Feds Spend 42 Billion In 76 Defense Contracts
The CEP reports top 100 defense firms received 42 billion in fiscal 1976 contracts led by McDonnell-Douglas with 2.5 billion, surpassing Lockheed at 1.5 billion. Northrop and others followed as Pentagon procurement shifts favored foreign sales and new programs like air-launched cruise missiles.
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Cutler-Hammer
Highest Temps In LV and Midwest Bring Contrasting Heat
United Press International reports scorching heat in the Southwest with Las Vegas hitting 111 degrees and Phoenix 100 while Minneapolis cooled at 69. Storms swept from Nebraska to Texas causing outages and damage. a Gaston SC trailer area saw downed lines. A Florida town faced two inches of rain. Bloomer Wisconsin mourned a tornado death and extensive destruction with over 50 homes lost and 100 damaged.
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Bomb attack damages Chattanooga synagogue on Friday night
Police probe reports of an explosion that destroyed Beth Sholom Synagogue in Chattanooga. Officials await FBI analysis while eight members had left before the blast and cards pointed to the Airport Inn restaurant nearby. The converted private home synagogue valued at about $75,000 served about 100 members.
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UPI
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Chattanooga News-Free Press
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Washington
Beth Sholom
Chattanooga
Airport Inn
Arabian Horses Euthanized Over Contagion Fears
In Johnson County Kansas officials euthanized ten quarantined Arabian horses at Whispering Downs Stables to stop a contagious blood disease. The horses valued at 250000 were destroyed last week after delays due to stable opposition. Co owner had planned to ship them to the Dominican Republic for treatment.
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Kan
UPI
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Kansas
Gerald Gurss
Whispering Downs
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Weather Forecast Highlights Hot Sunny Days Ahead
Forecast calls for mostly sunny skies and hot days with mild nights through Monday. Southerly winds up to 25 mph. Today’s high near 115 and low in the lower 80s with high humidity.
Weather Outlook Shows Rain From Plains to Great Lakes
The Nation reports rain and thundershowers expected in the upper Plains, Mississippi and Great Lakes regions, with parts of the Gulf and Atlantic coasts also affected. Elsewhere, hot and warm weather should prevail across most of the country.
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Mississippi
Great Lakes
Gulf and Atlantic
First 1978 Cars Delayed By Clean Air Impasse
Ford plans to roll out the Ford Fairmont and Mercury Zephyr at Kansas City but will not ship them across state lines under existing 1977 standards. An EPA waiver hinges on Congress completing a new bill before recess, as Muskie reports progress and a possible finish by week’s end.
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Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
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