Fate of the Concorde Looms Over Anglo French Talks
A London summit reveals grim prospects as airlines drop Concorde options. Pierre LaFrance warns all is in trouble while Sir Reginald Bottomly jokes over tea and cognac. Delegates dispute routes and profitability, debating which carrier should fly the London Paris link.
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Art Buchwald
Perentian
BOAC
Air France
London
Pierre LaFrance
Messieurs
Reginald Bottomly
LaFrance
Bottomly
Paris
Concorde rivals propose new supersonic airliner
A dialogue shows British and French delegates debating a larger, slower supersonic jet to cut noise and fuel costs. They discuss a 600-800 mph design, doubling capacity, and naming it Concorde 747 as a bold bid to reshape aviation history.
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London
Paris
LaFrance
LeFrance
Magnifique
Bottomly
Speaking Freely on Penn Central Stopgap and Featherbedding
The piece argues stopgap railroad legislation postpones questions about rail transport futures and featherbedding in train crews. It questions the UTU strike aims, suggests the fight is over dues-driven power, and notes a potential $600 million federal aid need while urging the union to face crew-saving reforms.
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Don Oakley
Penn Central
United Transportation Union
UTU
al H. Chesser
Penn Central Be
Indiana Gazette News Clips Chronology of Local Events
The Gazette prints Miss Gertrude Handler’s essay Intellectual Benefits Derived from a New High School Building, notes twin birth to Mr and Mrs Kenneth Marsh in Indiana Hospital after a snowbound route 422 run, reports Blairsville’s Chestnut Ridge Golf Club design, and recognizes Thomas P Sheehan with the George Washington Honor Medal. Also includes a quiz Q&A on sequoias, Hawaii’s seal, freezing point, and auto licenses.
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Gertrude Handler
the Gazette
Kenneth Marsh
Indiana Hospital
Cambria County
Blairsville
Chestnut Ridge
Hawaii
Kamehameha I
Goddess of Liberty
New York
Senate Must Not Confirm Gray In FBI Chief Role
Washington Merry-Go-Round reports Pat Gray lacks qualifications for FBI director and praises loyalty to Nixon. It alleges Gray used the FBI for political ends, suppressed evidence, and pressured grand juries, urging the Senate to reject his confirmation.
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Jack Anderson
Washington
Pat Gray
FBI
Richard Nixon
Gray
Nixon
Senate
Stonington
Conn
Whitten
FHA
Justice Department
Grand Jury
Boyle Column Birthdays After Age 39
New York columnist HAL BOYLE riffs on adult birthday fatigue and the jokes people tell about aging after 39. The piece pokes fun at friends and coworkers who offer smug, cheap congratulations and ponder retirement plans, ending with a wry nod to aging milestones.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Mabel
Birthday Jokes and Dentures Across Time
A humorous collage of birthday quips and aging reflections. A speaker jokes about cemetery plots as inflation hedges, dentures that resemble real teeth, and the aging process, poking fun at birthdays and maturity with light sarcasm and playful banter. It ends with a quip about ongoing birthday contributions since McKinley’s era.
Labor and Nixon Meet Over Tariffs and Strategy
Victor Riesel reports on a three hour Gaucho Room session at the Hotel Americana where Nixon aides Meany and labor leaders debated tariffs, the Burke Hartke bill, pay controls, and Labor’s stance in future elections. A breakfast followed as Shultz Brennan and Rogers briefed. Republican and Democratic leaders press for labor’s role and funds ahead of 1974 and 1976, with Chuck Colson’s exit amplifying White House independence.
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Victor Riesel
Bal Harbour
Fla
Hotel Americana
Richard Nixon
George Meany
Labor
High Command
Treasury
George Shultz
William Rogers
Meany
Brain Trust
Republican Party
Hanoi
Pete Brennan
Brennan
Congress
Shultz
Republican National Committee
George Bush
White House
Charles
Chuck) Colson
Chuck
Moscow
Shultz-Brennan
Rogers
Democratic National Committee
Robert Strauss
Bot Keefe
al Barkan
Committee On Political Education
COPE
Strauss
McGovern
Mr. Nixon
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Cccccines
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