British Move Toward Metric System Heading for 1975 Shift
The United Kingdom gradually adopts metric units as imperial measures fade. Decimals replace divisions in daily life while some items like beer pints persist. The government projects substantial metrication by 1975, with dual labeling continuing for shoppers and industry varying in adoption.
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United States
Congress
Commerce Department
Britain
U.S
Canada
Europe
Metrication Board
Carnival Queen is Chosen In Arkansas Pageant
Becky Bray, 22, of Fort Smith, was chosen queen of the White River Carnival in Batesville. First runner up was Susan Tichenor, 20, of Pine Bluff, with Terry Lynn Campbell, 20, of North Little Rock, named second runner-up.
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Batesville, Ark
Becky Bray
Fort Smith
White River
Susan Tichenor
Pine Bluff
Terry Lynn Campbell
North Little Rock
Generators Sold to U S Government After Combat Failures
A House Armed Services subcommittee report found hundreds of combat generators broke down in Vietnam and were sold to the U S government. The defects allegedly harmed Marine Corps combat capability and may have led to casualties. The panel referred the matter for possible Justice Department action, citing contractor influence over personnel. Manufacturers blamed untrained Marine mechanics despite meeting requirements.
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Mike Shanahan
Associated Press
Washington
Vietnam
U.S
Marine Corps
House Armed Services Investigating Subcommittee
Justice Department
Consolidated Diesel Electric Co
Old Greenwich
Conn
Danang
Consolidated
Daniel Elmore
Daniel Ross
Elmore
Ross
Pentagon
Fiven
Jennings McLain
McLain
Marine Corps Procurement Division
England Charges Europeans Over Near Misses By Jets
London AP reports British Airline Pilots Association alleging West German and French fighter planes harassed civil airliners in Europe with eight near misses logged in West Germany last year. The pilots warn of a potential repeat of the 1985 Japanese airliner collision in a new safety danger in military training over Europe.
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London
Europe
Sunday Express
West Germany
Jethro of Homer and Jethro Dies
EVANSTON IL AP A stunned Kenneth Burns says he will take time to think before performing again after the death of his partner Henry D Haynes 51 Homer guitar player. Haynes died Saturday of a heart attack hours before a Great Midwest Fair appearance in Crete Thi They formed Homer and Jethro in 1932 and recorded over 50 albums and appeared widely. Funeral services are planned in Lansing with many country stars expected. Burns recalled a 40 year career full of steady work and big nightclub revues.
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Martin Hirschman
Associated Press
Detroit
John Gobert
Supai
Grand Canyon
Gobert
Browning
Mont
Navy
Vietnam
Naval
U.S. Indian Health Service
Arizona
U.S. Public Health Service
Phoenix
Tucson
Ariz
Charles S. McCammon
Phoenix Area Indian Health Service
Gebert
Evanston, LI
Kenneth Burns
Jethro
Homer and
Henry D. Haynes
Tam
Burns
Hopeark
Haynes
Homer
Crete
Thi
Knoxville
Tenn
Camp Kukamonga
Daddy
Lansing
Grant- Burns
North
Firefighters Elect President in Arkansas Association
Paul S. Benton, Camden Fire Department captain and training officer, elected president of the Arkansas State Firefighters Association at the convention in Jonesboro. The group urged the General Assembly to approve a hotel and motel room tax to fund a firemen's pension and sought to amend a 1929 act to allow up to 6 percent pension contributions, doubling the current 3 percent limit. mailmen in the United States first were paid salaries in 1843.
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Jonesboro, Ark
Paul S. Benton
Camden Fire Department
Arkansas State Firefighters Association
Benton
Bny the
General Assembly
United States
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