Navy court martial details emerge from Kitty Hawk riot
Airman Michael Hinrichs testified about a seven hour race riot aboard the Kitty Hawk in which black sailors attacked white airmen with pipes. He identified Airman Lawrence Wommack Jr. as a principal assailant and described fear for his safety during the lounge confrontation and subsequent beating. Wommack faces multiple assault and rioting counts and could face up to six more months in the brig plus fines and a bad conduct discharge if convicted. Tim Holt, former movie star, dies at 54 in Shawnee, Oklahoma.
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Gan Diego
Calif
Michael G. Hinrichs
James Radford
Miami
Radford
al Tew
Hinrichs
Navy
Wommack
Liberty auditor cashes $50 monthly no work claims
LIBERTY MO AP Richard L Henderson 26 was elected city auditor in April 1971 and has been paid 50 a month though he says he never performed city tasks. The council cut the salary to 1 annually but must honor the old rate until April. Henderson will not seek re election. In Houston AP a pothole dispute led Stanley T Thomas to sue C H Pete Coffield for 78 24 over damage to a car from a warehouse site pothole with a March 8 hearing scheduled.
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Liberty, Mo
Richard L. Henderson
Liberty
Henderson
Wes Smith
Houston
Stanley T. Thomas
C. H
Pete) Coffield
Thomas
Coffield
Todd Shields
Airport Gates Now Guarded By Police
Washington AP The FAA will station police at all passenger screening points as rule takes effect at 12:01 a.m. Local airports comply widely though Alaska exemptions exist and 11 other airports are under review. The court blocked civil penalties and required a hearing while continuing federal policing at airports unable to hire their own officers.
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Washington
Federal Aviation Administration
FAA
Alaska
Airport Operators Council International
AOCI
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Appeals
Missouri Senate snags James nomination mark still unresolved
The Missouri Senate amended a residency rule for the Office of Administration commissioner. The bill would reduce required residency to three years and require a business administration degree, potentially allowing Robert L. James to be renominated despite earlier objections. Debate adjourned with no action on the amendment. The chamber also moved on bills extending planning rules and minority jury representation, plus a $14.5 million emergency appropriation advancing from committee.
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Jefferson City
Missouri Senate
Senate
House
Robert L. James
Christopher S. Bond
James
Lee
Bond
Webster
Raymond Howard
St. Louis
Harold Volkmer
Hannibal
House Appropriations Committee
Kenneth Rothman
Clayton
92-Year-Old Steelworker Keeps Working On Onion A Day
Ricardo Basques, a Bethlehem Steel worker since 1943, plans no retirement at 92. He rises at 4 30 a m, eats a banana and milk breakfast, and eats one onion daily as his unusual secret to fitness, while colleagues note his long service and daily eight hour shifts.
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California
East Cole
Proctor Drive
Mystic Floral Shop
Stella Merrick
Tony Thornton
Springfield
San Francisco
Ricardo Basques
Bethlehem Steel Corp
United Steel Workers
Bethlehem
Basques
Ray Ridgeway
Frank
Mexico
Onion
Steel Labor
United States
Montana
Pioneer 10 Clears Asteroid Belt to Jupiter Route
NASA scientists report Pioneer 10 has safely exited the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter on its way to Jupiter, confirming the belt is not a barrier to outer-planet flights. Project manager Charles Hall said the doughnut shaped zone is 175 million miles across and 50 million miles thick, containing dust to rock chunks as large as Montana.
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Washington
Pioneer 10
Jupiter
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mars
Charles F. Hall
Ames Research Center
Mountain View
Calif
Montana
Napier Comes Home After Hospital Tests
Ledger city editor Robert Napier has been discharged from Boone County Hospital in Columbia after tests and examinations. He is home south of Mexico for now and will return to the hospital later for further tests.
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Robert Napier
Ledger City
Boone County Hospital
Columbia
Mexico
Kirksville Man Nominated to Missouri Park Board
Claude A. Jacobs of Kirksville, 59, was nominated by Gov. Bond for a four year term on the Missouri Park Board. He would replace Robert W. Wolpers whose term expired. Jacobs, a Republican, is president of Kirksville Plumbing and Supply and vice president of the Kirksville Industrial Development Corporation. He is married with two daughters.
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Jefferson City
Claude A. Jacobs
Kirksville
State Park Board
Christopher S. Bond
Jacobs
Senate
Robert W. Wolpers
Poplar Bluff
Kirksville Plumbing and Supply Co
Northeast Missouri State University
Guerrilla Plot Smashed In Jordan
Beirut reported that Palestinian guerrillas linked to Black September planned to seize Amman while King Hussein was abroad. The scheme targeted key sites including the prime minister’s office and cabinet, with plans to seize radio and TV and detain ministers until prisoners were freed. Hussein was in the United States with Queen Alia.
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Beirut
Hussein of
Jordan
Amman
United States
An Nahar
Ahmed Lozi
Symington Cancels Speech At Rolla
Sen Stuart Symington of Missouri cancels a University of Missouri Rolla appearance after his wife Evelyn died suddenly on December 24 He remains with his sons James and Stuart in Boca Grande Florida and has not resumed public duties The death occurred after a Washington Redskins game at their Georgetown home
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Washington
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
University of Missouri- Rolla
Symington
James W. Symington
Boca Grande
Fla
Evelyn Symington
Georgetown
Washington Redskins
Class Of '75 Wins In Sale Of Light Bulbs
The Class of 75 won the light bulb sale in a three hour drive with about 400 dollars profit from over 900 dollars in sales. Pep squad members voted to change uniforms for 1973 74 choosing red sweaters gray skirts red and white saddle shoes and red knee socks. The Love Jones defeated the Super Fly 8 2 and Superstitious beat Slaughter 14 12. About 45 boys signed up for spring track meeting with coach Whittaker. practice starts after school Tuesday.
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Mexico High School
Steve Collins
Donna Davis
Ann Lankford
Love Jones
Slaughter
Ron Whittaker
Whittaker
Size-Reduced Imager Aims to Shrink TV Cameras
A stamp sized solid state imager developed at GE R and D Center Bala Cynwyd may replace large video tubes in TV cameras. GE says the device could yield small and inexpensive home television cameras and trim camera size to a pack of cigarettes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
General Electric Research and Development Center
Bala Yawyd
Houcks Welcome Son At Audrain Medical Center
Mr and Mrs Dale M Houck of Montgomery City are the parents of a son born at Audrain Medical Center at 10 45 a m Thursday. The baby weighed six pounds seven ounces. Mr Houck works for Montgomery County R II School in Montgomery City.
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Dale M. Houck
Montgomery City
Audrain Medical Center
Houck
Montgomery County
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