Nerve Gas Ship Hailed For Dismal Ocean Grave
A rusty Liberty ship carrying 12.5 percent nerve gas rockets and rabbits is to be sunk 282 miles east of Cape Kennedy. The Briggs, escorted by Hartley and Mendetta, will be sealed in 16,100 feet of water after checks for leaks. Florida Governor Kirk and the Environmental Defense Fund abandoned a court fight, allowing disposal to proceed.
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Atlantic
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Tue LeBaron Russell Briggs Ie
Bettom
Florida
Claude Kirk
Environmental Defense Fund
US. Court of Appeals
Washington
Kirk
Defense Fund
Briggs
Sunny Point
N.C
Defense
U.S. Supreme Court
Coast Guard
Culler
Mendetta
Navy
A. G. Hamilton
Army
Reagan Expected To OK Anti Bus Bill
Governor Ronald Reagan is expected to sign legislation allowing California parents to choose if their children ride school buses. Sponsors say the bill targets busing for integration, but attorneys argued the original draft was unconstitutional. Assemblyman Floyd Wakerfield supported the change after initial resistance.
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Reagan
Sacramento
Calif
Ronald Reagan
California
Floyd Wakerfield
R-South Gate
Federal agency creates bank to place Mexican Americans in government jobs
Washington AP reports a federal agency established a job bank to place qualified Mexican Americans and other Spanish speaking individuals in government positions. The agency notes Mexican Americans in top civil service grades 16 through 18 are just over one percent, compared with 5.3 percent for blacks.
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Washington
Docking pledges schools stay open for Kansas
Governor Robert Docking said he will not allow a minority of dissenters to shut down Kansas schools while he remains in office. He spoke in an address for the Veterans of Foreign Wars national convention in Miami.
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Miami
Fla
Robert Docking
Kansas
Docking
National Convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars
Soldier's Wife Found Slain in Sedalia Home
The body of 22 year old Barbara Jean Galliher, wife of an overseas soldier, was found in her Sedalia living room by her mother in law. Coroner Dr. C Gordon Stauffacher said she appears to have been strangled during a struggle, with torn clothing and displaced furniture. Her husband Stephen Galliher serves in Germany. they had been married six months.
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Sedalia
Barbara Jean Galliher
C. Gordon Stauffacher
Back-of-picture mystery hits Lackland base rumor mill
A Hole in a Lackland Air Force Base newspaper page sparked questions after Maj. Gen. John Samuel’s portrait was removed. Officials blamed an editorial error and described the cut as an inappropriate image removal, noting reprinting was not possible.
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Washington
Wen
Samuel
Jelle Deer de Aatustonthent
Oberbeck
Information Office
Lackland Air Force Base
Tex
Base Public Information Office
Texas
John §. Samuel
Court Upholds 2 to 1 School Vote Law
A Kansas City report notes a court upheld a two to one threshold for school bonds and levies amid references to inner thirds passage rules and a federal panel review. The piece mentions Sen. William Proxmire, Lt. Gen. Arthur Oberbeck, and the 14th Amendment as related topics in a disputed school tax case.
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Kansas City
Missouri
United States District
William Proxmire
Air
Proxmire
Lackland Airman
Sam
U.S
Legion of Meri
Arthur Wilson
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