Douglas DC-10 tests boost hopes for jet's future
McGowen says DC-10 is fastest wide bodied jet under test and near Mach .8 cruise. asserts DC-10 range equals estimates and noise, fuel use, and comfort meet goals. He notes comparisons with Boeing 747 and British French designs, and plans to push SST revival with Douglas leading.
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Jackson R. McGowen
Douglas Aircraft, Co
Alexei Tupolev
Plug Reagan type tax loopholes solon says
Sacramento Assembly Tax Committee chairmen urge closing loops that let Gov Reagan avoid two state income taxes by investing in a Midwest cattle firm. Assemblyman A Gonsalves says legal or not, lawmakers must fix loopholes. Reagan contends taxes should be revised.
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Congress
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Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee
Brothers fight ends in slaying and arrest
A mother, Willie Thompson, was arrested after police say she shot and killed her 22-year-old son Erick Thompson when his brother Daniel allegedly stabbed him during a dispute. Daniel was wounded in the stomach and remained in serious condition at USC-Los Angeles County Medical Center.
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Usc-Los Angeles County Medical Center
Willie Thompson
Pomona Police Shoot Suspect in Family Dispute
Pomona police troopers Allen Whitson and Carlos Pena reported fatally shooting 30 year old Alfred Alcala after he allegedly leveled a .38 pistol at them during a home dispute linked to reports of gunfire. Alcala’s father-in-law Tony Sanchez, 47, wounded in the incident, was treated at Pomona Valley Hospital. Burglars later fled from a Queen’s Park arcade locker with $108 in change after removing it from a closed arcade locker.
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Allen Whitson
Carlos Pena
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Tony Sanchez
Pomona Valley Hospital
Queen's Park
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Jackson Calls for Early Aircraft Sale to Israel
Boston Senator Henry M. Jackson criticized American vacillation over Soviet advances in the Middle East. He urged an early sale of vital aircraft to Israel, saying delaying the weapons would be unjustified. He linked parts of the Soviet Egyptian treaty to Czechoslovakia and blamed the State Department for pressuring Israel to win Egypt away from the Soviet bloc.
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Henery M. Jackson
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State Department
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Laird Defends Timing for Vietnam Withdrawal Debate
In a Sept discussion, Laird opposes fixed withdrawal dates and argues for negotiated peace in Paris. Humphrey challenges the 12 month disengagement estimate and calls for a congressional inquiry. The group weighs military specifics and a phased withdrawal if a date is agreed.
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Okinawa Reversion to Japan Could Boost U.S. Economy
U.S. sources estimate about 750 million dollars over five years from Okinawa’s return to Japan. About half funds civil facilities built by the U.S.. the rest from savings as Japan assumes costs of defense and administration. Negotiations wrap up in Paris with a June/July 1972 rever sion, security treaty to extend to Okinawa, and possible Japanese court trials for off post crimes by U.S. servicemen. Nuclear weapons removal likely, amid Japanese sensitivity.
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U.S
William P. Rogers
Kiichi Aichi
Paris
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Savings of millions on Navy work seen
Senator William Proxmire credited Secretary John Chafee with reforming Navy claims handling to require legal opinions and technical analyses before payment. He cited $790 million in pending shipbuilding claims and noted a prior $135.5 million paid without such opinions, calling it potentially costly to the government.
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William Proxmire
Dwis
Navy
Proxmire
Secretary of the Navy
John H. Chafee
Joint Economic Subcommittee
Chafee
Attack on tanker near Somaliland shores injures three crewmen
A speedboat emerged from a cluster of fishing boats and fired about a dozen shells at a tanker five miles off Somaliland. Three crew were slightly wounded while extinguishing fires. The tanker, with 34 aboard including 23 Israelis and a Greek captain, was built in 1966 and owned by Darius Tanker Corp. of Monrovia. It sails toward Israel and may reach Eilat in the Red Sea Tuesday. The Bab Al Mandab Strait lies 20 miles wide between Aden and Yemen, a region historically tense with access to Israeli shipping.
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Monrovia
Israel
Red Sea
Eilal
Bab al Mandab Strait
Aden
Yemen
Old Pasadena department store fire prompts big alarm
A major blaze damaged the JC Nash and Co building at 141 Colorado Blvd Pasadena on Sunday night. Fire officials said the old department store under demolition caught fire just after 6 p.m. about a dozen units fought the flames for 18 minutes with no injuries reported while investigators determine the cause. Nearby resident Charlie Stark reported burglary at 1705 Lime Ave, with a TV and record player valued at 229 dollars taken.
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JC. Nash and Co
Colorado Blvd
Charlie Stark
Lime Ave
Long Beach
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