Americans expand role in Persian Gulf arm programs
Pentagon officials predict the number of Americans in the Persian Gulf will rise from about 45,000–55,000 to as many as 150,000 by 1980 as U S arms sales and economic programs expand. Most will come from defense contractors and industry to support military hardware and technical training.
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Persian Gulf
United States
Pentagon
U.S
Iran
Saudi Arabia
Kuwait
Congress
Amos Jordan
International Security Affairs
Cancer victims to attend Apollo Soyuz launch
CAREFREE Arizona AP Two teens Kevin Steen and Steve Southerland both in remission from cancer will be guests at Cape Canaveral for the July 15 Apollo Soyuz launch. Kevin, 15, met with astronaut Donald Slayton and Nixon helped arrange his Apollo 17 splashdown visit, while Steve, 15, lost a leg to a malignant bone tumor and hopes to remain cancer free for four more years. Jimmy Craig, 15, of Rockledge Florida, also a cancer survivor, will join the trio.
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Ariz
Cape Canaveral
U.S
Kevin Steen
Steve Southerland
Kevin
God
Arizona
Steve
Miami
Fla
Ted Kennedy
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Ted Jr
Jeffery
Mike
Orion
Donald K. Slayton
White House
Richard M. Nixon
Pacific
Pago Pago
Jimmy Craig
Rockledge, Fla
Frederick Physicians invited tonight to weigh malpractice
Frederick County physicians are invited by the Baltimore City Medical Society to join Maryland physicians at a meeting with Governor Mandel on Tuesday June 24 at 8 p.m. in the Poly Western Auditorium. Representatives of the Mutual Medical Insurance Society will attend to answer questions. The program aims to improve communication and address the malpractice insurance crisis affecting doctors in Maryland.
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Frederick County
Baltimore City Medical Society
Maryland
Marvin Mandel
Poly-Western
Mutual Medical Insurance Society
City Medical Society
City Society
St. Paul Company
Mandel
Mutual Society
Proxmire accuses Air Force over C5 cargo door defect
Senator Proxmire charged that the Air Force knew since 1971 the C5 cargo planes carried a safety hazard linked to the Saigon crash that killed 155 people. He urged a GAO probe into defects, responsibility, and costs to fix, noting door locks and rear ramp issues.
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Air Force
Saigon
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Proxmire
Tan Son Nhut
General Accounting Office
Lockheed
Lockheed Corp
Cis
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St. John’ Hospital
Dwight D. Eisenhower
California
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Utah
Georgia Pacific
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Lyte
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