Northrop Paid For Protection Money and Influence
Senate investigators reveal Northrop Corp paid 40000 in 1972 as protection money to former House Armed Services counsel John Blanford after he steered a defense contract. Memo cites Frank DeFrancis stating monthly cash payments and payroll placement through an air charter firm. Other disclosures show secret retainers to Gen. Paul Stehlin and ex CIA official Kermit Roosevelt, plus payments to diplomat Franz Bach, with dates and amounts unclear.
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Washington
Northrop Corp
House Armed Services Committee
Senate
Northrop
Frank J. DeFrancis
John Russe Blanford
Blanford
House
Pentagon
DeFrancis
Paul Stehlin
The
National Assembly
Stehlin
Paris Opera District
Central Intelligence Agency
Kermit Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Iran
Franz Joseph Bach
Ach
When a man gets too old to set a bad example
The old joke notes that aging defeats vice by turning the miscreant into a source of sage counsel. A quip about maturity transforming behavior, with a light, humorous tone typical of a daily journal’s brief humor column.
Copter Escapee Evades Police in Michigan Prison Break
Dale Otto Remling, a convicted bad-check artist and pig thief, used a hijacked helicopter to escape from Southern Michigan Prison. Pilot Richard Jackson, pressed at knife point, lifted Remling to a getaway car while police pursued. two women were arrested for aiding the escape, and authorities hunted Gertrude Woodbury as the alleged driver.
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America
Jackson
Mich
Southern Michigan
Detroit
Dale R. Remling
Sydney
UPI
Jackson, Mich
Dale Otto Remling
Fowlerville
Remling
Donald Hill
Hill
Jolyne Lou Conn
Weberville
Gertrude Woodbury
Livingston
Mexico
Charles Bronson
Richard Jackson
Friday
Nebraska
Mettetal
Plymouth
Jackson Prison
Johnson
Natural Gas Supply Dwindles Across Utilities
Washington AP dispatch reports the Federal Power Commission projects natural gas supplies will run about 20 percent below firm demand over the next year. Curtailed service is expected at a 19.78 percent average, rising to 47.65 percent for United Gas Pipe Line Co. Total firm requirements total 15 trillion cubic feet, with 2.9 trillion unavailable.
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Washington
Federal Power Commission
FPC
United Gas Pipe Line Co
South Central
States
IRS Unit Watched Antiwar Groups
Congress reports an IRS unit, created under Nixon, compiled files on more than 13,000 individuals and groups including five current or former members of Congress. Tax claims totaling about $580,000, with $501,000 against four individuals, led to revocation of tax-exempt status for four organizations and disallowance of deductions by some contributors.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Service
Joint Committee On Internal Revenue Taxation
Congress
Special Service
IRS
Richard M. Nixon
Congressional
NATO Countries To Buy U S Fighters In Europe
Belgium named the American YF16 over the Mirage F1 for 102 planes and linked allies Denmark Norway and the Netherlands in a joint purchase. The deal could reach 12 billion dollars with potential future orders, as General Dynamics touted a Western alliance win and mass production plans.
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Brussels
Belgium
General Dynamics Corp
Netherlands
Norway
Denmark
Tindemans
Europe
Francois Perin
Paul Vanden Boeynants
Washington
James R. Schlesinger
Vanden Boeynants
U.S. Air Force
Assurin
Rassemblement Wallon
NATO
General Dynamics
California City Hit By Quake
A moderate earthquake struck the southern Humboldt Bay area early today near Fortuna Cal approx 30 miles southwest of Eureka. The tremor measured about 5.4 on the Richter scale with windows shattered in downtown stores and some homes reporting broken glass but no major structural damage or injuries observed.
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Fortuna
Calif
Humboldt Bay
California
Dick Poe
Fortuna Police Department
San Francisco
Bob Uhrhammer
University of California Seismograph Station
Berkeley
Eureka
Model Sailboat Racing Fondly Remembered By Peter Kingsley
Fremont Ridlon remembrances Cape Porpoise harbor Maine State model sailboat championships once drew hundreds. His homebuilt two masted schooner Wendell Wilkie dominated races, even beating Roosevelt in August 1939, with prizes ranging from rope to books and pennies. Local pick up races filled long summer days as crews steered by tiller and rudder, amid friendly rivalries and occasional blows over disputed outcomes.
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Peter Kingsley
Cape Porpoise
Cape Porpoise Harbor
Maine
Fremont Ridlon
Wendell Wilkie
Franklin Roosevelt
Baca
Ridlon
Roosevelt
Wilkie
William Stinson
Idlon
Gary
A.C. Frank Ridlon
Langsford House
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James B. Longley
Longley
Northrop Blanford
Senate Subcommittee On Multinational Corporations
Inside the Journal
Abby
New England
Capt
Lee McCoy
Munich
U.S
General Dynamics Board
David F. Lewis
Paris
United States
Western Alliance
Dassault
Plance
Leo Tindemans
Booth Tarkington
Kenneth Roberts
Trott’s Island
Frank Sinett
Sinett
Rube Inniss
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