However, in 1932 Milford was absorbed into an enlarged Lymington Borough, only reemerging as a separate parish in 1974.

By 1974 the middle section was abandoned, between Boardman Bridge in New Milford and Canaan, Connecticut, and was not made part of Conrail on April 1, 1976, instead being bought by the State of Connecticut.

He took over his father's funeral home in Milford, Michigan in 1974, a job he has held ever since.

In March 1974, during a meeting of the audio group, two engineers from the Philips research laboratory recommended the use of a digital format on the 20 cm optical disc, because an error-correcting code could be added.

The first programmable pocket calculator was the HP-65, in 1974 ; it had a capacity of 100 instructions, and could store and retrieve programs with a built-in magnetic card reader.

The first version was ready in 1974 / 5, and work then started on multi-table systems in which the data could be split so that all of the data for a record ( some of which is optional ) did not have to be stored in a single large " chunk ".

The militia was re-titled the National and Popular Militia in 1974 and its regular section scaled down, as the President announced that the country could not afford the large standing force that he believed was necessary to deter what he saw as the constant threat of invasion.

Exports to the West began in 1974 ; under the original agreement with Fiat, the car could not be sold in competition with the 124 until its replacement ( the Fiat 131 Mirafiori ) had been released and all Fiat production of the 124 had ceased.

In 1974, John Hampson suggested that a full-scale nuclear exchange could result in depletion of the ozone shield, possibly subjecting the earth to ultraviolet radiation for a year or more.

However, the philosopher Donald Davidson published a highly regarded essay in 1974, " On the Very Idea of a Conceptual Scheme ," arguing that the notion that any languages or theories could be incommensurable with one another was itself incoherent.

However, on 23 February 1974 ( with a general election five days away ), Powell turned his back on the Conservative Party, mainly because it had taken the UK into the EEC and because it abandoned its manifesto commitments so he could not advocate it at the election.

In November 1974, Science for the People went public with their objections to the Boston XYY study in a press conference and a New Scientist article alleging inadequate informed consent, a lack of benefit ( since no specific treatment was available ) but substantial risk ( by stigmatization with a false stereotype ) to the subjects, and that the unblinded experimental design could not produce meaningful results regarding the subjects ' behavior.

In 1974 Ray Kurzweil started the company Kurzweil Computer Products, Inc. and continued development of omni-font OCR, which could recognize text printed in virtually any font.

New cars sold in the United States in 1974 and the first part of the 1975 model year were sold with a special " ignition interlock ", whereby the driver could not start the car until the seat belt was fastened ; however, this system was short-lived.

They had officially been in existence since 1984, but their spiritual roots could be traced as far back as René Dumont ’ s candidacy for the presidency in 1974.

DORIS ( Doppel-Ring-Speicher, " double-ring storage "), built between 1969 and 1974, was DESY's second circular accelerator and its first storage ring with a circumference of nearly 300 m. Constructed as an electron-positron storage ring, one could conduct collision-experiments with electrons and their antiparticles at energies of 3. 5 GeV per beam.

The IRA had been created as part of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, where employees not covered by a pension plan could contribute the lesser of $ 1500 or 15 % of earned income.

California formerly had " justice of the peace " courts staffed by lay judges, but gradually phased them out after a landmark 1974 decision in which the Supreme Court of California unanimously held that it was a violation of due process to allow a non-lawyer to preside over a criminal trial which could result in incarceration of the defendant.

He could demand appearance money as well as race money, especially after winning the 1974 World Championship Snowmobile Derby.

It could be much more free of financial motives and goals ", and so started Street Level Artists Agency in 1974.

After more than a decade of denials, he confessed shortly before his execution to 30 homicides committed in seven states between 1974 and 1978 ; the true total remains unknown, and could be much higher.

In Power: A radical view ( 1974 ) Steven Lukes outlines two dimensions through which power had been theorised in the earlier part of the twentieth century ( dimensions 1 and 2 below ) which he critiqued as being limited to those forms of power that could be seen.

The generation of 1974 could not defend their title, finishing in fourth place, after failing to achieve victory against a strong Polish side.

In early 1974 Jim Baen took over from Jakobsson as editor, but increasing paper costs meant that UPD could no longer afford to publish both Galaxy and If.

What few folk survived could offer little aid to Arthedain in 1974, when Angmar overwhelmed the last of the kingdoms of Arnor.

