$600 Million Rescue Averts Lockheed Bankruptcy
The defense department and Lockheed move toward a government-backed rescue to save the firm at a public cost near $500 million. Congress supports the plan, framing it as preventing broader military project collapse and preserving national defense manufacturing.
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William Proxmire
Directive To 126 Iowa Meat Plants For Standards Compliance
Iowa Agriculture Secretary L B Liddy said 126 small locker and meat processing plants failed Wholesome Meat act standards due to poor housekeeping and sanitation. He noted most can meet requirements with minor work and days, and announced an administrative directive asking plants not to process further meat until compliance is achieved. A federal inspection team is touring 431 plants with state inspectors to verify pass status. action toward penalties is deferred pending results.
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Hughes Nevada Boss Never Met Hughes Face to Face
LAS VEGAS AP The chief executive of Howard Hughes $300 million Nevada gambling empire testified that he never spoke with the reclusive billionaire in person. Robert Maheu said he had only phone and handwritten notes and had glimpsed Hughes twice, once in Los Angeles in 1966 and again in a hotel elevator in Boston a year later. The court battle over Hughes Tool Co control shifts between open session and private chambers as handwriting experts test Hughes' signature on a proxy authorizing firing Maheu.
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Fisherman’s Rainy Day Joke Echoes Household Rules
A humor note defines a fisherman as a man who spends rainy days idle by muddy riverbanks because his wife forbids him from doing so at home. The line plays on domestic rules and leisure.
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Heroin Haul Tops $20-Million Mark
Miami Beach officials and UPI report a major drug seizure. Federal agents intercepted a large shipment of heroin valued between 21 and 383 million from South America. Four people were arrested including one woman and three Argentine nationals. Location not disclosed.
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Miami Beach
UPI
Marcoties
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Alberto van Caester
Salta
Argentina
Carlos Rojas Golomba
Rosario
Cades County
Edward Swan
Hergin
Thomas Horney
Federal Bureau of Narcotics and Drugs
Largest coordinated raid on gambling operations nationwide
Federal agents staged a sweeping raid across 26 cities hitting sports betting rings. At least 27 people were arrested on interstate gambling charges as authorities seized cash and weapons and targeted Caesars Palace executives in Las Vegas. Several hundred FBI agents participated in the operation.
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N.Y
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Las Vegas
Crash Kills Palo Man Near Covington On Highway 4
A Palo man, Clifford Mather, 47, died after a two-vehicle crash Saturday near Covington on Highway 4. Jean Booth, 47, and Edwin Booth, 55, were hospitalized with injuries including a broken jaw and possible internal injuries. The Mather car left the road, crossed back onto the highway and collided broadside with the Booth vehicle.
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Highway 4
Cedar Rapids
Cadar Rapids
Covington
Clifford
Mather
St. Luke's Hospital
Highway Patrol
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Edwin
St. Luke's
Jerash
Mather Auto
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Year of Record Fire Losses Hits Cedar Rapids
Lazela Star writer Gary Peterson reports Cedar Rapids marks its second costliest year for fire losses with eleven deaths and over 1 600 alarms. Fire chief and officials cite matches lighters careless smoking and electrical faults as key causes and urge home fire prevention measures.
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Gary Peterson Lazela
Cedar Rapids
McAllen
Heavy Flood Toll Feared in Colombia
Torrential rain triggered landslides that blocked the Cauca river and set off a flash flood washing away houses buses and cars. Officials said more than 100 people drowned but feared the toll could rise.
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Colombia
Cauca
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