Varsity Drive In Atlanta Landmark For Many Years
Frank Gordy the grandaddy of the fast food business runs The Varsity in Atlanta near Georgia Tech a 24 acre landmark famed for 22 000 daily burgers and two 150 foot counters He keeps prices low despite inflation and notes automation reduced staff while new ventures expand in Athens and suburban Atlanta. Baltimore indictment follows as Dale Anderson ex Baltimore County chief is charged with extortion and bribery linked to architects and engineers in a 39 count case involving Agnew era politics.
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Frank Gordy
Atlanta
The
Varsity
Gordy
Atlanta, Ga
Paderewski
Georgia Tech
Nipsey Russell
Joe Ree
University of Georgia
Athens
MacDonald’s
Baltimore
Dale Anderson
Spiro T. Agnew
Baltimore County
Maryland
Agnew
Anderson
Marvin Mandel
State House
Annapolis
Baltimore City
U.S
George Beall
Highway Board Member Resigns in Louisiana
SHREVEPORT La AP State highway board member Joe T Pernici has resigned Gov Edwin Edwards announced because of a July ruling by Atty Gen William Guste Guste ruled state law prohibits highway board members from serving two consecutive terms Pernici was appointed in 1964 by former Gov John McKeithen to a term that ended in 1970 Guste said Pernici should be replaced forthwith Edwards didn t say who will be appointed to replace him
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Shreveport
State Highway Board
Joe T. Pernici
Edwin Edwards
Atty
William Guste
Guste
Highway Board
Pernici
John MckKeithen
Perniei
Global telephone in service tops 291 million in 1972
World telephone in service neared 291.3 million in 1972, reflecting rapid growth in telecom networks. The figure highlights expanding penetration as major regions report rising subscriber counts and new infrastructure investments.
FBI burglaries of embassies exposed in past regimes
Former FBI officials reveal sanctioned break-ins at foreign embassies during the Kennedy Johnson and Eisenhower eras aimed at cryptographic material. Reports estimate fewer than 19 per year, with at least one case tied to 1966, while Nixon aides discuss wider authorization and secrecy.
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Washington
FBI
Johnson
Kennedy
Eisenhower
White House
Nixon
Ellsberg
Atty
Herbert Brownell
Justice Department
Dwight D. Fisenhower
Attys
Ramsey Clark
Nicholas Katzenbach
Tyndon B. Johnson
Robert F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
Clark
Department
PBS
J. Edgar Hoover
New York City
Black Panthers
Weathermen
Daniel Ellsberg
F. Howard Hunt
Hoover
Hunt
G. Gordon Liddy
Liddy
Edwards Sets Bridge Deadline for New Orleans Project
Gov Edwin Edwards orders a site chosen for a new Mississippi River bridge in New Orleans by September 1, 1974. He also sets the same deadline for a metropolitan New Orleans mass transit plan amid a televised Citizens Advisory Committee meeting on Phase 1 of the River Area Study.
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New Orleans
Edwin Edwards
Edwards
Citizens Advisory
U S Extends Bank Leeway on FHA VA Mortgage Loans
The U S government broadens bank authority to issue government backed mortgages under FHA and VA terms as regulators permit use of FHA- VA mortgage yields to set rates for conventional loans. The move aims to ease the mortgage market squeeze with guidance from the Committee on Interest and Dividends led by Arthur Burns.
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Washington
UPI
Federal Reserve Board
Arthur Burns
Federal Housing Administration
FHA
Veterans Administration
Richardson Acts To Probe Leaks
Washington AP Acting Atty Gen orders probes into leaks of Justice Department information about Agnew kickback allegations. Glen B. Fresh to lead. FBI help may be used. Officials say some leaks may come from White House staff or sloppy handling of data. Depicts Nixon aides denying conscious plotting.
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Washington
Atty
Elliot L. Richardson
Justice Department
Spiro T. Agnew Richardson
FBI
Clarence M. Kelley
Agnew
Maryland
Richardson
Glen BE
Pommerening
St. Lawrence
Trois Probe Rivieres
Quebec
Your
White House
Internal Revenue Service
Nixon
Alexander M. Haig Jr
Explosions Start ESSEX Phase 1 at Ft Polk Tests
After a two hour weather delay Ft Polk conducted the ESSEX Phase 1 blast using 12.4 tons of gelled nitromethane with about 10 tons TNT yield. Maj Richard H Gates said the cost nears a quarter million dollars and the test begins a multi year program funded by the DNA and Office of Engineers involving several labs and future detonations at Peason Ridge.
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Essex
Richard H. Gates
Gates
Peason Ridge
Defense Nuclear Agency
Office of the Chief of Engineers
Nuclear Agency
Louisiana
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Beal
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Procters
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Jerome Wolff
Wolff
Greiner
Cooksey
Ridgecrest Pentecostal Church
Lawson St
West Monroe
West Olive
A&a Jewelers Booth
the Ark-La-Miss
Monroe Civic Center
Monroe
DeSiard St. E
Gerald L. Warren
San Clemente
Calif
U. S
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Utra
Loa
Department of Justice
Bill Ebard
Natchitoches Bureau
Air Force Weapons Laboratory
Waterways Experiment Station of
Corps of Engineers
Explosives Excavation Research Laboratory
Sandia Laboratories
Stanford Research Institute
U. S Army Ballistics Laboratory
Lawrence Livermore Laboratory
Louisiana Wild Life and Fisheries Commission
Mary's Flower Shop
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