Foundations To Feel Tax Shift From 1969 Act
The 15 largest U.S. foundations face an extra 157 million dollars a year in payouts by 1975 under the Tax Reform Act of 1969, with about 13 million already taxed annually. The report notes assets at year end 1968 totaled 9.4 billion and a 347 million payout, minus a Ford Foundation cut.
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Associated Press
Washington
U.S
House Banking Committee
Domestic Finance Subcommittee
Wright Patman
D-Tex
Internal Revenue Service
Ford Foundation
Rover Boys Prep For Moon Launch
Cape Kennedy AP reports Apollo 15 astronauts David Scott and James Irwin will launch on a 445 million dollar moon mission. They will pilot the eight million dollar rover to explore a lunar gorge and craters while Alfred Worden orbits to photograph and study 20 percent of the moon.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Rover
Moon
David R. Scott
James B. Irwin
Alfred
M. Worden
Earth
Hijacker shoots stewardess and passenger aboard National flight
A non English speaking hijacker seized National Airlines Flight 183 from Miami to Jacksonville turning toward Cuba. He fired wounding stewardess Sue Bond and a male passenger, L Evans, as the plane diverted to Havana 17 minutes after takeoff. Bond described a struggle in the galley before the hijack was announced and the crew hid in a bathroom. Both victims taken to hospital in Havana.
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Miami
National Airlines
Cuba
Sue Bond
Miss Bond
L. Evans
Havana
Jose Marti Airport
Jacksonville
Fla
Joe Watson
Court orders desegregation at Moulton Heights School
U S District Judge C W Allgood orders the Morgan County Board of Education to fully desegregate Moulton Heights School by fall term start and to adjust staff to match the county wide white to black faculty ratio. County Superintendent George Nancarrow says the board will comply. A prior 1970 plan to close the school and transfer students was blocked by local tax approval issues.
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Morgan County Board of Education
U.S
C. W. Allgood
Moulton Heights
George Nancarrow
Nancarrow
Allgood
Apollo 15 Schedule Lifts Off Amid Massive Moon Watch
Apollo 15 set for a 9:34 a.m. Saturn V liftoff with boosters separating at 8:36 and 8:43 a.m. CDT. Donald K. Slayton says the crew is fit and ready as traffic crews brace for a million spectators and a moon rover will cover 28 square miles after liftoff.
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Abe
Donald K. Slayton
Neil A. Armstrong
Rover
Nations sign nuclear test ban treaty in 1963 dates
In 1963 the United States the Soviet Union and Great Britain signed a treaty banning atmospheric space and underwater nuclear tests. Cloudy with mild temperatures and a 40 percent chance of rain today and tonight. Highs near 84 this afternoon and Monday.
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United States
Soviet Union
Great Britain
Sheffield Asks Gets Post At Lakeview School
Leon Sheffield told the Decatur School Board by letter he would not accept the Decatur High School principal post. He was appointed Lakeview Elementary School principal at his request after the court ordered neutral appointments for two black principals. Floyd Briscoe moved to West Decatur Elementary, and William England declined West Decatur and remained director of the child development program.
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Leon Sheffield
Decatur School
Decatur High School
City
Curtis Sellers
Sheffield
Lakeview
Floyd Briscoe
West Decatur
J. D. Umber
Fayette
Sellers
William England
England
U.S
Frank McFadden
Birmingham
Briscoe
West Decatur School
Sooner takes mallard diving titles at Point Mallard
Donna Gust of Oklahoma City wins the Women’s Junior National Platform Diving Championship with 260.90 points, claiming the senior title at Point Mallard as four diving championships end. Kevin Barrett of Decatur sweeps both Point Mallard Invitational and Region II Platform championships with 281.75 points. Monty Daley of Atlanta dominates the men’s senior 3-meter events with 407.70 points, ahead of Jeff Mason.
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Donna Gust
Bill Barton
Point Mallard
Donna
Oklahoma City
Star
Kevin Barrett
Nolan Lang
Decatur
Barrett
Gust
Miss Gust
Barbara Harding
New Canaan
Sogner
Lebanese Beauty Georgina Rizk Crowned Miss Universe
Georgina Rizk of Beirut Lebanon won the 20th Miss Universe title in Miami Beach. Michele McDonald and Cherri Creque were among the 12 semi finalists. Creque became the first black semi finalist.
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Miami Beach
Georgina Rizk
Beirut
Lebanon
Michele McDonald
Ebony Dazzier Cherri Creque
The
Virgin Islands
Butler
U.S.A
Marisol Malaret
Puerto Rico
McDonald
Creque
Australia
Toni Raynard
Sidney
Brazil
Elaine Parreira
Mariana
Beba Franco
San Juan
Israel
Etty Orgad
Eilat
Finland
Pirro Laitila
Helsinki
France
Nixon pushes rescue plan as Lockheed battles debt
President Nixon backs emergency loan guarantees for major firms including Lockheed Aircraft Corp amid fears of a collapse. Lockheed seeks 250 million in federal backing to secure private loans for the L1011 TriStar, with August as a critical deadline. Senate debate limits loom as administration pushes fast passage.
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Associated Press
Washington
Nixon
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Congress
White House
Senate
Lockheed
John Tower
R-Tex
14' Tri Hull Fiberglass Boat For Sale
14' tri hull fiberglass boat with 35 HP Mercury motor and trailer. Contact after 5:30 p.m. at 353-6061. Seller Mr T A Hendrix of 1515 16th Ave SE. Buyer and seller satisfied with the Decatur Daily Want Ads. Place a 3 line ad 10 days for only $4.
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Decatur Daily
H.P. Mercury
T. A. Hendrix
16Th Ave
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