Amchitka Underground Blast May Halt Tests
Washington officials say the Amchitka Island nuclear test would be canceled if the initial Milrow blast shows any potential disaster. The fall test could yield 1.1 to 1.2 megatons, with safety reviews deciding whether higher yields proceed.
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Washington
Amchitka Island
Alaska
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Aleutian
Nevada Proving Grounds
Weapns
Amchitka
Nevada
Coed Murders Probe Widens Across Nation
Authorities extend the slayings investigation in Michigan to California and Canada amid signs of multiple killers. Eastern Michigan University student John N. Collins, 22, is held on a first degree murder charge in coed Karen Beineman’s July 26 death. Investigators in Salinas and possible Ontario links are noted as probes deepen.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
Michigan
California
Canada
Washtenaw County
Douglas J. Harvey
John N. Collins
Eastern Michigan University
Collins
Karen Sue Beineman
Salinas
Calif
Los Angeles
Harvey
Ontario
Curtis
Stadtfeld
Iwho
Toronto
Roxie Phillips
Milwaukie
Carmel
Virginia Lynn Smith
Claremont
Goodrich Denies Hiding Faulty Attack Plane Brakes
GAO accuses Goodrich of falsifying testing data to mask brake flaws in the A7D attack plane. Goodrich rejects charges, noting final brake qualification occurred with engineers from the aircraft maker Air Force and itself. Senator Proxmire calls for probe, citing ethical questions and potential risk to servicemen. investigation follows reports by an engineer and a writer who alleged pressure to falsify reports.
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Goodrich
Washington
B. F. Goodrich Company
Government Accounting Office
GAO
Congress
Executive Branch
William Proxmire
D-Wis
BFG
Air Force
Proxmire
Troy
Ohio
Aeronautics Division
Ling-Temco-Vought
Federal
Avation Administration
FBI
Barber breaks world record with 204 haircuts in 48 hours
Shigekatsu Kawamata, a 36 year old barber from Omura Japan, claimed a new world record by cutting 204 heads in 48 hours using only a manual clipper. He beat the prior 196 haircut mark set by Guy Mudd of St Louis. After finishing he collapsed from exhaustion and was ordered to rest for two days by a doctor.
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Tokyo
Shigekatsu Kawamata
Japan
Omura
Nagasaki
Kawamata
Guy Mudd
St. Louis
Purse Taken From Locked Car At LeSourdsville Lake
Mary Jo Bauer of Collinsville told sheriff's deputies over the weekend that her purse containing 22 dollars was stolen from her locked automobile parked at LeSourdsville Lake amusement park.
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Mary Jo Bauer
Collinsville
Sheriff's Deputies
LeSourdsville Lake Amusement Park
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Andrews Airforce Base
Everett Dirksen
R-Ill
Edward Kennedy
D-Mass
Noel
HU MU
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U.S
Mprize
Ventry’s Pizza & Carry-Out
East
Franklin
Mann
Dacron
Avril
Kalynee
Boyswear
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