Millionaire inventor Williams Lear defined pioneering spirit
Reno memorials describe William Lear as a true Horatio Alger figure who refused to accept impossibility. Lear, who died at 75, pioneered the Learjet and held about 150 patents, shaping aviation with car radio, eight track stereo, autopilot, and other innovations while pursuing ambitious projects and colorful pursuits.
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Reno
Nev
Jim Greenwood
William Lear
Greenwood
Gates Learjet Corp
Wichita
Kan
Lear
Horatio Alger
Princess Margaret's lover says not responsible for divorce
Roddy Llewellyn tells reporters in Tangier he does not feel responsible for Princess Margaret's divorce from Lord Snowdon and will not marry her. He says their friendship was exaggerated and he will keep seeing her. In Jordan, King Hussein plans to wed Elizabeth Halaby, daughter of Pan Am president Najeeb Halaby, palace officials say.
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Princess Margaret
Roddy Llewellyn
Margaret
Lord Snowdon
Llewellyn
Tangier
Morocco
London Daily Telegraph
Queen Elizabeth II
York Castle
Amman
Jordan
Hussein
Elizabeth Halaby
Pan American World Airways
Najeeb Halaby
Royal
Miss Halaby
Hays vows to quit politics only when he cannot do it right
Former Congressman Wayne Hays says he will leave politics when he can no longer do it right. He is the favorite among five Democrats in the June 6 primary for Ohio House District 99 after retiring from Congress in 1976 amid the Elizabeth Ray scandal.
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ST. Clairsville
Ohio
Wayne Hays
Hays
Congress
Elizabeth Ray
House of Representatives
Miss Ray
Food-buying guidelines in draft report
A 200 page draft report by former Senate staffer Nick Mottern outlines three core guidelines for U S food purchasing. Prefer fresh and processed staples over ready-to-eat foods, buy via cooperatives and farmers markets, and start a garden. Decisions should rest on nutrition knowledge, not advertising, to curb costly processed food and improve nutrient awareness.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
America
United States
Nick Mottern
Dissident Yuri Orlov Pleads Innocent in Anti Soviet Case
Yuri Orlov founder of a prominent dissident group pleads innocent in Moscow on anti-Soviet agitation and propaganda charges. Tass reports he agrees with facts but not the interpretation. On trial day his wife and two sons attended while friends and foreign reporters were barred.
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Moscow
Yuri Orlov
Soviet Union
Tass
Orlov
Tbilisi
Indians Dance for UNESCO at Paris Headquarters
Ten Hopi Indians from Oraibi Arizona performed a cycle of Katchinas ritual dances at UNESCO Paris headquarters on April 24 and 25. The group required tribal council consent to leave their reservation and will perform in the Paris suburbs through May.
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Paris
UPI
Oraibi
Ariz
U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
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