Lady Bird Johnson's Base Commissary Privilege Questioned
Lady Bird Johnson said she was unaware that Air Force policy barred using Bergstrom base commissary. An AFCS spokesman noted the Johnsons were never authorized and had a "green card" during Johnson's presidency. The regulation did not specify presidential privileges.
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San Antonio, Texas
Lady Bird Johnson
Air Force
Bergstrom Air Force Base
Austin
Lyndon Johnson
Department of Defense
Lyndon
Bergstrom
Johnson
Carl Grubb
AFCS
Robbers seize near 2 million in Cartier jewels
Three masked robbers hit Cartier in London and escaped with about 1.88 million dollars in gems. They missed the larger 5.64 million dollar delivery that arrived minutes later. Police said the thieves possibly planned for the later gems but fled before claiming the haul. A guard was harmed during the raid.
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London
Cartier
Leonard Williams
Scotland Yard
Bill Hamilton
Anne Kilmarnock
Hamilton
New Bond Street
Mayfair
Arthur Trim
Trim
Williams
Seat belt campaigns deemed ineffective in broad review
Washington UPI report notes an Insurance Institute for Highway Safety study finds over a dozen voluntary campaigns since 1968 produced little to no effect on seat belt use in most cases. Only Sweden and Ontario saw small gains of 10 and 2 percent respectively. The 1977 Transportation Department review echoed the pattern, while NHTSA rolls out a $5 million national campaign despite past failures.
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Washington
UPI
Insurance Institute For Highway Safety
Sweden
Ontario
Canada
Transportation Department
United
Department
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Raymond Peck
Johnson & Johnson antitrust award may face appeal
Three inventors won 170.4 million in an antitrust action against Johnson & Johnson over a pain-killing device. They claim the company bought their firm StimTech to suppress competition. J&J plans an appeal while the verdict is challenged as a major private antitrust settlement.
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API
Johnson & Johnson
Stan McDonald
Clayton Jensen
Norman Hagfors
Joseph Alioto Jr
San Francisco
New Brunswick
N.J
Jensen
StimTech
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Iowa
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