Sperry Rand Criticized for 34000 Percent Return on Defense Plant
Sen. William Proxmire accuses the Defense Department of letting Sperry Rand reap a 34 000 percent return on a 50 000 investment in 155 mm shell casing production at the Louisiana Army Ammunition Plant in Shreveport. He cites a GAO finding of 29.36 cost per casing and a 6.49 bid below cost in 1971, urging more competition and free enterprise in defense procurement.
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Washington
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Defense Department
Sperry Rand Corp
Louisiana Army Ammunition Plant
Shreveport
General Accounting Office
Proxmire
Sperry Rand
Fischer accuses organizers as Spassky leads world title bid
In Reykjavik AP report Bobby Fischer says organizers provoked him after forfeiture, while an appeals panel refuses to replay the game. Spassky leads 2-0 in the 24 game match as cameras trigger dispute over future of the championship and a $125000 purse.
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Bobby Fischer
Boris Spassky
Soviet Union
Fischer
Spassky
Gumundur Thorarinsson
Weather Area Forecast Showers End This Morning
Showers end this morning with clearing and cooler afternoon. Highs in the 80s. Tonight and Sunday mostly fair and cooler. Lows around 69. Sunday highs again in the 80s. Precipitation probability about 30 percent today.
Old Soldiers and Sailors Reunion Kicks Off This Week in Erie
The 99th annual Old Soldiers and Sailors Reunion begins Monday in Erie, hosted by Geo. L. Hendricks Post 102. A full schedule runs Monday through Saturday with events on Main Street and at the Legion Hall, including contests, dances, a bean feed, political corner, and a Miss and Mister Bean town pageant.
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Old Soldiers and Sailors
Erie
Geo. L. Hendricks
The
American Legion
Main Street
Daling Family
Barbosa Brothers
Legion Hall
Russ Hamby
Mein Street
Margaret and
Country Kids
Wichita
Beantown
U.S.A
Judge frees workers from wage freeze rules ruling
A federal judge enjoined the Cost of Living Council from setting a $1.90 per hour wage cutoff. Judge William B. Jones ruled the council exceeded its authority, affecting nearly 20 million people and exempting over half the non supervisory workforce. The decision suggests $3.63 per hour as a possible threshold for higher bargaining.
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Washington
Cost of Living Council
U.S. District Court
William B. Jones
Council
Labor Department
Nixon
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha Reveals Fischer Prodigy Decline
An intercepted letter recalls that Mr. Fischer was hailed as a child prodigy fourteen years ago and now is described simply as a child. The note frames a shift from extraordinary promise to ordinary status.
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Mr. Fischer
Spectre of Stolen Bikes Haunts Two Local Families
Two city families report repeated bicycle thefts with eight bikes taken from George Riker and five to six from John Sherman. Riker cites four thefts in 30 days and calls thieves selective. Police have recovered many stolen bikes citywide, with 14 found since June 1 and 11 theft reports, and Riker urges improved bike marking to deter theft.
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George Riker
N. Washington
John Sherman
W. Main
Riker
West Cherry
Sherman
Andrew
Amtrak Told to Stop Booze Runs in Kansas
Kansas Attorney General Vern Miller orders Amtrak to cease selling dispensing and consuming alcohol on trains within Kansas. He warns arrests for violations and names Harold L Graham Amtrak official. Three Amtrak trains operate in Kansas on routes from Chicago to Los Angeles and Chicago to Houston.
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Amtrak
Kansas
Topeka
Kan
Vern Miller
National Rail Passenger Corporation
State of
Miller
Harold L. Graham
Eagleton greeted by 400 supporters in Kansas City
Missouri Senator Thomas F. Eagleton arrives at Kansas City's Municipal Airport after winning the Democratic vice presidential nomination. He tells reporters he is between euphoria and fatigue and stresses a massive voter registration drive aimed at minorities and the young, citing Kansas City and St. Louis as key areas with under registration.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Thomas F. Eagleton
Miami
George McGovern
St. Louis
Box of Financial Papers Valued Differently After Theft
In Manhattan Kansas the Riley County sheriff's office holds a cardboard box stolen from Salina widow Ethel Mae Boyles. Deputies estimate bonds and stocks at 200000 to 300000 while Salina police had put loot around 6000 then raised to 60000. Box found with 696 ATandT shares worth about 29000. cash and government bonds not located. Box to be inventoried when turned over to Salina authorities.
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Manhattan
Kan
Riley County Sheriff's Office
Salina
Wayne Anderson
Ethel Mae Boyles
Boyles
St. John’s Hospital
American Telephone and Telegraph
At&t
B. E. Parker
Jerry Graves
Randolph
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Senate
Chanute
Jim Lane
Reublican
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Lane
Parisons
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George Meany
Cha
Tom Eagleton
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