Dollar Market Recoups In London Amid Speculation
Dollar gains paused amid relief on currency markets after Watergate scandal fears. Bankers warned the move may be a brief respite driven by multinational firms and Arab interests aiming for windfall profits. French officials urged resumed support for the dollar while gold fell to 121.50 an ounce in London as the dollar fluctuated against francs marks and Hong Kong dollars.
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Ats
Paris
Valery Giscardé
Iaing
Georges Pompidou
London
Skylab Repair Effort Rated 50-50 Chance
Astronauts Conrad Kerwin face a 50 percent odds of fixing a jammed Skylab electrical generator during a spacewalk 272 miles above Earth. Ground officials express higher confidence, while mission control debates walk plans and a late decision to include a TV camera outside Skylab.
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Houston
UPI
Earth
Charles Pete Conrad
Joseph P. Kerwin
America
Kerwin
Aftir
Bull
Milton Windler
Conrad
Berwin
Paul J. Weitz
Skylab
Mission Control
NASA
Nevada Casinos Shaken By Nuclear Explosion
A massive underground hydrogen device test near Nevada's desert caused a dawn tremor felt in Las Vegas hotels about 110 miles away. Officials from the Atomic Energy Commission and the Environmental Protection Agency stated there was no atmospheric radiation leakage and reported no damage in Las Vegas.
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Pahute Mesa
Nev
Cupid
Nevada Desert
Las Vegas
Atomic Energy Commission
Federal Environmental Protection Agency
AEC
Ning
EPA
Mint
University of Utah
Salt Lake City
Kenneth J. Cook
Almendro
Yankee Stadium
Desert
Argentine Kidnappings Continue Amid Company Demands
Four gunmen abducted Charles A. Lockwood in Buenos Aires as GM faced a threat to rehire 1,000 laid-off workers. Lockwood, 63, was seized after leaving his home. his chauffeur was wounded. Reports said kidnappers demanded money for his return, while GM refused to comply.
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Buenos 4Ines
API
Charles A. Lockwood
General Motors
Lockwood
Roberts Finance Company
Ember
Argentina
Morgan Guaranty International
New York
Baring Bros. & Co
London
GMC
Ford Motor Co
Otis Elevator Co
Brazil
International Telephone and Telegraph
Nixon to nominate Clarence Kelley as FBI director
President Nixon plans to nominate Kansas City police chief Clarence Kelley to succeed J Edgar Hoover as FBI director. Kelley, 61, a former FBI agent of 21 years, would take over a bureau unsettled by the Watergate scandal and the resignation of acting director L Patrick Gray.
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Wasitington
UPI
Nixon
Clarence AL. Kelley
Kansas City
FBI Agen
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
Senate
Kelley
L. Patrick Gray
White House
Hoover
Gray
Senate Judiciary Committee
Spacewalk Timetable For Skylab Crew
Spacewalk schedule shown for Thursday details the EVA by Conrad Kerwin and White with Po Keys. They prepare for airlock exit and tool transfers, attempt to free a stuck solar wing, replace a solar camera, and inspect the Apollo Telescope Mount.
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Charles
Pate Conrad
Joseph Po Keywin
Paul 1
Weite
Kam
Astronauuts
Conrad
Kerwitt
Shroud
White
Whitet
Kerwin
Skylab
Conrad Mit
Kersin
Utteh
Pentagon Moves To End F111 Fighter Bomber
The Defense Department will halt F111 production after the current run, as Deputy Defense Secretary William P. Clements Jr. cites reduced need amid other priorities. The F111, formerly the TFX, faced years of controversy and technical problems including wing failures, but has had a low crash rate in the past two decades.
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Washington
UPL
Defense Department
Wednesdeay IL
Defense
William P. Clements Jr
Congress
Pentagon
Department of Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Air Force
Navy
U. S
Fire Drives Out 600 Inmates at State Prison
Approximately 60 percent of inmates were evacuated Wednesday when a basement fire at the main state prison forced two wings to be cleared into the recreation yard. Corrections Director Lovie Wainwright reported no injuries and that the fire was under control. Staff said the blaze remained confined to the maintenance area with inmates accounted for and no escapes. Bradford County deputies investigated a report of a man dressed in prison clothes riding a speeding motorcycle between State Roads 16 and 27.
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Svarke
Corrections
Lovie Wainwright
Tallahassee
Griffis
Bradford
Playground Daily News circulation rates and offices
Classified notice lists main office Walton Beach Florida and circulation bureaus Niceville Crestview. Rates shown for daily and Sunday editions by carrier and by mail with monthly and yearly prices. Also notes memberships and circulation details under United Press International.
