Germany Drops Ambitious VTOL Plane Program
Germany halts four major VTOL projects after years of research begun in 1957 with $650 million in military funding. Layoffs total about 1 200 workers as Bonn cuts support, despite industry leaders warning a valuable technological lead is being allowed to fade.
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Ted Shoemaker
Scienc
Frankfurt
Germany
Science Service
Bonn
Defense Plannore
Mamanleana
Ernst Simon
Lufthansas
U.S
Defense Ministry
Traffic Fines Imposed Today In District Court
Judge Lea S. Thompson presided in a brief Fourth District Court session issuing fines for traffic violations. Names include Acree, Dunn, Foster, Bartlett, Gaskins, Quinn, Roark, Nally and Arrant with amounts from 25 to 300 dollars for speeding reckless operation and DUI. A parade of defendants from Monroe West Monroe Ruston Minden Baton Rouge Wichita Falls and others were named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lea S. Thompson
Fourth District Court
David A. Acree
West Monroe
John K. Dunn, Jr
Cypress
George R. Foster
Stokes Lane
Jerald David Bartlett
Mississippi Ave
Ruston
J. L. Gaskins
North 6Th
Willie Quinn
Carver St
Monroe
Evaughn
Roark
McMillan Rd
West
Charles G. Nally
Charmingdale
Ernest L. Carter
Lakeshore
Jerry Coates
Barlow
Roy W. Elee
Richardson St
Minden
Vincent H. Jones
78Th Ave
Baton Rouge
James E. Streeter, Jr
Houston St
Wichita Falls
Tex
Betty J. Arrant
Bastrop Airman Joins Barbados BOMEX Oceanographic Study
Airman First Class Thomas W. Carter of Bastrop participates in a two nation scientific project at Ramey AFB Puerto Rico. He serves with the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron aiding BOMEX studies of tropical circulations radiation balance and ocean circulation. The collaboration involves multiple U.S. agencies and Barbados officials through July 28. Carter works as a radio repairman aboard WB-47 WC-130 and supports air crews collecting weather data over the western Atlantic. Carter is a Bastrop High School graduate with studies at North Louisiana State College and is married to Patricia Freeland of Bastrop.
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Aguadilla
P.R
U. S. Air Force
Thomas W. Carter
A. P. Carter
Bastrop
Ramey Afb
Carter
Air Force
BOMEX
U. S. Department of Commerce
Environmental Science Services Administration
Ministry For Home Affairs
Barbados
U. S
Departments of Defense, Interior and Transportation
Atomic Energy Commission
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
The
National Science Foundations
53Rd
Atlantic
Airman
Bastrop High School
North Louisiana State College
Patricia
W. B. Freeland
Gibbs, Bastrop
Burglary Charge Filed Against Local Youth
Ouachita Parish Sheriff officials hold 17 year old Johnny Mc Manus of Wilmot Arkansas in a simple burglary probe. Deputies brought in the youth and two juveniles after a suspected break in at Martha Diffey’s West Monroe home on Evergreen Street. Over the weekend Monroe police booked 23 year old Barry Gregg of Broadmoor Apartments for DUI and negligent driving. West Monroe police also booked 72 year old John R Smith of Hammond for negligent operation after an accident at South 1st Street and Coleman Avenue.
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Ouachita Parish
Johnny McManus
Rt. 1
Wilmot
Ark
Martha Diffey
Evergreen St
West Monroe
Monroe
Barry Gregg
Broadmoor Apartments
John R. Smith
P. O. Box
Hammond
South 1St Street
Coleman Avenue
Attacks by Reds Drop In Viet War
Saigon reports three days of heavy fighting in South Vietnam with enemy attacks dropping sharply Sunday night. U.S. sources estimate about 2,500 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troops killed since the surge began Thursday. More than 150 Americans may have died, with overall casualties and damage described as light. The pause follows a midweek meeting between Presidents Nixon and Thieu, fueling speculation on troop withdrawals and brigade-level shifts.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
U.S
U.S. Command
Nixon
Nguyen van Thieu
Vietnam
1St Infantry Division
173Rd Airborne
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Orman L. Mann
Wanchese
N.C
Misty
Mann
North Carolina
Manns
Britain
Kirtland Afb
N.M
Ramey
Global Air Weather Service
Discount Center
Bankamericard
Gentry
Old Bridge
Creighton W. Abrams
Rais
Fae
China
Safeway
Sheffield Heirloom Quality
Skylark
Phys
Chuck Stedgee
Wilson
Die VY
Vienna
Skylark Fresh
Piedmont
Edward
Texas
Borden
Borden's
Joy
Hunt
Tine
Safeway Stores, Incorporated
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