Stormy Flight Seen For SST In Senate
In Washington the Senate debates delaying a final vote on the supersonic transport as supporters warn of higher costs. Committee approval for 85 million in House action prompts possible extra costs from 300 million to 1 billion dollars. Senate fights loom over prolonged debate and potential vetoes or filibusters. Boeing warns contracts would need renegotiation and a full line of SST jets if revived.
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Senate
Senate Appropriations Committee
Allen J. Ellender
D-La
Boeing Co
Eltender
House
Congress
Ellender
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Proxmire
Boeing
William Allen
Naval Academy Expels Five For Drug Use
At Annapolis the U S Naval Academy announces five midshipmen expelled for marijuana use and confirms three more under investigation. Reports circulate that up to 14 may face expulsion with other drugs involved, as searches extend through Bancroft Hall. Leo Loftus confirms the action. Vice Adm Calvert away at a superintendent meeting.
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Annapolis
U.S. Naval Academy
Midshipmen
Academy
Naval
Bancroft Hall
Leo Loftus
Academy News Bureau
Naval Academy
Loftus
James Calvert
Academy Public Information Office
Gust
Calvert
Civil Service Seeks 30 Property Disposal Specialists
The U S Civil Service Commission announced an immediate need by the Army Material Command in Vietnam to fill thirty Property Disposal Specialist positions in Grades GS-9, 11 and 12. Applicants should submit Standard Form 171 to William F P Krepp in Charge Room 204 Post Office Building Hagerstown Maryland as soon as possible for positions to be filled by July 1 1971.
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U.S. Civil Service Commission
Army Material Command Headquarters
Vietnam
William FP
Krepp
Post Office
Hagerstown
Maryland
Preacher Buries Himself Alive at Prospect Park Church
Memphis police were called to Prospect Park Baptist Church after Rev Claude J Smith supposedly buried himself in an underground chamber on May 7 to atone for the world’s sins. Deacon Milton Baily stood above the grave and spoke via air tube while Smith meditated for four hours daily. police officer Inspector Harris Cole cautioned there may be no law against self burial.
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Memphis
Prospect Park Baptist Church
Claude J. Smith
Harris Cole
Milton Baily
Smith
Baily
Cole
Hanoi agrees to accept 570 POWs in talks
Paris diplomats studied Hanoi radio announcement that 570 North Vietnamese patriots in South Vietnam would be returned. No firm prediction of policy change. North Vietnam had offered to take back 236 sick prisoners in recent years, signaling a larger move amid U.S. pressure on POW releases. The report adds a note on ancient Egyptian embalming practices with honey.
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Paris
Hanoi
North Vietnam
Hanoi Radio
South Vietnam
U.S
Indictments Hit Antiwar Leaders After Mayday Protests
Indictments were returned against Yippie Abbie Hoffman for crossing state lines to incite a riot and against Bradford Lyttle Jr for assaulting a Washington police officer with a portable loudspeaker. A grand jury also charged two Chicago conspiracy trial alumni Rennie Davis and John Fraines with conspiring to violate civil rights and blocking traffic. The cases link to Mayday demonstrations and ongoing government investigations led by Atty. Gen. Mitchell and Robert Mardian, with more indictments expected.
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Cap
Chicago
Yippie Abbie Hoffman
District of Columbia
Dinator
People’s Coalition For Peace and Justice
Hoffman
Lyttle
Justice Department
Atty
John N. Mitchell
Robert A. Mardian
Coalition
Mayday
Rennie Davis
John Fraines
University of Oregon
Davis
Washington Area
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