Decision to leave SST race echoes three years later
Scientific America urged continuing the United States SST quest but by 1974 Concorde delays cost overruns and political shifts reduced enthusiasm. Britain and France push ahead yet face rising costs and public opposition while U S bans on supersonic travel stall potential orders. The era’s cost concerns and sonic boom issues tipped policy away from further SST funding.
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United States
U. S
Peter C. Stuart
The
Christian Science Monitor
Britain
Harald Wilson
U.S. Airways
France
Paris
London Daily Telegraph
Complacency Threatens Hard-Won North Carolina Health Gains
A 25 year memory of polio warns that complacency could spark new outbreaks as NC reports record low polio measles tetanus and diphtheria cases. Officials cite immunization success with Salk vaccine and 1 million measles shots 1971 1973 but warn one third of preschoolers remain unprotected against polio.
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North Carolina
Department of Human Resources
John T. Irvin
Vietnam Veterans Day Proclaimed by Nixon in 1975
President Nixon designates March 29 as Vietnam Veterans Day to honor those who served in Vietnam. The last U S combat troops left Vietnam in 1973, while Nixon’s administration signals strong support for veterans through increased budgets and proposed GI Bill and pension reforms. VFW leader Ray R. Soden lauds Nixon as a key ally, though veterans groups differ on benefit levels amid rising living costs. POWs and Vietnam veterans show gradual readjustment to civilian life with little expressed bitterness.
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Nixon
Vietnam
Washington
The
Veterans of Foreign Wars
VFW
Ray R. Soden
America
American Legion
Senate
Congress
Veterans’ Affairs
Soden
Vance Hartke
D-Ind
U.S. News & World Report
William F. Buckley
National Review
Executives Club
Yancey Cecil
Lions Club
Walt Huber
Burgaw
John Newton
Thomasville
Navy
Wake Forest
California
Duke Floating Laboratory
Cape Hatteras
Martha Love Ayers
Highland Yarn Mills
UNC
University School of Medicine
Fred
Archie Finke
Blowing Rock
Florida
Carolina
Tom A. Finch
Meredith Slane
Acts and Crafts
N.C. Federation of Women’s ‘Clubs
Winston- Salem
Ex-Beauty Queen Vonnie Womble Thompson Recovers From Cancer
Ex beauty queen Vonnie Womble Thompson returns from Palm Beach where she aided by her husband and doctors recovered from cancer after mastectomy. A 31 year old, formerly Miss High Point, faced prior car crash injuries and later cancer detection. She urges education and open discussion about mastectomy to ease fear and improve outcomes.
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Earle Womble
Palm Beach
J. B. Thompson
Vonnie Womble Thompson
High Point
Western Carolina University
Vonnie
Duke Hospital
Duke
Good Samaritan Hospital
IRA equipped with Russian missiles threatens British helicopters
A secret CIA circulated report claims IRA factions, aided by Arab groups, have obtained Russian SA-7 missiles smuggled via Libyan pouches to target British helicopters in Northern Ireland. The document warns of intensified threats at day and night, with missiles homeing on jet heat and prompting wider security concerns across Europe and London.
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Washington
Irish Republican Army
IRA
London
U.S
John Murphy
D-N.y
Harley Staggers
D-W. Va
House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee
Northern Ireland
Europe
England
CIA
FBI
Secret Service
Federal Aviation Administration
Belgium
Libya
Aftab
Northern
Ireland
Heathrow
Henry Kissinger
Impeachment: The Narrow Rule and Constitutional Wording
A reader argues impeachment must rest on indictable offenses, not English common law dicta. The letter refutes Ford's 1970 claim and Madison misattributions, defending the Constitution's precise framing. It urges Rodino's committee to keep objective, nonpartisan scrutiny of President Nixon's impeachment.
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Mr. Marks
Marks
England
House
Gerald Ford
House of Representatives
Chase
Douglas
Madison
Nixon
Rodino
Justice Douglas
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Pan American
Trans World Airways
Concordes
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Atlantic
N. c. General Assembly
Guilford
Coolidge Murrow
McNeill Smith
Sen. Smith
Holt McPherson Enterprise
Relif
National Association of Manufacturers
White House
NAM
Consumer Protection Agency
House Rules Committee
Chet Holifield
D-Calif
Holifield
William Simon
Ervin
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