U S Wins Deal Of Century In European Fighter Play
In Brussels the United States secured a pact to supply 102 F 16 jets to Belgium replacing 116 Starfighters with a proposed European aviation fund to back future research. Denmark and the Netherlands joined a NATO consortium seeking best price amid Belgian government tensions over the Mirage option.
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Belgium
Calcu
General Dynamics
Denmark
Holland
Tindemans
Basie
United States
General Grets
Dynamics
Norway
Europe
County Worker Pay Scales Spark West Texas Debate
Lubbock County officials debate whether to hire a professional personnel director to unify salaries across departments. They resist outside studies, citing constitutional limits and previous failed attempts. Comparisons show regional salaries vary, with deputies earning high starting wages and longevity raises boosting costs in 1974 and 1975.
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Sogzest
Lubbock
Thes
Texas
Lubbock County
Furgeson
South Plains
Shoe
Blanchard
Shaw
Travis County
Jim Johnson
Bill Hicks
Lenough
Johnson
West Texas
Ector
Potter
French Feel Europe Lost at Paris Air Show
Paris at the air show: France laments losing the fighter plane contract to the United States. Dassault cites political choice and Belgium’s missed European option while Jacques Chirac voices regret at a glittering lunch on the event's final day.
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Paris
UPI
United States
Europe
Dassault Company
Belgium
Jacques Chirac
Pigeon Under Custody In Bergen County Jail Smuggling Probe
A yellow headed pigeon found on a jail air conditioner is in protective custody as detectives pursue possible drug smuggling links to prisoner Emilio Cilano, 47, from Union City. A white powder and brown paper bearing his name are being analyzed as authorities seek to determine the bird’s role.
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Hackensack
UPI
Bergen County
Emilio Cilano
Cilano
Union City
Joseph Job
Roland Giordano
Many Drugs May Be Hazard To Unborn, Doctor Warns
Dr Barta warns many drugs pose risks to fetuses. He notes heparin can be used in early and late pregnancy while oral anticoagulants fit midpregnancy. anticonvulsants may cause fetal effects though seizure risks supersede. Diuretics and ergotamine carry baby risks. most drugs pass into breast milk. two percent of birth defects attributed to drugs.
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Barta
Veterans face GI bill payment delays as funds run out
Up to a half million veterans could miss GI bill checks this month as the VA lacks funds amid Congress rail funding fights. The VA says 88,000 of about 1.4 million recipients have had June education checks delayed, totaling about 27 million dollars, with payments expected once a supplemental appropriation passes.
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Washington
UPP
House
Senate
Lester Wolff
D-N.y
Veterans of Foreign Wars
New York
Wolff
Frank R
Hood
Congress
Joe Malone
Thene Anh
Woman Dies In Rural Crash Near Lubbock
A crowded station wagon collided with a pickup east of Lubbock injuring eight people and killing Vicky Timms of Lawton Oklahoma. Timms died at the scene from head and chest injuries while her husband Johnny Timms and others were treated at Methodist Hospital. Investigators sorted conflicting reports on vehicle directions as the wreckage rested in a muddy intersection.
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Lubbock
Lawton
Okla
Vicky ‘Timms
Justice of the Peace
Wayne LeCroy
Johnny Lee Timms
E. 19Th Street
FM 1729
Watson Childers
Rt. 7
Childers
Timms
Methodist Hospital
Methodist
Dwight
Randy Willeby
Shelly
Hope
Charlene
Northern California quake rattles Humboldt Bay area
A 5.4 magnitude quake struck 30 miles southwest of Eureka near Fortuna at 1 47 a m causing shattered windows toppled chimneys and store damage in Fortuna Eureka Arcata and surrounding towns no injuries were reported. PG&E said Humboldt Bay nuclear plant remained undamaged though some power loss occurred. Landslide covered 130 yards of Scotia Bluff railroad track as responders aided frightened residents.
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Fortuna
Calif
Humboldt Bay
California
Paul Blake
Blake
Pacific Gas& Electric
Scotia Bluff
Eureka
Arcata
Dick Poe
San Francisco
Poe
Versity of
Berkeley
Hance Amendment Benefits Many Area School Districts
The article details how Hance’s amendment would boost state aid for numerous districts, with some receiving tens of thousands more per pupil and others gaining millions in total funds. It notes district disparities, debates in the Senate and House, and mentions specific districts like Jayton-Girard and Whitharral, plus towns such as Lubbock, Muleshoe, and Plainview.
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Maury
Hance
Lubbock
Jayton
Whitharral
Girard
Senate
Borden County
A.M. Aiken
Diper
Paris Hance
House
Texas
Association of School Boards
Onj
Aiken
Pad
Jacoh
Clude Muleshoe
Elland
Ropes
Anton
Slaton
Friona
Irovisions
Bovina
Kent County
Tulle
Fort Worth Welcomes Major Fighter Sale Boosting Jobs
Fort Worth celebrates a billion dollar European contract for the FI6 fighter with potential to lift production toward 3,500 aircraft and double local employment by 1980 as Belgium joins the buyer list amid praise from General Dynamics officials and Senator Tower.
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Europe
Fort Worth
General Dynamics
U.S
Washington
General Dynamics Board
David F. Lewis
Paris
United States
Western Alliance
Belgium
FIG
John Tower
R-Tex
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