Safety Official Against Dictating Auto Designs
Washington AP The acting administrator of the National Highway Safety Administration says the agency should set standards and let manufacturers determine design and construction. He warns against Federal mandates on bumper standards while noting current proposals and DOT opposition to a consumer-rate bill.
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National Highway Safety Administration
Douglas W. Toms
Senate Commerce Committee
Toms
Umers
Ford
Department of Transportation
Sens
Philip A. Hart
Dmich
Warren G. Magnuson
D-Wash
DOT
Vance Hartke
D-Ind
America
Hartke
White House
German-Brazilian builds airplane powered by Beetle engine
Ludwig Michel, 54, a German-Brazilian mechanic from SANTO ANGELO, created and flew the Michel 1, an airplane using a 1,200 cc Volkswagen engine. The craft took 2½ years to build from pine boards, steel, and cloth, with a 31 minute flight and a 650 foot altitude peak. Michel arrived in Brazil in 1941 and earned his amateur pilot license in 1958.
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Santo Angelo
Brazil
Ludwig Michel
Michel
Wetzlar
Germany
Rio Grande Do Sul
Today in History highlights for June 1, 1971
The Associated Press notes events on this date: De Gaulle becoming France's premier in 1958, Kentucky and Tennessee admissions in 1792 and 1798, Brigham Young birth in 1801, James Madison warning of war in 1812, Don’t give up the ship cry in 1813, Mexico's siesta abolition in 1944, Eisenhower deficit spending comment in 1955, a 1966 moon landing, and Peru earthquake toll of 30,000 in 1970.
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Associated Press
Charles de Gaulle
France
Kentucky
Union
Tennessee
Brigham Young
James Madison
Britain
Surveyor
Government of
Peru
Women hold most NM secretary of state posts since 1912
The article notes only two men have served as New Mexico secretary of state since statehood in 1912. Antonio Lucero held the post from 1912 to 1918 and Manuel Martinez from 1919 to 1922, with all other secretaries being women.
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Santa FE
N.M
New Mexico
Antonio Lucero
Manuel Martinez
Auto loan pitch from C&S Bank touts low financing
A promotional note invites readers to consider C&S Bank auto loans with an included application for a 1971 Chevrolet. It urges comparison with other plans and highlights Jane Boyd and Ron Miller in the Auto Loans team across five offices.
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C&s
C&s Bank
Jane Boyd
Ron Miller
Jane
Ron
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