Word: highway
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Massachusetts Senate yesterday eliminated the local veto from Gov. John A. Volpe's highway bond issue...
...more positive test of his imperturbability, I invite Jim Clark [July 9] to compete in the qualifying trials held daily on any of the San Francisco Bay area courses, notably the Bay shore Highway or the Nimitz Freeway. He will then be eligible to participate in the finals on the toughest course of all-the entire Los Angeles freeway system...
Force-Feeding. The major contention of the Senate subcommittee was that the automen, with little loss in profits, could make cars safer, reduce the highway death toll that this year will be about 50,000. The hearings were called to consider several bills, some of which would force the companies to build safety devices into cars. Industry leaders argued that they have already done much, and are doing more to increase safety, but that consumers are unwilling to pay for safety features. "If we were to force on people things that they are not prepared to buy," said Donner...
Died. T. Ashton Thompson, 49, Democratic Congressman from Louisiana's 7th District (Lake Charles) since 1952, champion of wildlife conservation; of injuries sustained when he was struck by a swerving tractor-trailer while standing on a parking strip off a 4-lane highway talking to a patrolman who had stopped him for speeding; on Interstate 85, near Gastonia...
Last year the nation's 212,600 stations sold a record 50.7 billion gallons of gas, and the industry's sales of $20.3 billion ranked it behind only food stores, auto dealerships and department stores in retail volume. The growing interstate highway system, Detroit's booming auto production and the trend back to larger, more powerful cars (which use costlier gas) have increased gasoline sales another 3.6% so far this year. This summer, gas sales are pushing to alltime highs as more and more Americans-four out of every five of whom drive when they...