* In an episode of Porridge (" A Night In ", 1974 ), Norman Stanley Fletcher ( Ronnie Barker ) jokes to Lennie Godber ( Richard Beckinsale ) in their prison cell about having a night out: " We could ring up those girls on Top of the Pops.

The BBC also used the studio facilities at Ealing for filmed inserts where the electronic studio could not be used, such as for the excavation site in Quatermass and the Pit ( 1958 – 59 ), The White Rabbit ( TV mini-series, 1967 ), Colditz ( 1972 – 74 ) and the communal sequences in Porridge ( 1974 – 77 ).

Hemmings Classic Car magazine included the 1969 – 70 Rebel SST and the 1974 – 78 Matador coupe in their 2008 list of " dollar-for-pound " cars that could be bought in show-quality condition for a comparatively modest outlay, The writer also noted that " most of AMC's ' 70s lineup " qualified for inclusion on the list.

* London Enterprise, an oil tanker built for London & Overseas Freighters in 1950 and scrapped c. 1974

* 1974 – In response to the 1973 oil crisis, daylight saving time commences nearly four months early in the United States.

* 1974 – Oil embargo crisis: Most OPEC nations end a five-month oil embargo against the United States, Europe and Japan.

It was introduced in 1974 as a Multi-grade 5W20 viscosity synthetic motor oil.

This was an agreement dating back to 1974, and a great deal of the money came from individual record deals he struck for the group, including a ground-breaking agreement for record sales in Russia in which ABBA recordings were released in exchange for barrels of oil.

In 1974 there were three nationwide car-free Sundays when private transport was prohibited as a result of the oil supply shock.

The increased costs of imported oil caused the yen to depreciate to a range of ¥ 290 to ¥ 300 between 1974 and 1976.

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The spirit of reformist optimism was cut short by the 1973 oil crisis and the major public services strike 1974, which gave Germany's trade unions, led by Heinz Kluncker, a big wage increase but reduced Brandt's financial leeway for further reforms.

His second term in office began in 1974, when a period of economic crisis was beginning to hit most Western countries ( see 1973 oil crisis, Stagflation, Eurosclerosis ).

Economic conditions during the 1970s were becoming more difficult for the UK and many other western economies as a result of the ending of the Bretton Woods Agreement and the 1973 oil shock, and the Heath government in its turn was buffeted by economic adversity and industrial unrest ( notably including confrontation with the coalminers which led to the Three-day week ) towards the end of 1973, and on 7 February 1974 ( with the crisis still ongoing ) Heath called a snap election for 28 February.

In order to reduce crude oil consumption, the 1974 Emergency Highway Energy Conservation Act mandated maximum speed limits of on public highways and became the first instance where the U. S. federal government began providing funding for ridesharing and states were allowed to spend their highway funds on rideshare demonstration projects.

The GLC's hopes under the Labour administration of Reg Goodwin were badly affected by the oil crisis of 1974.

Sales of the 2CV were reinvigorated by the 1974 oil crisis.

The original oil lamps were replaced by Argand lamps in 1826 and a solar-powered light was installed in 1974.

By 1974, oil production had reached and more than in 1978.

Mike Hewland in 1974 claimed that the progresses in lubricating oils, materials, and machining had solved the oil thirst problem.

In 1974, with the backdrop of the 1972 return of Okinawa to Japan and the 1973 oil crisis, Prime Minister Tanaka Kakuei hinted at a law being passed legalizing both symbols.

During the oil supply crisis of the 1970s, like many other manufacturers of action figures, Takara was struggling with the costs associated with making the large 11 ½ inch figures, So, a smaller version of the cyborg toy was developed, standing at 3-3 / 4 inches high, and was first sold in 1974 as Microman.

The pipeline was built between 1974 and 1977 after the 1973 oil crisis caused a sharp rise in oil prices in the United States.

Between 1974 and July 22, 1977, when the first barrel of oil reached Valdez, tens of thousands of people worked on the pipeline.

After the nationalisation of the IPC, Iraq's oil revenue increased from, in 219 million ID in 1972 1. 7 billion ID in 1974, to 3. 7 billion ID in 1978 to 8. 9 billion ID in 1980.

The promise of a negotiated settlement between Israel and Syria was sufficient to convince Arab oil producers to lift the embargo in March 1974.

The improvements stayed even though the price of a barrel of oil remained constant at $ 12 from 1974 to 1979.