Aircraft maker urges halt on F14 funding over overruns
Washington AP report says Grumman urges Congress tostop paying for the F14 program until cost overruns are resolved. House Armed Services Chair Hebert seeks to cut 806 million from a 23.9 billion weapons bill, with possible restoration if Pentagon offers a satisfactory fix.
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Washington
Aircraft Corp
Navy
Congress
Hoise Armed Services
F. Edward Hebert
Hebert
Pentagon
Grumman
Broiler Chicken Demand Seen Rising Over 15 Years
Washington AP report from the Agriculture Department projects higher per capita broiler chicken consumption through 1985, with 1969 at 35.1 pounds and 1975 and 1985 forecasts of 38.9 and 41.4 pounds respectively. It notes beef and chicken gains likely come at pork and lamb expense and traces the evolution from barnyard flocks to modern broiler factories.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Economic Research Service
America
Mexico City Mayor and Police Chief Resign in Probe
Mexico City mayor Alfonso Martinez Dominguez and police chief Rogelio Flores quit amid charges they backed the Falcons, a gang blamed for lethal student clashes as President Echeverria ordered an inquiry. At least 11 died and 100 wounded in protests ahead of the 1968 Olympics.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Alfonso Martinez Dominguez
Revolutionary Institutional Party
Luis Echeverria
Col
Rogelio Flores
National Senate
Harvest Resumes In Oklahoma Wheat Fields
The Associated Press reports that combines are back in Panhandle and northern Oklahoma after a weeklong wet delay. About 50 percent of the wheat is expected to be harvested by today with full statewide completion anticipated within ten days if warm, dry weather holds. Ponca City area fields still slow but moving toward peak speed by week’s end.
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Associated Press
Panhandle
Oklahoma
Melvin Combs
Oklahoma State Employment Service
Ponca City
Combs
Charlotte program offers party kit to predict drunken driving risk
In Charlotte North Carolina the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration backed program supplies party bags with a glass tube and colored crystals to detect intoxication. The kit and scale help drinkers gauge driving danger based on liquor amount time and body weight. The state stores distribute over 65 000 breath testing kits and ordered 100 000 slide graphs.
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Charlotte, N.C
Charlotte
Mecklenburgh County
Research Triangle Institute
U.S. Department of Transportation
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Institute
Charlotte-Mecklenburg
Mecklenburg County
Plan In Works To Help Sick Companies
The Senate Banking Committee considers a 250 million loan guarantee for Lockheed Aircraft amid broader proposals to back up to 5 billion in emergency loans for distressed firms. Arthur Burns and Jacob Javits sponsor or back multibillion plans to prevent bankruptcies of key U.S. companies. GE's Fred Borch criticizes British fault lines and penalties in Rolls Royce deal, arguing American engine risk and taxation concerns.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Lockheed
Britain
Rolls-Royce Ltd
William H. Moore
Bankers Trust Co
Burns
Fred J. Borch
General Electric Co
Lockheed’s
Air Bus
U.S
Borch
General Electric
Newsboy Cap Headlines Fall Millinery Show
The fall showing of American milliners featured the newsboy cap in crushed velvet patchwork bunny fur and fake mink. A commentator linked its popularity to youthful boutique influence. Also displayed were long billed baseball caps wide brimmed fisherman's hats Dutch white mink hats suede mink trimmed stockings and 1930s style black cocktail hats. About 20 designers participated including Adolpho Mr John and Don Marshall.
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New York
Adolpho, Mr. John
Don Marshall
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Ples National Bank
F.D.I.C
Arthur F. Burns
The
Federal Reserve Board
Net
Galtibles
Ottawa
Kan
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