Air Academy forgery theft ring probe widens
Air Force investigators probe a lawyer’s claim that cadets at the Air Force Academy have run a forgery and theft ring since 1972. One cadet was court martialed and another resigned in 1975. The attorney alleges two dozen cadets were robbed of thousands and forged checks cashed in Colorado Springs and on campus.
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AIR Force Academy
Colo
Air Force
Air Force Office of Special Investigations
Maj
Monte Blews
Edward Joel Meyer
Middletown
N.Y
Meyer
Colorado Springs
Air Academy National Bank
HEW Official Says National Health Plan Is Inevitable
HEW regional head Dr. Holman R. Wherritt of Kansas City warned a national health insurance plan is likely after the November election. He noted costs will rise as care expands and urged care be available to all while government funding and planning increase.
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Wherritt
Terrorism to top agenda at UN General Assembly
The UN General Assembly opens September 21 with terrorism as a leading issue. Secretary-General Waldheim urged a universally accepted framework to curb attacks, joined by Kissinger who pledged US support for international action. Libya urged broader focus on Israel and South Africa during the debate.
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United Nations, N.Y
U.N. General Assembly
Kurt Waldheim
Assembly
Henry Kissinger
U.N
United States
Kissinger
Israel
Mansur Rashid Kikhin
South Africa
Libya
United Nations
Palestine
Kirkwood Offers New Management Classes This Fall
Kirkwood Community College announces a fall management program with a noon hour class at the Cedar Rapids YWCA titled Current Topics in Management. The two credit course, meeting Tuesdays and Thursdays starting Sept. 21, costs 14.35 per credit hour and is taught by Jack Hudson.
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Kirkwood Community College
Cedar Rapids
Kirkwood
Harding Junior High School
Ron Rath
SW Advisory Group to Meet Tonight at Riverside Roundhouse
Residents of the southwest quadrant will share ideas on spending federal funds at a meeting of the Community Development Advisory Committee. The session is set for Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the Riverside Roundhouse.
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Southwest
Riverside Roundhouse
Barbados voters end 15 years of Barrow rule
Barbados traps Friday election led to resignation of Prime Minister Errol Barrow as J M G Adams and the Barbados Labor Party secured a likely 15 seats to Barrow's seven in the 24 member House with two contests undecided Adams, 44, son of a West Indian political figure, campaigned on change and won a neck and neck race.
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Bridgetown
Barbados
Errol Barrow
J.M.G
Tom” Adams
Labor Party
Adams
House of Assembly
Barrow
Democratic Labor
FTC Judge Orders End to Lemon Juice Monopoly
A federal administrative law judge ruled that Borden Inc. illegally maintained a monopoly in processed lemon juice and must license its ReaLemon name to competitors. The ruling cites practices to restrain competition and sets bans on below cost pricing and price discrimination.
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FTC
Washington
Borden, Inc
Daniel Hanscom
Federal Trade Commission
Hanscom
Borden
ReaLemon
Washington Refused Third Term In 1797
The article recalls George Washington declining a third consecutive term in 1797 and retiring to Mount Vernon until his death at 67. It also notes that Congress later made two terms law after Roosevelt’s death in 1945 and mentions the 1943 Allied invasion of Italy.
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George Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Washington
Mount Vernon
Comic Book Hero Loses In FTC Vitamin Ruling
The FTC ruled Hudson Pharmaceutical must stop advertising vitamins to children in comic books and TV spots from 6 am to 9 05 pm that use hero figures like Spiderman to induce sales. The decree allows continued use of Spiderman for candy like vitamins. ACT had protested deceptive, unsafe appeals.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commisson
FTC
Hudson Pharmaceutical Corp
Action For Children’s Television
ACT
Polton Names Campaign Chairman in Linn County Race
Polton chairman Dick Polton announces Mrs. Robert D. Wilson of 3705 Lawrence Street NE as chairwoman of the campaign committee. The note follows frequent updates seen in the Classified ads.
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Dick Polton
Linn County
Robert D. Wilson
Lawrence Street
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Potomac
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Crown Royal
Seagram
Wolfschmidt
MYERS
Fred L. Myers
Baltimore
Seagram Distillers Company
N.Y.C
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