Cutback Considered on Navy F14 Fighter Program
A senior defense official signaled a possible reduction in the Navy F14 fighter purchase as Deputy Secretary David Packard asks Secretary John Chafee to re examine development and production plans. The step could shift oversight from the Navy amid rising costs and a December 1968 price baseline.
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Washington
A(p
Navy
Pentagon
David Packard
Secretary of the Navy
John Chafee
Chafee
Packard
Defense Department
Navi
Grumman Aerospace Corp
Bethpage
Johnson
Nixon
John Foster
Defense Research and Engineering
Barry Shillito
Grumman
World War II hero Spurrier wins executive discharge
Junior James Spurrier, a Medal of Honor recipient and famed West Virginia figure, learns Gov Arch Moore Jr has granted him an executive discharge from a 1969 prison term for false pretenses. Spurrier, 49, has been free on a conditional pardon since 1969 and says he has overcome drinking and reunited his family.
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Baltimore
James Spurrier
West Virginia
Arch A. Moore Jr
Spurrier
Moore
Audie Murphy Dies in Plane Crash Near Roanoke
Audie Murphy 46 a World War II hero and film star died in a Friday plane crash that also killed five others. Murphy earned 24 medals including the Medal of Honor for wartime service. Clarence Hayman 89 founder of Forum Restaurants died in Kansas City. John Mootz 56 senior manager with the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission died in New York after a heart attack.
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Roanoke
Audie Murphy
Murphy
Kansas City
Clarence Hayman
Forum Restaurants
Hayman
National Restaurant Association
New York
John Mootz
San Francisco Public Utilities Commission
Municipal Officers Convention
Legal Blindness Vision Rule Recalled Amid Text Gaps
Fragmentary notes discuss legal blindness criteria based on corrected vision and mention that many aspects of prior guidance were unclear or incomplete. The readable portions reference the threshold of 20/200 in the better eye and hint at historical changes without detailing specific reforms.
Abilene Senior Class Leaders Named for 1960s Club
Seniors active in campus development programs after large building projects. The student body includes Jerry Pointer as president Armando Alba as vice president Suzy Hagar as secretary treasurer. Sponsors are Mrs Irene Turk Miss Sandra Bailey and Gerald Grove.
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American Historical Association
Abilene
Jerry Pointer
Armando Alba
Suzy Hagar
Irene Turk
Sandra Bailey
Gerald Grove
Police Recover Two Car Break-In Reports at Bishop Garage
Two vehicles were broken into at A C Bishop’s garage lot. A Lincoln Continental’s front vent window was forced, a tape deck and tapes stolen. A 1960 Chevrolet station wagon was hit for a radio. Separate thefts include a radio from Ray Lujan’s 1956 Chevrolet at Santa Rosa Hall.
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A.C. Bishop
Bishop
David Allea
Ray Lujan
Santa Rosa Hall
Crow Island School Wins Prestigious 25 Year Award
Crow Island School in Winnetka Illinois receives the American Institute of Architects 25 year award recognizing enduring design. The 1940 one story brick building features pine paneled walls huge windows and wide connected classrooms. Architects Perkins Wheeler Will and the Saarinen team collaborated on its innovative layout and exterior.
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Winnetka, Ill
Michael Tremko
Crow Island
Chicago
Rockefeller Center
New York City
William Brubaker
Perkins and Will
Eash
Perkins, Wheeler & Will
Combina
Tion
Eliel
Eero Saarinen
Winnetka
Lawrence Perkins
Carelton Washburn
Perkins
Saari
Corona Quiet In Jail
Juan Vallejo Corona, charged in the Yuba City mass slayings, is held alone in a secure cell at the Yuba County jail. Described as quiet and well mannered, he wears white coveralls and is kept separate from other inmates due to the magnitude of his crimes.
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Marysville
Calif
Yuba City
Juan Vallejo Corona
Yuba County
Sutter County
Robert Day
Corona
Day
Today In History June 1 1971 highlights and milestones
On this date events span from 1958 when Charles de Gaulle became premier of France to 1944 Mexico abolishing the siesta. Notable items include Kentucky and Tennessee statehood, Brigham Young's birth, Madison warning of war, James Lawrence's shipboard command, and lunar and Peruvian earthquake notes.
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Associated Press
Charles de Gaulle
France
Kentucky
Union
Tennessee
Brigham Young
Whitingham
James Madison
Congress
Britain
James Lawrence
Boston
Mexico
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Washington
Kennedy
Muniz Enlists in U S Air Force
Romoundo H Muniz 19 son of Delores Muniz 514 S Orange St enlisted in the U S Air Force. He will begin six weeks of basic training at Lackland AFB Texas and then attend an Air Force Technical School in the Administrative Career Area.
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Romoundo H. Muniz
Delores Muniz
S. Orange Street
U.S. Air Force
Donald Sisco
Air Force
Texas Ave
Odessa
Texas
Muniz
Lackland Afb
Air Force Technical School
Romoundo
Pecos High School
Sgt
Sisco
Pecos
Selective Service Office
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