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GENERAL MOTORS: About 2,400 '66 Suburban trucks in which a seat-belt bolt may cut into a tire; 4,900-plus '67 Pontiacs that may have defective stoplight wiring and turn-signal circuits; '66-'67 series-442 Oldsmobiles with possible brake defects; about 1,600 Chevrolet '67 trucks, with possible wearing of the brake hose against a wheel...
CHRYSLER: A possible missing brake component and door-latch problems on an unspecified number of '67 Plymouth Valiants and Dodge Darts; possible brake defects on '66 Plymouth Belvederes; carburetor difficulties in model-440 engines of various lines; imperfect wheels on '67 Dodge trucks...
There are brakes built into the course which keep discussions from becoming too intense: the room-full of observers serves as a constant reminder that what is being said is heard not only by the members of one's own group, but also by professionals in the field and other members of different sections. The non-directive leader occasionally reminds the class of the observers behind the mirror when the discussion becomes too personal. Another brake on the tendency towards hostility is the rivalry among members for group leadership. Often when one leader-candidate is attacking a vulnerable member...
...buildup by swamping Viet Nam's economy with more money than it can absorb, has been curbed by a drastic 50% devaluation of the piaster, as well as by new economic restraints worked out jointly by U.S. and Vietnamese officials. - Saigon's creaking dockyards, once a crucial brake on the war effort, have been more than doubled to handle 380,000 tons of cargo each month. An increase to at least a 650,000-ton capacity is planned for next year, but bottlenecks still abound...
...season for Alaska. Chicken, for example, has had no rain since early May. Though lightning started most of the blazes, the woods are so parched that any ignition will do. The Goldstream fire 30 miles west of Fairbanks was started by sparks from a train's hot brake shoe, and an artillery shell fired in military maneuvers is believed to have started the Salcha fire...