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Last week the AEC completed its investigation. It found that only three of the 39 union allegations represented violations of the commission's standards, though another 17 had "substance or partial substance." The report pleased Kerr-McGee, but the union was "not satisfied." Environmental groups also pointed out that the AEC needed the fuel rods and thus had a clear interest in keeping Kerr-McGee's plant in operation...
...months the automakers stuck to these increases in the face of falling sales on the argument that the rises represented only a partial catch-up with past hikes in the cost of labor and materials. But now Detroit's price wall is beginning to crack. This week Chrysler is launching an unprecedented "Car Clearance Carnival" that industry experts describe as one of the most intriguing Detroit sales experiments in years...
Pisani said he heard strong criticisms last year from city residents who alleged incidences of police brutality. He said the death of Larry Largey two years ago and the partial blinding of Clarence Anderson last July caused most complaints...
...almost $3,000, even though a $66 cut was announced last week. A quarter of the nearly $1,000 increase is due to mandated federal equipment. Another quarter comes from such product improvements as disc brakes, solid state ignition and a bigger engine. The rest, says lacocca, "reflects only partial recovery of rising costs of labor and materials." He warns that by 1978 the Pinto will sell for "a little more than $5,000 -that's what will happen if we don't get inflation under control...
...real problem behind the present crisis is the loss of momentum toward a negotiated settlement. In Washington's view, both Israel and Syria are partially responsible for the current rise in tension. The Israelis were too inflexible in their refusal to deal with Jordan over the West Bank in recent months, some U.S. officials believe, thereby weakening King Hussein and strengthening Arafat's position at the Rabat summit. But more important, in the U.S. view, Syrian President Assad, has been pursuing a "stalemate strategy" of seeking to prevent progress toward an Israeli settlement with Jordan and Egypt until...