F-17 Fighter Bid Sparks National Debate in 1975
In Decatur Alabama, reports detail the competition between General Dynamics and Northrop for a vast aircraft contract. The piece notes cost estimates, performance claims, and political reactions as the Pentagon assesses the two contenders.
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Water Star-News
For General Dynamics
Worth
General
Texas
Protected Dynamics
House
Pentagon
Fort Worth
Northrop Corp
California
Panies
George H. Combat
General Dynamics
Mahon
Air Force
John McLucas
Northrop
U.S
Saida Texas
Christian University
Marriott
Twin Bridges
Trum
North Atlantic
Treaty Organization
Stephen Decatur
Decatur Daily
Decatur
Alabama
Morgan County Seeks Refunds in Bus Suit Against 15 Makers
The Morgan County school system could recover several thousand dollars if the state wins its suit against 15 bus manufacturers including a maker linked to overpriced procurements.
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Morgan County
Mental Health Center Start Expected Soon
North Central Alabama Mental Health Center may begin construction within 30 days if federal officials approve architectural drawings this week. Center director Jim Meherg said Appalachian Regional Commission funding is needed before work starts. Plans for the one story building on U S 31 have been reduced by about one third due to funding limits.
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Angie Kirk
North Central
Alabama Mental Health Center
Pone O
Jim Meherg
Meherg
State Bureau of Health Facilities Construction
Montgomery
Appalachian Regional Commission
U.S. 31
Levi Testifies Jury Bugging Was Mistake
Edward H. Levi told the Senate Judiciary Committee that a 1954 55 jury room eavesdropping project was a mistake. The hearing lines up with his nomination as attorney general. Levi noted the program had judge and chief judge approval and defense attorneys agreed. In Decatur the forecast calls for mid 60s with highs near 70 and clear to partly cloudy skies through Friday.
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Washington
Edward H. Levi
Senate Judiciary Committee
Levi
William B. Saxbe
Justice Department
Ford
University of Chicago
Roman L. Hruska
R-Neb
U.S. District Court
Wichita
Kan
Ford Foundation
Decatur
National Weather Service
Morgan County Schools Could Benefit From Bus Suit
Morgan County and other Alabama school systems may gain damages if a federal class action against 15 bus makers overprice fixing and territorial allocations succeeds. Attorney Tom Thaggard said the suit seeks injunctions and damages potentially amounting to several thousand dollars per district, with Morgan County not named but set to benefit from a favorable outcome.
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Angie Kirk
Morgan County
Montgomery
Thagard
Joe Beams Jr
Florida
Alabama
South Carolina
Georgia
Blubird
Carpenter
Superior
Thomas, Ward and
Wayne Coach
Superior Coach Corp
Kosciuski, Miss
Beams
IRS Unit Ordered to Disband and Destroy Files
The Philadelphia Bulletin reports a top secret IRS investigative unit named IGR was ordered shut down and its confidential files destroyed. The unit traced back to the Nixon era, with Tom Lopez as an early leader and regular contact with White House counsel John W. Dean III during 1971 and 1972.
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Philadelphia
Internal Revenue Service
U.S
Philadelphia Bulletin
Washington
IRS
IGR
Bulletin
Nixon
Miami
Tom Lopez
Lopez
John W. Dean III
White House
Edison Receives Patent For Electric Light In 1880
Today we note Thomas Edison received a patent for his electric incandescent light in 1880. Weather outlook hints at a high in the mid sixties and a low around the mid forties with a high near seventy on Tuesday.
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Thomas Edison
Area Bankers Urge Rate Hike Linked to Lending Relief
Alabama bankers push removing the 6 percent state deposit rate ceiling saying the rate should mirror 90 day Treasury bills and allow higher lending rates. They seek relief from the 8 percent usury cap to 15 percent for corporate loans and note housing funding constraints in Lawrence and Morgan counties. The governor asks for a tied increase and bid-based state fund distribution.
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Bob Lowry
Alabama
George C. Wallace
U.S. Treasury
Wayne Gentry
Citizens Bank of Moulton
Lawrence County
Gentry
Lawrence
Morgan Counties
OPEC Sets Meeting with Consumer Nations and Targets Summit
The 13 OPEC oil ministers in Algiers agreed to a dialogue with consuming nations and plan a summit in four to six weeks to forge a unified position. They welcomed talks on raw materials and development and expressed willingness to participate in an international conference proposed by France.
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Algiers
Oil, Finance and Foreign
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
OPEC
France
Democratic party wins Thai election set to form coalition
In Bangkok the centrist Democratic party led by a 60 percent margin beat its rival, gaining a chance to form a coalition government. In Erie a mother, her three children and her stepfather were found shot to death in a brick duplex. In Washington the Treasury chief foresees cuts to foreign aid due to economic strain. Higher oil prices widened the trade deficit to 3065 billion, the second largest on record last year.
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Bangkok, Thailand
Democratic Party
Thailand
Oo— Erie
Erie
Washington
Commerce Department
Ford tax rebate plan faces Senate Ways and Means scrutiny
The House Ways and Means Committee resumes hearings on Ford's 16 billion tax cut amid new criticism of the anti recession package. A 90 day postponement on the oil levy is tied to a 36 billion increase in borrowing authority. Senator Henry M. Jackson criticized the plan as unfair. The Senate expected to form a special committee today.
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Washington
Ford
House
Ways and Means Committee
Treasury
Henry M. Jackson
Jackson
Los Angeles
Ways and Means
Senate
Hanoi Leader Ford On New Path To War
North Vietnamese leader Le Duc Tho denounces U S aid to Saigon and calls for Thieu's overthrow as Ford shifts toward more military support. Meantime two A37 bombers are shot down west of Saigon, with one pilot killed and one rescued, during nine day counteroffensive near Kien Tuong Province.
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Hanoi
Ford
Saigon
South Vietnam
le Duc Tho
Ford Administration
Tho
Kissinger
U. S
James Schlesinger
Houyen van Thieu
Congress
Kien Tuong
Tay Ninh
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