U S Offered Billion For Launch Rockets
U S and NAS A officials weigh a $1 billion offer from 16 European nations to launch their communication satellites. Europe seeks approval from Intelsa members to use U S rockets for the Europa 3 program, with a 1978 target and a $600 million booster cost estimate.
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Phoenix
Aliz
America
United States
State Department
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Itelsa
Intelsa
Inter
Jean Bernard LeGarde
France
LeGarde
Europe
AFL-CIO to seek 25 percent pay rise in Bell system talks
Washington AP report says the AFL-CIO plans a 25 percent wage increase demand for Bell telephone workers across 21 regional companies. Beirne cites current average wages of $3.25 per hour and a 39.2 hour week, with seeks for pension, insurance, shorter work week, and other contract gains ahead of May expirations. The Communications Workers union represents about 540,000 Bell workers and could set patterns for roughly 900,000 Bell employees nationwide.
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Washington
AFL - Cio Communications
Bell
Joseph A. Beirne
Beirne
Three Teens and a Nun Seek School Breaks in Jail
In Monroe County Florida a nunat Mary Immaculate High School tutors three teenage inmates in a jail classroom. Sister Mary Catherine Clemonts started last January after a pupil needed three credits for his diploma and now two more teens join weekly sessions. She refuses to condone their crimes but believes they deserve a chance to complete their education.
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Key Wrest
Fla
Monroe County
Mary Catherine Clements
Mary Immaculate High School
Mary Immaculate High
Mary Catherine
Sheriff's Department
Marines aim for free dress blues in two years
Gen Leonard F. Chapman Jr said the Marine Corps plans to provide free dress blue uniforms to most Marines within two years while keeping the traditional Marine identity. He noted the move to replace summer khakis and switch to distinctive Marine green service uniforms, aiming to enhance professionalism.
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Washington
Marine Corps
Leonard F. Chapman Jr
Chapman
Navy League
Artichokes and Marriage Insight Via Hal Boyle Quips
Hal Boyle comments on quirky marriage ideas and social observations in a breezy AP column. He jokes about couples who eat artichokes together, note wristwatch styles, bus riders reading backward, cigar rituals, St Patrick’s Day moods, false teeth, generosity tests, retirement, housing, pigeons at cathedrals, TV interview tall tales, puppy love, corporate mood shifts, blondes as consolation, office and philosophy curiosities, and a jokey wedding quip about single women.
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Hal Boyle
New York
St. Patrick's Day
Sun Classified Gospel Meetings in Baytown by Pruett and Lobit
A Baytown gospel meeting hosted by the Pruett and Lobit church runs Sundays and evenings with James W. Adams preaching. Visitors include Italy’s Antonino Buta, on a first trip to America, invited to meet locals and share in a spiritual feast aimed at seeking and saving the lost.
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James W. Adams
Pruett and Lobil
Baytown
Sister Adams
Brethren and Our Friends
Greater Houston
Antonino Buta
Messina
Italy
Buta
Pruett and Lobit
America
United States
Texas Sues Auto Makers Over Pollution Control Conspiracy
The state seeks unspecified damages in a federal suit filed by Attorney General Crawford Martin. Texan claims Ford, General Motors, Chrysler, American Motors, and the Automotive Manufacturers Association conspired since 1953 to suppress motor vehicle pollution control equipment. The suit asks for installation of control devices on all cars produced since 1953 and owned in Texas.
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Dallas
Texas
Crawford Martin
U. S
Robert H. Hill
Ford
General Motors
Chrysler
American Motors
Automobile Manufacturer’s Association
Tex- Jans
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Afl-Cio
Marines
Cathedrals
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Swivel Rockers
Thomasville
Zodiac Pictures
Alexander
Caldwell
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