Arms exports reach new levels this year
The worldwide arms buildup, led by the Middle East, has driven U S exporters to record foreign orders and high sales. In the year to June 30 overseas buyers placed $8.3 billion in orders for fighters, tanks, missiles, and related aid, totaling about $10 billion with U S government support. The boom elevates concerns over war profiteering and policy coordination as firms like Bell Helicopter, Northrop, McDonnell Douglas, GE, FMC, and Raytheon reap most of the funds.
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Middle East
America
United States
Oman
Kuwait
Iran
Saudi Arabia
Israel
Pentagon
Mideast
Bell Helicopter Company
Textron, Inc
Northrop Corporation
McDonnell Douglas Corporation
General Electric Company
FMC Corporation
Raytheon Company
Defense Department
Jumbo fire guts Tufts Barnum Hall in Medford
A three alarm blaze destroyed the four story building at Tufts University Medford campus early today. The remains of Jumbo the elephant and other circus memorabilia were burned with no injuries reported. The fire started on the second and third floors of the 91 year old hall and under investigation.
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Medford
Mass
UPI
P.T. Barnum
Tufts University
Barnum
Royal Zoological Garden
London
Ontario
Canada
Barnum Hall
Smithsonian Institution
Washington
Dana Laboratories
Australian pilot claims World War II poison gas kill claim
Former Australian bomber pilot John Hampshire told UPI that he and other pilots dropped 360 gas canisters on a Barrier Reef island in 1944, wiping out life. He said prisoners from U.S. jails were brought as volunteers, hoping for shorter sentences, but none survived. Defense minister orders full investigation into the accusations.
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Sydney
UPI
John Hampshire
Barrier Reef
United States
Lance Barnard
Hampshire
Australian News Ltd
Cairns
Brisbane
U.S
Jess Crowther
5Th
U.S. Air Force
Charters Towers
Queensland
ABA seeks to bar Meskill from Appeals judgeship
Washington reports the American Bar Association opposes Thomas J. Meskill’s nomination to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Connecticut Vermont and New York. The ABA cites lack of experience and concerns over judgment and propriety while noting it is the first such opposition in ten years.
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Washington
UPI
American Bar Association
Senate
Judiciary Committee
John F. Kennedy
Francis X. Morrissey
U.S. District Court
Massachusetts
ABA
Connecticut
Thomas J. Meskill
Richard M. Nixon
U.S. Court of Appeals
Vermont
New York
Meskill
Nixon
Lowell P. Weicker Jr
Uconn
Ford
Lawrence E. Walsh
Bernard G. Segal
John A. Sutro
Federal Judiciary Committee
Senate Judiciary
Mittee
Association
New York City
GOP
An Loc orphans find new homes
At Ft Benning Georgia 173 Vietnamese orphans evacuated from Saigon during Operation Babylift began their new lives in the United States. The children lingered in a base schoolyard,–some sleeping in cribs, others on cots–as foster plans proceed. Many will soon be placed with families, including Ha Mai Khoi who moved in with his aunt and uncle.
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FT. Benning
UPI
Vu Tien Phung
Ha Mai Khoi
Phung
Khoi
Vietnam
U.S. Army
An Loc
Saigon
Tom Dooley
Ford
Hoa Newsome
Bill
Columbus
Bill Newsome
Betty Tisdale
Chad President Fatally Wounded in Palace Coup
Chad faced a military coup as soldiers stormed the presidential palace and fatally wounded President Tombalbaye. Gen Noel Odingar announced a takeover on national radio while confirming arrests of officers charged with plotting against the president. The upheaval follows long-standing ethnic and political tensions in Ndjamena.
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Ndjamena
Chad
Noel Odingar
Ngarta Tombalbaye
France
Odingar
Tombalbaye
Libya
Francoise
Ngarta
Fort Lamy
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Fuller’s Music Shop
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United Press International
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UL Center
Bennington, Vt
Henry Kissinger
Defense
James Schlesinger
Congress
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Weicker
White House
Steve McQueen
Paul Newman
Cinema
Mel Brooks
Hollis Alpert
Ens Agm
SUN
California
Tisdale
Loc Orphanage Inc
Patrick Tisdale
Nickelodeon
Spring St
Williamstown, Mass
FDIC
Main Street
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Caan
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