Navy to Scrap 291 Mothballed Ships in Modern Fleet Cutback
The Navy will scrap 291 mothballed ships including carriers and cruisers, reducing the reserve fleet to 536 vessels. Built largely after World War II, these aging ships are deemed uneconomical to maintain amid advanced missile systems and electronics. Proceeds expected around 20 million dollars will fund new patrol frigates.
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Pacific
Gulf of Mexico
United States
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North Vietnam
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Iowa
Wisconsin
Missouri
Cabbies Make It Up To Victimized Paris Visitor
In New York a group of taxi owners refunded a Paris secretary who paid 52 dollars for a 10 dollar ride. They gave her an 852 check and arranged a free tour by a French speaking driver to landmarks including the Empire State Building United Nations Statue of Liberty Times Square and Chinatown. She said New Yorkers are wonderful and the experience felt like a dream.
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Martine Bianchi
Paris
Kennedy Airport
mid-Manhattan
Miss Bianchi
Andre Botelho
The
Creusot
Edward Duthy
Martine
Empire State Building
United Nations
Statue of Liberty
Times Square
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Coney Island
Rockefeller Center
Rainbow Grill
Duthy
Ford jokes on poor golf at Preston Trail Club
Vice President Gerald R Ford quipped about his bad golf after male reporters were allowed to watch while female reporters were barred at the Preston Trail Golf Club in Dallas. The remark followed the ban as Ford joked nobody should watch him play so badly.
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Dallas
Gerald R. Ford
Preston Trail Golf Club
Ford
Grant Helps Plan Medical Services for Mid Missouri
A federal grant of 44129 funds the Mid Missouri Comprehensive Health Planning agency in Columbia to plan an emergency medical service system for eight mid Missouri counties including Audrain. By March 1975 detailed planning will enable a bid for implementation funds. The agency coordinates with regional EMS providers and studies fifteen categories from facilities to manpower. Prospective coordinators are being interviewed as planning for seven other medical services continues.
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Mid
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
Kansas City
St. Louis
Proulx
Seniors Tackle Intruder. Couple Defends Home in Fatal Shooting
MIAMI AP An elderly man wrestled a rifle from a teenage intruder at a senior housing cottage while his wife, Ella Porter, fired a single shot from a .22 revolver, killing Michael Perpall. The 18 year old died less than an hour later. Police said no charges would be filed pending an inquest.
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Miami
Hiram Porter
Porter
Ella
Michael Perpall
Vanderbilt Jr. dies at 76 in Miami Beach home
Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr. author and former newspaperman died at age 76 in his Miami Beach residence after a five year illness. He was the great great grandson of the New York Central Railroad's first president.
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Cornelius Vanderbuilt
Miami Beach
Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr
New York Central Railroad
Vanderbilt
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