Top Corporate Chiefs May Get 100 Percent Pay Increases
Washington AP. Pay Board officials said corporate executives could receive 50 to 130 percent pay boosts under control rules while workers face a 5.5 percent wage ceiling. Witnesses cited large raises at Bendix GE and ITT, prompting calls for fairness and rent control reform by critics including Martin Aranow of the New Jersey Tenants Association.
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Washington
Congressional Joint Ecconomic Committee
Ford Motor Co
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Joint Committee
Pay Board
Office of Economic Policy
Mactin Aranow
The
New Jersey Tenants Association
Crush-A-Car program to clear 50 junk autos at Athletic Park
More than 50 junk autos certified for pickup in Athletic Park as part of the Crush A Car program. Cars will be crushed in front of the grandstand. owners must show title or sign an ownership affidavit. Coupon to tow in cars appears on page 2. verification will be done by the Chamber of Commerce clearing house.
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Athletic Park
Chamber of Commerce Clearing House
Herald Today
Moon rocks thrill Apollo 16 explorers on lunar highlands
Space Center Houston reports astronauts Charles Duke and John Young touring Des cartes Mountain region on a seven hour lunar expedition. They found two crystalline white rocks that scientists say could be remnants of early volcanic lava or melt from meteorite impacts, possibly anornhosite linked to the original lunar crust.
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Space Center
Houston
Descartes Mountain
Moon
Charles M. Duke Jr
U.S. Geological Survey
Howard Wilshire
Harold Masursky
U.S.G.S
Duke
John W. Young
Descartes
Highland Plains
Young
Stone Mountain
Thomas K. Mattingly II
Casper
Orion
Earth
Tony England
Two Policemen Killed In Harrisonville Shootout
In Harrisonville Missouri a young man armed with a carbine shot two policemen to death and wounded a sheriff and three others before killing himself on the town square. Bank firing and shop shooting followed as witnesses noted the assailant wore old Army fatigues and acted berserk. Police said no robbery was involved amid recent youth trouble around the square.
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Harrisonville
Allen National Bank
Bill Gough
Apollo 16 stumble damages heat flow experiment
Apollo 16 astronauts John W. Young and Charles M. Duke fouled a data cable during first moon walk, risking loss of the nuclear powered heat flow experiment. The $1.2 million device was top priority at the Descartes site, with Mission Control fearing it cannot be repaired and jeopardizing Apollo 17 data.
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Donald Beattie
Young
Charlie
Earth
Duke
Mark
Marcus Langseth
Columbia University
Langseth
Beattie
Moon
Outer Space
Raids Net 23 Arrests in Indiana Gambling Bust
Twenty three people were arrested in Indianapolis and Clarksville as nine FBI agents raided twenty locations. Six suspects remain at large on federal gambling charges tied to a multi million dollar sports and horse book operation. Wiretaps targeted a northeast side apartment, with arrests slated before U S Magistrate. potential penalties include up to five years in prison and a twenty thousand dollar fine.
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Indianapolis
Clacksville
Ind
FBI
U.S. Atty
Stanley B. Miller
Indiana
Millee
U.S. District Court
Dale J. Holder
E. 46Th
Apt
James F. Martin
Clarksville
U.S
Robert Geddes
Miller
Claude William Clark
J L. Sights
Elbert Courtney Snider
Briarwood
Pair Completes Pacific Voyage First To Row Ocean
BRISBANE Australia AP British adventurer John Fairfax 33 and Sylvia Cook 31 completed a Pacific crossing becoming the first to row the ocean in an 8000 mile journey. They left San Francisco April 26 1971 in Britannia II a $5000 orange rowboat with dried food and 80 gallons of water. They were delayed by a rough start and had not been heard from since February 28 about 200 miles east of the Solomon Islands. Fairfax rowed the Atlantic alone in 1969. Five weeks later they reached Hayman Island landing Saturday after more than a year at sea.
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Brisbane
Australia
John Fairfax
Sylvia Cook
Hayman Island
Pacific Ocean
San Francisco
Solomon Islands
Fairfax
Atlantic Ocean
California
Assessor Broderick Fights 25 Percent Tax Increase
Madison County Assessor Tom Broderick filed an answer in Madison Court to a suit by Hector Lawler Willard Horine and Harland Waymire alleging unfair real estate assessments. He says he equalized assessments and that the State Board of Tax Commissioners overruled him, imposing a 25 percent land assessment increase for Boone Duck Creek and Van Buren townships connected to Madison Grant School Corporation. He asks the court to authorize removing the increase in these townships.
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Tom Broderick
Madison Court
Madison County Board of Tax Review
Hector Lawler
Willard Horine
Harland Waymire
van Buren
Boone
Duck Creek
Madison-Grant School Corporation
Broderick
State Board of Tax Sioners
Indiana State Board of Tax Commissioners
Part Of State Under Twister Watch With Flood Warnings Revised
Indiana braces for severe weather as the National Weather Service revises flood crests for Muscatatuck East Fork White River White River Wabash and Embarrass basins Illinois. Crests include 942 feet at Ravenswood near Indianapolis and rising flood levels in Anderson Muncie and surrounding areas. Tornado warnings and a twister watch cover multiple counties as rainfall accumulates and funnel clouds are reported near Grayville Illinois.
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Indiana
National Weather Service
Muscatatuck
East Fork
White River
Wabash River
Embarrass River
Illinois
Wednesee
Knox
Gibson
Posey
Vanderburgh
Crawford
Perry
Spencer
Warrick
Harrisburg
Ill
Grayville
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Nixon
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Moscow
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Anderson
Highland Plateau
Charles Duke
John Young
Harold Milner
Nichol Ave
Carla
Sharj Keys
Pacific
Twister Watch
Associated Press
Ravenswood
Muncie
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