Belgium seals YF16 fighter deal with United States
Brussels confirms, via unnamed cabinet official, Belgium will buy the YF16 lightweight fighter from General Dynamics in a major U.S. defense pact. London reports 67.2 percent referendum approval for Britain to remain in the European Community with 17,378,581 in favor and 8,470,073 against. Pope Paul VI awards the Knight of St Sylvester to 100-year-old Simon Alfred Ki Zerbo, blessing him after a ceremony in Vatican City.
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Struthers seeks block on all in the family appearances
In Los Angeles the Tan dem Productions asks a Superior Court judge to bar Sally Struthers from acting as a celebrity or actress until 1978 when her Tandem contract expires. Struthers, who plays Gloria, said she would not appear in future episodes due to a contract dispute. She was to earn 6000 per show next season after 750 per episode at the series start in 1971.
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Gloria
Tanderaast
Rockefeller Probe Contends CIA Assassination Issue Ducked
Senate Intelligence chair Jank Church says Rockefeller Commission ducks assassination topic while White House says Ford will not second guess the Kennedy era. McCone testifies Castro assassinations were planned or undertaken during late Eisenhower and early Kennedy administrations.
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Bus Crash Kills Truck Driver in Georgia Flight of Congressmen Injured
Secretary of the Army Howard Callaway and four congressmen were among 11 hospitalized after a logging truck collided with a bus en route to Callaway Gardens in heavy rain. The crash killed the truck driver Glenn Harley and bus driver Roy McKinney. Callaway sustained a facial cut and said 45 minutes were needed to free victims. The dedication of West Point Dam proceeded as planned. Nine other passengers, including family members and military personnel, were treated for injuries. NTSB sent investigators to lead the inquiry.
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Union Springs
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South Atlantic
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Alabama
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Washington
Ed Slattery
National Transportation Safety Board
NTSB
Corry Area School Board weighs new Student Activities Coordinator
At Monday's Corry Area School District meeting the board considers creating a Student Activities Coordinator position along with resignations and appointments of teachers, supplemental contracts, bonding for officials, salary increases, assistant football coaches, and the appointment of a solicitor. The session starts at 7 30 p m in the district administration building on East South Street and is open to the public.
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Board of Education
Tts
East South Street
Document Shows Firm Paid 40000 Protection Money
Senate investigators reveal Northrop Corp paid 40000 in 1972 as protection money to John Russell Blanford former House Armed Services counsel. Memo says Frank DeFrancis began monthly 1000 payments after Blanford helped secure a defense contract. Other disclosures show Northrop retainers to Gen Paul Stehlin and former CIA official Kermit Roosevelt as part of internal probes.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Onassis Will Names Christina Heir and Widow Support
The will filed in Athens names Christina Onassis as principal heir and provides $250000 yearly for Jac queline Onassis, with $50000 annually for Christina’s husband if she marries. It notes two large companies to absorb Onassis shares to fund the Alexander Onassis Foundation to be created in Liechtenstein.
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Illiteracy Scale Prompts Broad Education Reform
Washington AP reports that 86 million Americans cannot compute gas mileage, 52 million cannot judge job ad qualifications, 48 million struggle with change, and 39 million miss Social Security deductions. GAO says federal adult education has had limited impact. only 1 percent of adults targeted and 17 percent of eighth graders achieved a high school equivalency by 1972.
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