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Our Freedom
The
Playground Oily News Divison
Fiorida
Niceville
Crestview
Aidt
Byrrawal
Sloan tells Watergate panel Haldeman warned on perjury
Nixon campaign treasurer Hugh Sloan testified that Haldeman said some actions were wrong and that positive steps should have been taken earlier. Sloan cited Magruder telling him he might have to commit perjury about funds to G. Gordon Liddy. He described a 1972 cash disbursement of about a million dollars for unknown purposes.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Hugh W. Sloan Jr
White House
Haldeman
Sloan
Paldeman
Jeb Stuart Magruder
Watergate
G. Gordot Liddy
House
Jon W. Dean UI
Bernard L. Barker
Miami
Faldeman
United States
Senate
Fuel Shortage Could Idle Wheat Harvest in Texas Fields
In Burkburnett Texas a fuel shortage threatens to idle the 1873 wheat harvest as gasoline and diesel run short. Custom cutters and farmers fear truck and combine fuel limits as wells pump oil in the area. ASCS and Kerr-McGee seek allocations to keep harvest moving amid rising grain prices and energy constraints.
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Burkburnett
Tex
UPT
Texas
Uel
Harlan Mullins
Kansas
Oklahoma
Polly Spruiell
Agricultural Conservation and Stabilization Services
ASCS
Munins Butane and di] Co
Kerr-McGee
Arabs Powers Call For Mideast Action
United Nations report says Egypt and Jordan urged the U N Security Council to order immediate Israeli withdrawal from all lands captured in the 1967 war. Egypt criticized coercion and urged the council to assert its authority and uphold prior decisions. Israel offered direct talks but rejected preconditions and territorial concessions.
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United Nations
UPS
Egypt
Jordan
USN
Security Council
Middle East
Israel
Yosef Tekoah
Suez Canal
Mohamed Sassan el-Zayyat
Council
El-Zayyat
Apartment furnishings stolen from Formar Apartments
Sheriff's deputies investigate a burglary at Formar Apartments in Mary Esther where an entire apartment was stripped of furniture. The theft near Fort Walton Beach involved a reported loss of 210 dollars in tools from a Holiday Inn motel room and a separate shooting incident injuring Jerry Bailey. Deputy Donaldson and Deputy Gibson led the inquiries.
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Sheriff's
Rhett Cadenhead
Pocahontas Drive
Fort Walton Beach
Formar
Mary Esther
Benny Rock
Cecil Donaldson
Royce Ellis
Holiday Inn
Fort Wallon Beach
Donaldson
Jerry Bailey
Wright
Fort Walton Beach Hospital
Don Hall
Kenneth W. Ryan
McFair
Niceville
Fred Gibson
Okaloosa Digest Seeks Notices For Publication
Notices must be mailed or delivered to the Playground Daily News typed double spaced by organization representatives. No phone submissions. Printed once on an available basis. Pirates Market time change announced. Rotary and Senior Citizens announcements detail weekly meetings and events with locations and start times.
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Okaloosa
Playground Daily News
PGDN
Miracle Strip Parkway
Hospital security under fire in brief report
Chattahoochee State Mental Hospital faces criticism as Gadsden County Commission Chairman Ben Duncan says lax security allows almost anyone to exit. He notes that the maximum security block can hold criminally insane patients but adds the facility houses few inmates there.
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Chattahoochee Hospital
Chattahoochee
UPH
Gadsden County
Tenneco Cited for Emissions at Pensacola Plant
The Pollution Control Department cited Tenneco Chemicals Inc Pensacola unit for air pollution violations. The Newport Division plant must stop or reduce visible emissions from three boilers and has 90 days to plan abatement. A 6 day window requires a compliance schedule to meet Clean Air Act standards by July 1 1975.
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Tallahassee
Tenneco Chemicals Inc
Pensacola
Newport
Pollution Control Department
Tenneco
Islanders Back Convention Center Plan Amid Fire Protection Debate
The Island Authority considers fire protection funding and a convention center project. Dr. Hollingsworth pushes for police and fire services by the authority with leaseholder assessments, seeks legislative amend. A feasibility plan shows potential $7 million yearly revenue. construction phase costs are outlined and leaseholders express strong support for the center.
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Br. Hollingsworth
Hollingsworth
Florida
Shelgin
Nollingsworth
Authority
Tallahassee
Thhat
Fort Wallon Beach
Linve
Stollingsworth
Ross Marler
Ina
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Mir Poree
Academy
Nevada
Alice
Walton Beach
United Press International
Magruder
Commerce
Maurice N. Stans
Fred LaRue
John N. Mitchell
Barkburnell Ascs
State Office
Department of Interior Oil and Gas Office
Oil and Gas Office
Kere-McGee Corp of Oklahoma
Mideast
Palestine
Jordan River
Okaloosa Digest
Twin Cities
Valparaiso
Ala Sims Parkway
Seminole
Seminolle
Parkway Baptist Church
Islanders Support Convention Center
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