12 Jul 1973
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Newspaper
Kingsport Times
Location
Kingsport, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1973
Page
1
The Kingsport Board of Zoning Appeals will meet at 7 50 p m Thursday July 12 in the council room at city hall. The Sullivan County Board of Education will meet Thursday July 12 at 7 p m in the conference room of the Superintendent s office building.
Colonial Heights Methodist Church U.M.LY. holds a parking lot auction and sale on Lebanon Road from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on July 14. Circle No. 2 of First Broad Street United Methodist Church hosts a garage sale on July 14 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at 2000 Tallwood Preston Forest.
Musical comedy presentation by the Thursday-Saturday Summer Theatre 74 features The Boys from Syracuse by Rodgers and Hart at 8 15 p m July 12 to 14. Reservations may be made by calling 246-1351.
Bays Mountain Park plans a July planetarium show titled Eclipses written and narrated by Dr. Lee Davy. Showtimes run Tuesday to Friday at 11 am 2 4 and 7 pm Saturday 1 2 and 4 pm Sunday 2 4 and 7 pm through August 4.
Miss Nude America of 1972 Villerie Craft says the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on obscenity has forced her to perform in Europe. The former Chicago Playboy bunny told reporters she will travel to Europe to continue posing on stage and earning about $120,000 a year.
Robert Ryan, a prolific film actor known for rugged leads in more than 75 movies, died Wednesday in New York at age 43 after a cancer fight. A former college boxing champion and Marine instructor, he shot the film Executive Action with Bud Lancaster shortly before his death.
The Kingsport Publishing Corp lists editions for The Mrasport Times and The Kingsport News with Sunday and weekday schedules. Subscription prices are shown as seventy cents for weekly morning to Sunday issues, with annual rates and service references to United Press International and other outlets.
A Hayden Planetarium exhibit titled The End of the World presents twelve scenarios for the sun and Earth in about five billion years. It cites possibilities from solar red giant engulfment to planetary collisions, comets, meteoroids, and even a black hole, with commentary by planetarium astronomer Mark A. Chartrand.
Nashville Democrats attack a $685 700 used Gates Lear Jet 2428 purchase for the governor saying funds were manipulated to raise the price. They note trades and transfers involving the Bureau of Aeronautics and Governor's Emergency Fund while defending it as saving time and providing faster work for the governor.
Washington reports that Social Security benefits for nearly 30 million Americans will rise by over 5 percent starting June 1974. President Nixon signed the compromise bill authorizing the increase, with first checks in July. The measure also raises the wage base for Social Security taxes to 12 600 and allows earnings up to 2 400 without benefit reduction starting next January 1. Welfare benefits for more than six million aged, blind and disabled recipients rise accordingly, with monthly payments for individuals moving from 140 to 1410 and couples from 195 to 210.
In the Paris region tragedy, 122 people are dead after a Varig Airlines Boeing 707 crash near Orly Airport. One more survivor died in hospital, bringing total fatalities to 122 with 12 survivors, including four crew. Captain Da Silva guided a fire-struck jet to a field landing, avoiding houses and a highway, but most aboard perished from a rear toilet fire.
An Amish family traveling with a single horse and wagon from Maine toward Montana was aided in Munising Michigan after five days stranded in the Upper Peninsula. A Marquette farmer offered a second horse while a Blacksmith agreed to shoe several horses for pay. A veterinarian treated the horse’s foot infection with crude penicillin from orange mold and supplied food and money. The family plans to resume travel at about 25 miles daily once the horse heals.
Pedro Richter ordered removal of chili sauce and other spices from daily prison meals after touring a jail 375 miles southeast of Lima and calling condiments inappropriate for inmates. Officials quoted him saying spices arouse inmates and are unsuitable for those living a restricted life.
An advertisement touts Itch Me Not with claims of fast relief from eczema and itching. The copy emphasizes antiseptic action, germ killing, and healing, promising results within 14 minutes and a money back guarantee.
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