills on energy coordination, fuel shortages study, and water pollution rules move forward or wait for January action. Blue laws were repealed, leaving Sunday activities to local regulation potential.
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Massey
110Th General Assembly
Ohio
Oregon
Energy Crisis
Energy Coordinating
House
Senate
Legislative Service Commission
General Assembly
Senate , Conservation and Environment Committee
Great factors in production and the Model T dream
The piece argues average employer cost to create a job in America is about $35,000 and wages have doubled in a decade. It lists six economic factors including personal freedom of employees and highlights Ford's Model T as a catalyst in modern competition and transportation innovation.
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Ford
Goanete
Chevrolet
Saneesee
Red Chinese Nuclear Power and Global Tensions
Disjointed report summarizes Chinese nuclear advances and potential Russian responses, noting threats and a test blast in Sinkiang. Includes commentary on U.S. defense postures, economic policy debates, and a poem reflecting seasonal change and faith.
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China
Food For Thought by Paul Varney
A devotional piece argues that God has perfect knowledge of all thoughts and deeds. It cites Bible verses from I Corinthians, Hebrews, Psalms, Matthew, and Revelation to claim every life is laid bare before God and judged by Christ.
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Paul Varney
God
Lord Jesus Christ
Economic control and wages in early industry
The text discusses government as a market umpire, price and wage effects, and contrasts early factory output with Model T production. It notes a fendermaker’s rate of eight per hour and wages around five dollars daily, then cites higher earnings for skilled workers and fringe benefits. It ends with a classroom exchange about tardiness and consequences.
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Maryland
Agnew
Coney Island
Cleveland
The
Electric World
Ohio Committee On Public Utility Information
Clermont
Batavia Business Men’s Club
F. C. Watt
Chas. G. White
H. S. Moore
Julian Fishback
Homer M. Kain
E. E. Peterson
Nash’s
Amelia
Batavia
Bethel
Loveland
Milford
New Richmond
Williamsburg
Cincinnati
Manila
Augustin
Dewey
Hulick
Edna
Allen Brumbaugh Nichols
Parson Jones
State Senate
William H. Mussey
Dr. George $. Benson
Searcy
Arkansas
Muser
Russia
Red China
Lo Nor
Sinkiang
Robert C. Byrd
D-W. Va
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Rusia
Isabelle Bryans Longfellow
Nook
Pauch Varney
Fender-Maker
Werke
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