Word: belt
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...years nobody challenged the Inner Belt," the man continued. "It was accepted by everybody who wasn't in its path...
...community and carry out the complex work of voter registration. Others had felt that a massive influx of civil-rights workers into Mississippi could only result in murderous reprisals from an inflamed white community. But on Easter Sunday, 1964, SNCC members began leaving for their projects in the Black Belt, carrying with them the preparatory plans for the Summer Project...
...good to see that the auto industry is at last making seat belts standard equipment for both front and rear passengers [Feb. 19]. After years of seeking solid statistical proof of their value, I have found it: of 34 persons killed on the New Jersey Turnpike last year, not one was wearing a seat belt. There is something else the automakers should do: place the ignition switch and the emergency brake near the middle of the dashboard, so that a front-seat passenger can reach them in case the driver is incapacitated. GILBERT CANT New York City...
...side of Callaghan, Lord Cromer earned criticism from both left and right. The Laborite New Statesman lashed him for "calculated political intervention," and the Financial Times faulted him for daring to make "a public challenge that no government can be expected to tolerate." By prescribing a belt-tightening diet, he nonetheless voiced the strongly held opinion of London's City and foreign central bankers...
Growing pressure from the Government and an increasing number of state laws have made the safety belt as common on the highway as in the air. Last year 18 million auto seat belts were in use in the U.S., compared with only 8,000,000 in 1962. Detroit's 1964 autos were the first to include safety belts as standard equipment in the front seats of all new models. Last week Ford, Chrysler and American Motors decided to go all the way and give back-seat drivers the same buckled-in protection. The three firms announced that lap belts...