Grumman to Stand Firm on F-14 Contract Despite Losses
Grumman officials say the company will honor the Navy F-14 contract signed in 1968 despite rising costs and reduced profits. Deputy Defense Secretary Packard told Congress the Navy cannot negotiate a new deal, leaving Grumman to decide whether to continue under the current terms or breach if funding for 48 additional aircraft is not approved by October 1.
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Grumman
Bethpage
L.L
David M. Packard
Congress
House
Senate Armed Services Committee
Armed Services Committee
F. Eward Hebert
D-Fla
Defense
Hall Seeks Resignations Of Oklahoma Regents
Gov. David Hall asked two Oklahoma College of Liberal Arts regents Grady Harris Jr and Ed Calhoon to resign. Both refused after confirming calls from Hall aide G Dan Rambo. Rambo declined comment. Harris and Calhoon are holdovers from the Bartlett era amid changes to admission standards. Hall has named three new regents including John Jarboe Walt Allen and Mary Robb.
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David Hall
Oklahoma College of Liberal Arts
Oklahoma City
Grady Harris Jr
Ed Calhoon
Dan Rambo
Hall
Harris
Calhoon
Oklahoma Medical Association
Rambo
Dewey Bartlett
J. Harold Abernathy
Altus
Kennedy era coup signals split over Vietnam role
Sun Times reports a Pentagon study and government documents suggest Kennedy did not order the coup in South Vietnam but sent Lyndon Johnson in May 1961 to push for ground troops. Hilsman says two memos were out of context. LA Times notes NSC rejected a 1963 pullout option.
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Diem
Pentagon
John F. Kennedy
Sun-Times
Chicago
Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Vietnam
South Vietnam
U.S
Sun
National Security Council
State Department
United States
Viet Nam base Fuller hit as artillery and air strikes continue
Informants report Fuller and nearby Fire Base Surge and Camp Carol under heavy fire from North Vietnamese forces in Quang Tri province. Five 105mm howitzers damaged, mortars and 122mm rockets struck positions. U.S. B52s conducted four bombing runs aiming to slow an estimated 6,000 enemy. Casualties described as light.
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Fuller
U.S
Quang Tri Province
Hien
Sarge
Camp Carol
Vo Tech School Estimates 71 72 Needs At 462972
The document itemizes Vo Tech School budget needs for 71 72 totaling 462 972. It lists instructional expenses 295 954 pupil transportation plant operation 49 264 maintenance 7 036 food services 8 708 and fixed charges 22 872. It also names staff including Eugene Hayes unit records instructor 8 000 Jean Van Hoozer auditor Paul C Martin day custodian 4 200 and night watchmen at 1 90 hourly.
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Vo-Tech
Eugene Hayes
Lawton Ave
Jean van Hoozer
Paul C. Martin
Summit
Military Appeals Judge Named Chief Judge
William H. Darden is named the new chief judge of the U.S. Court of Military Appeals, becoming only the second person to hold the post in the court's history.
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Washington
William H. Darden
U.S. Court of Military Appeals
Tulsa County Democratic chairman faces internal clash
Dr. Paschal Twyman accuses county chairman Thomas of misrepresenting party standards after a Tulsa antiwar rally speech and tax dispute. Stuart blasts Thomas for telegrams on the tax fight and for public remarks disparaging governors at dedication ceremonies for Tulsa Port of Secretary of the Air Force events in the Truman era.
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Stuart
Thomas
Tulsa
Air Force
Truman
Fire blast toll climbs to 64 in Los Angeles area
A spa methane gas explosion followed by a second blast killed 64 people and injured four workers, one seriously. A five unit caravan of cars with 15 rescuers was at daybreak assisting the search and rescue effort.
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Los Angeles
Senate votes shape up on anti filibuster rivals and draft tweaks
The Senate debate shows Southern Democrats opposing anti filibuster efforts while presidential hopefuls Humphrey Muskie Jackson and McGovern Hughes Bayh split on continuing debate. A separate amendment exempts doctors serving four years in shortages and a drug addiction corps report clears. Cranston fails to require draft board tests but gains a related measure.
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Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Edmund S., Muskie
Maine
Henry M. Jackson
Washington
George S. McGovern
South Dakota
Harold Hughes
Iowa
Birch E. Bayh
Indiana
Senate
Griffin
John V. Tunney
D-Calif
Robert Taft
Ohio
Armed Services
Comanche County Lacks Ad Valorem Tax on New Car Inventories
The report notes Comanche County and several others in the state did not levy an ad valorem tax on new car inventories, affecting how the average value of stock was taxed during the year.
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Comanche County
Jury Probe of Document Leak Begins in Los Angeles
A federal grand jury in Los Angeles investigates leaks of top Pentagon studies on American involvement in Vietnam to The New York Times and others. Two witnesses, including a former Rand Corp. employee, were granted immunity to testify. Daniel Elisberg, linked to the leaks, was not yet officially summoned.
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Los Angeles
Pentagon
Vietnam
New York
Rand Corp
Justice Department
Daniel Elisberg
New York Times
U.S. Dist
William P. Gray
Paul C. Vincent
Internal Security Division
Vincent
Anthony J. Russo
Rand Employe
Joseph Ball
Long Beach
Calif
Gray
Russo
Ball
Linda Spinay
Rand
Suffolk
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Langley Laboratories
Virginia
Elisberg
Leonard B. Boudin
Charles R. Nelson
Cambridge
Mass
Vigilantes Planned Brinlee Downfall in Tahlequah
Tulsa World reports a Tahlequah vigilante group formed to plot the downfall of Rex Brinlee Jr. amid his murder case linked to Fern Bolding’s death. The 15 member group planned to bait Brinlee with weapons and provoke an attack, yet shifting court duties halted activities by late February. Gene Bolding, Tahlequah police chief and Don Bolding’s brother, was named as a witness in Tulsa auto theft proceedings.
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Tulsa
Okla
Rex Brinlee Jr
Tahlequah
Tulsa World
Brinlee
Fern Bolding
Bristow
Britain worries over secrecy of Pentagon papers exchanges
London officials told the United States that the handling of secret Pentagon papers on the Vietnam war could threaten the confidentiality of diplomatic exchanges. Foreign Office spokesman said Lord Cromer conveyed the concern during an oral call at the State Department this week.
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London
Britain
U.S
Foreign Office
Lord Cromer
Washington
State Department
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