EPA proposes new jet noise rules to shift costs via airline ticket tax
The EPA seeks rules under the Noise Control Act to require about 1,800 older jets to receive noise muffling housings with FAA oversight. The plan, funded by a per ticket levy under six to nine years, targets mainly Boeing 707 and Douglas DCS jets, with later full engine compliance by 1978 and 650 business jets costing about 300 million dollars.
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Russell E. Train
Pan Am TWA Near Iran Financing Pact Report
The Wall Street Journal says Pan Am and TWA near a complex Iran financing deal to aid Pan Am amid losses. Potential terms include Iranian securities, secured loans, and a 55 percent stake in Intercontinental Hotels, with government approvals pending. Civil Aeronautics Board approved overseas route exchanges, possibly saving up to 25 million annually. Boeing also reports Iraqi Airways ordered eight jets for 1976 delivery.
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Washington
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Seattle
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Iraqi Airways
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MacDonald Faces Federal Removal Hearing After Army Discharge
After an honorable discharge in fall 1970, MacDonald faces a removal hearing to determine if he should be returned to North Carolina for trial. The case is under federal jurisdiction with no state lines.
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North Carolina
MacDonald
Fire destroys tanker Corinthos after collision near Marcus Hook
A tanker unloading crude oil was rammed by the ship Edgar M Queeny near BP’s Delaware River refinery. Explosions and flames 400 feet high killed at least two and injured 35 including 12 firemen. About 25 of 46 aboard the Corinthos were missing as oil slicks spread and a marine board of inquiry began.
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Delaware River
Corinthos
Hell
George Hansell
Edgar M. Queeny
BP Oil Corp
Harry Schaefer
Standard Oil of Ohio
Coast Guard
Philadelphia
Marine Board of Inquiry
Queeny
Siberia
Federal Environmental Protection Agency
Slasher's 9th Victim Found as Investigation Expands
Police report Friday’s ninth victim, a non downtown resident and first employed target, deepens the slasher case with a wide area concern. Detectives intensify record checks and sketch distribution as potential leads multiply. past unsolved 1964 killings are reviewed for links.
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Pete Hagan
Southland
Hay
Hagan
Robert Kennedy
George Beck
Beck
Navy
Pierce Brooks
Lakewood
Colo
Los Angeles
Colson Released From Prison After Clemency Grant
Former White House aide Colson was released from Maxwell AFB prison after clemency. His son Christian, 18, was arrested January 24 at the University of South Carolina on marijuana possession with intent to distribute and later freed on a $5,000 bond. Colson’s release leaves G Gordon Liddy and others still in various stages of sentencing or appeals.
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Colson
Christian
University of South Carolina
G. Gordon Liddy
Kenneth Adams
Maxwell Afb
Montgomery
Ala
Maryland
Kaiser strike declared unavoidable by AFL-CIO
The AFL-CIO authorized a strike against Kaiser Permanente facilities in Southern California with Local 399 preparing to strike at 6 am Monday. The dispute centers on a two year contract with wage and fringe benefit demands of 25 percent, opposed by Kaiser offering 20 percent. Local 399 represents clerks lab assistants and licensed vocational nurses and seeks guaranteed alternative care if Kaiser refuses to provide comparable services.
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Kaiser Permanente Hospitals and Clinics
Hospital and Service Employes Union Local 399
Sigmund Arywitz
Los Angeles County
Kaiser Permanente
California
Kaiser
James A. Zellers
Kaiser Health Plans
Arab financier to buy 40 percent of Bank of the Commonwealth
Saudi financier Ghaith Pharaon reached an agreement to buy 40 percent of Bank of the Commonwealth in Michigan. FDIC must approve the deal which would give Pharaon control of 80 percent of the Barnes family stake while James T. Barnes Sr. stays as bank chair.
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Bank of the Commonwealth
Michigan
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Ghaith Pharaon
Commonwealth
James T. Barnes
Pharaon
Barnes
James T. Barnes Sr
Harvard Business School
Jezirah Bank
Jedda
Armand Hammer
Occidental Petroleum Co
Occidental
Robert Francis
Capital
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