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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1971
Page
1
Off the Cape Agulhas coast the Liberian tanker Wafra ran aground six miles offshore. Attempts to refloat failed as 40,000 tons of crude oil leaked, forming a miles-wide slick threatening a major pollution crisis.
Secretary Volpe told the House Appropriations Committee that a critical report on supersonic transport the Garwin Report is outdated and misleading about noise and climate impact. He and SST project chief Magruder insisted the craft poses no environmental harm and warned that halting work would threaten U S aviation leadership.
President Nixon awarded the Apollo 14 crew Edgard Mitchell Stuart Roosa and Alan Shepard the NASA Distinguished Service Medal at a White House East Room ceremony. He also dubbed Shepard the Distinguished Order of Lunar Duffers for their moon walk antics.
Pan American Airways withdrew an advertisement for its Casablanca service after Lauren Bacall objected to using a photo of Humphrey Bogart and the line play it again Sam. Bacall phoned J Walter Thompson and threatened suit over the ad.
The late J C Penny left most of his estimated 35 million dollar estate to his wife and four children, with half going to Mrs Caroline Penny under a 28 page will dated July 27 1966. He also left 105000 to 19 colleges, 700000 to the James C Penny Foundation Inc, and 50000 to an H C Foundation in Riverside California. Richard Zanuck, fired as production chief at 20th Century Fox, will join Warner Bros Studios with David Brown on March 8.
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