More Military Bases To Close
Secretary of Defense James R. Schlesinger orders review of base requirements for potential new closures and cutbacks ahead of the 1974 elections. The prior year saw 274 facilities shut or reduced, saving an estimated 3.5 billion over 10 years, with Congress pressing to cut armed forces by 156,000.
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Washington
Secretary of Defense
James R. Schlesinger
Armed Services
Pentagon
Congress
Mmittee
Nixon
Schlesinger
Army
Navy
Air Force
United States
Capitol Hill
Defense
Robert S.mcnamara
Being Cool Helps Deter Kidnaper
Laurens South Carolina police reported Eve Lyn Milam escaped a kidnap attempt by a young woman armed with a .22 revolver and shot in the leg. The suspect, Mary Ellen Harrison, 21, was charged with kidnapping, assault with intent to kill, possession of an unlawful weapon, and held on bond. Milam led the assailant toward the police station and escaped after forcing the abductor from the car. Two accomplices restrained the kidnapper until officers arrived.
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Laurens
S.C
Evelyn Milam
Miss Milam
Mary Ellen Harrison
Rt. 1
Hodges
Laurens City
Miss Milan
Paramount seeks prison for yard football film shoot
Paramount Pictures wants a maximum security prison to film The Longest Yard with a football star inmate and a warden obsessed with the sport. The story ends with a game between inmates and staff. South Carolina expressed interest. Central Correctional Institution in Columbia has a football field.
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Columbia
South Carolina Board of Corrections
Central Correctional Institution
Raleigh
Corrections
North Carolina
Ralph Edwards
Ex-Policeman Denies Charge in Bookmaking Ring
Rama Freemane Haynes, 39, a former Charlotte policeman, pleaded not guilty to leading a $2,000-a-day bookmaking operation. Two co-defendants, Donald Honeycutt, 38, of New London Stanly County, and Dwight Evans, 42, of Charlotte, also pleaded innocent at arraignment in U.S. District Court.
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Charlotte
Rama Freemane Haynes
Force
U.S. District Court
Donald Eugene Honeycutt
New London
Stanly County
Dwight Elwood Evans
Neak Luong Hospital Rebuild Pact After Bombing Error
U S Ambassador Swank signed a 1.1 million dollar agreement with Cambodia to reconstruct Neak Luong hospital and provide equipment after a B52 bombing error. Payments to casualties total an estimated 65 to 90 thousand dollars, with 400 thousand for the hospital and 700 thousand in equipment.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
U.S
Emory C. Swank
Neak Luong
Mekong
Swank
U. S
Long Boret
United States
Singer Jimmy Rodgers Awarded 200000 by Los Angeles
The Los Angeles City Council unanimously approved a 200000 payment to singer Jimmy Rodgers for injuries from a 1967 incident involving off duty officer Richard Duffy. Rodgers had sued for 10200000, alleging mistreatment and lack of medical care after he was stopped at 430 am and beaten.
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Los Angeles
Jimmy Rodgers
Rodgers
Richard
Duffy
Trolley Dodgers Recall Brooklyn Dodgers Origin
After the last streetcar stop historians recall a downtown labyrinth of tracks that gave rise to quick-footed local players. The Trolley Dodgers later became famous as the Brooklyn Dodgers.
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Trolley Dodgers
Brooklyn Dodgers
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