Grumman demands advance of 125 million for F14s
Grumman Aerospace says it cannot continue building the F14 Tomcat unless the Pentagon provides 125 million in advance payments. Navy officials allegedly hid the demand from Congress, prompting Senate scrutiny and accusations of deceit and corporate extortion.
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PanAm buys back stolen tickets
Pan American Airways reveals it purchased about 2,000 stolen blank tickets from underworld figures for 50 000 to 70 000 dollars. The tickets, stolen mostly from a printing plant to offices and travel agencies, could be misused for worldwide trips. If all used, losses could reach at least 2 million dollars. Pan Am says the payoffs were made with authorities to disrupt organized crime trafficking.
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Pan American
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Gains for poor offset by taxes in Nixon budget
Washington—Brookings Institution economists warn that gains for low income families under the latest Nixon administration budget may be smaller than anticipated as new and existing taxes increasingly erode recent federal spending advances.
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UPI
Brookings Institution
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Brookings Group
Edward M. Gramlich
Annapolis probes cheating scandal at Naval Academy
Midshipmen honor boards press to conclude secret inquiries into a large cheating scandal tied to leaked answers on a sophomore navigation exam. About 60 middies questioned as investigations move from board findings to the commandant and ultimately to the Secretary of the Navy for final decision.
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Spokesman accuses media of harassing Nixon
Dallas UPI report quotes Bruce Herschensohn deputy White House aide alleging liberal bias and media manipulation aimed at Nixon. He cites stories from New York Times News Service Akron Beacon Journal UP and Washington Post as evidence and accuses press of shaping public opinion against the president. He argues Watergate transcripts do not prove impeachable crime and condemns coverage of Nixon's morality.
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Hearst says Patty can hide out forever with radicals
Randolph Hearst warned reporters that Patricia Hearst could now go underground forever after the Los Angeles shootout that killed six Symbionese Liberation Army members. He argued the raid shifted radical opinion, aiding Hearst and fellow fugitives in their ongoing flight from the law.
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Calif
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Randolph A. Hearst
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San Francisco Examiner
SLA
Oakland
Marcus Foster
OPEC seeks 87 percent crude tax on posted price
Vienna reports OPEC economic commission studies a plan to raise the tax from 55 to 87 percent of the posted crude price as part of potential measures for the third quarter of 1974. The move aims to boost exporters' share amid rising oil profits and inflation, with a Quito ministerial meeting next month to decide.
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HEW reports growth in family planning services nationwide
The Department of Health, Education and Welfare says subsidies for birth control and family planning services reached 3.2 million women in the year ending June 30, up from 863,000 in 1968. Median age 23. welfare recipients 17 percent, down from 18. Services expanded to 2,625 of 3,074 counties, with racial makeup largely unchanged: 63 percent white, 34 percent black, others including Oriental and Indian groups.
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At the Movies Reviews and Local Theater Listings
A review of Blue Summer gives it an X rating for graphic sexual imagery. Twin Cinemas brings back The Poseidon Adventure, a crowd favorite, while Cinema II offers Thieves Like Us and Electra Glide in Blue. Manchester's Dubrow’s features The Last Detail with Nicholson earning praise. Hathaway’s drive in shows The Teacher, The Stepmother, and The Young Graduates. Bennington offers Serpico and Bang the Drum Slowly in a double feature.
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Arradine
Shelly Duvall
Twin Cinemas Cinema I
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N.Y
Tillie
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