Lockheed Urged to Seek Private Money to Avert Crisis
Deputy Defense Secretary David Packard told the Senate Armed Services Committee that Lockheed Aircraft Corp faces bankruptcy without private sector financing and possible merger. He said the $200 million contingency fund and progress payments for the C5A are essential to avoid cancelling the program.
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UPI
Defense
David Packard
Fhe
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Senate Armed Services Committee
Packard
Lockheed
Defense Department
Congress
Boulder City Graduation Ceremony Honors 85
Boulder City graduates 85 at a ceremony with Freeland leading the flag salute and Katherine Murdoch giving the invocation. Top scholars spoke, including Dan Evans Denise Brothers Carolyn Wagner and Christine Swanson, as scholarship awards are listed for numerous students and organizations.
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Freeland
Katherine Murdoch
Dan Evans
Denise Brothers
Carolyn Wagner
Christine Swanson
Boulder City
Larry Larsgaard
Elmer Ham
Michaela Marshall
Arizonaental College
Priscilla Rhoades
Elks
House Votes SST Program $290 Million
The House approved a $290 million SST program funding two Boeing prototype airliners. Critics warned costs could rise to 4 to 5 billion, while supporters argued missing the project could hand billions to foreign competitors. Rep. Henry Reuss urged denial, citing taxpayer harm amid high inflation and unemployment.
Jesse J. Lee Convicted of Armed Robbery
Nineteen year old Jesse Jeremiah Lee found guilty of the Oct. 23 gunpoint robbery of a Kentucky Fried Chicken at 831 Sonopah Highway. The jury in Dist. Judge William Morse’s court deliberated after a dramatic defense. sentencing set for June 4.
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Jesse Jeremiah Lee
Sonopah Highway
Robert Archie
Court of Dist
Wiliam Morse
Archie
Las Vegas
Frank A. Gerst
Famed Aragon Ballroom Destroyed by Fire in Venice
The Aragon Ballroom at Lick Pier near Los Angeles burned early yesterday in an arson blaze. The abandoned ballroom collapsed into the beach as flames reached 200 feet, with Gary Andrews, 28, sustaining third degree burns and treated at UCLA Medical Center.
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Calif
UPI
Aragon
Benny Goodman
Lawrence Welk
Lick Pier
Los Angeles
Goodman and Welk
Dorsey Brothers
Stan Kenton
Harry James
Paul Whiteman
Ted Fio Rito
Spade Cooley
The
Warner Bros.7 Arts Studios
Battalion
William B. Nash
Gary Andrews
Ucla Medical Center
Apollo 13 Explosion Trace Tied to Two Switch Failures
Spokesman says an arduous detanking procedure caused the April 13 oxygen tank blast two days after launch. The incident 205000 miles from Earth jeopardized the crew and halted the moon landing phase. Cortright named to head the board of inquiry, report due to NASA Administrator Paine in Washington June 8.
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Earth
Cortright
NASA
Thomas O. Paine
Washington
Las Vegas Faces New Mob Exposé In Life Magazine
Life publishes a sensational feature alleging ties between Las Vegas gambling interests and mob figures in a fictionalized account The Mayor the Mob and the Lawyer centers on Mayor Cervantes of a major city and real Las Vegas attorneys with alleged manipulations Involving the Dunes Hotel and Continental Connector Corp and a looming libel risk to readers and officials.
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Las Vegas
Life
U.S
Alfonso J. Cervantes
St. Louis
Philanthrophy
Denny Walsh
John
Cervantes
Walsh
Tony Sansone
Jimmy Michaels
Anthone Giordano
Dunes
Continental Connector Corporation
Shenker
Wanted Man Kenneth Lee Surrenders to Sheriff
Kenneth Wayne Lee, 27, a Las Vegas horse trainer, turned himself in to Clark County Sheriff's Department about 2 p.m. Monday. He was sought for the alleged rape and robbery of a California medical technician and was released on a $5,000 bond.
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Kenneth Wayne Lee
Clark County
Sheriff's Department
Lee
Idie
Las Vegas
California
Tower defends Cambodia policy amid stalling amendment fight
Senator John Tower charged antiwar critics will not recognize any Cambodian military success by Nixon. He said supporters fear acknowledging gains if troops withdraw. Senate leaders clash over timing of a vote on the Cooper Church amendment to cut off funds after July 1. Fulbright backs broader pullout timetable.
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UPI
John G. Tower
R-Tex
Senate
Cambodia
U.S
Tower
Nixon
Mike Mansfield
Robert P. Griffin
Robert J. Dole
GOP
Hugh Scott
Scott
Mansfield
Griffin
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
Indochina
Fulbright
Vietnam
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Russia
Red China
Sagebrush Saloon Robbed of $450
The Sagebrush Saloon at 2162 Lamb Blvd. was robbed of about $450 around 1.30 a.m. yesterday. Bartender William Zane said a gunman entered the bar and fired a shot over the heads of patrons to announce his presence. The robber was a male adult about five feet eight, slender, and about 150 pounds.
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Sagebrush
Lamb Blvd
William Zane
Preparedness Exercises Set At Test Site
The Atomic Energy Commission announced a two day emergency preparedness drill at Mercury Nevada test site. The first exercise requires personnel to take cover and shelter in designated buildings, the second to evacuate Camp Mercury.
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Mercury
UPS
Nevada Test Site
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Camp Mercury
Jury Convicts Woman On Misuse Of Credit Card
A Las Vegas woman Lorene Williams also known as Lorene Roberts was found guilty by a district court jury of unlawfully using a credit card lost or stolen from a Carson City man to buy a suit at Charleston Mall. The card owner testified he never met her and the case dated from June 1968 with trial delayed by legal issues.
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Carson City
Lorene Williams
Lorene Roberts
Charleston
Richard Weisbart
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