Mrs Longworth at 90 Still Sharp Wit and Crowd
Washington notes celebrate the 90th birthday of Mrs. L Longworth, daughter of Theodore Roosevelt and widow of House Speaker Nicholas Longworth. A DuPont Circle party gathers many famous guests as she quips that the fuss is silly yet retains her biting humor. She recalls remarks about politicians and Roosevelt kin and reflects on Watergate and aging with wry insight.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Tanjous
Theodore Roosevelt
Nicholas Longworth
DuPont Cirete
Longworth
Mrs. Longworth
Henry Kissinger
Nixon
Mustachiord
Thomas E., Dewey
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Eleanor
City faces worst 20 years as Los Angeles tax plan eyed
Angeles city administrator warned of a possible 1974-15 deficit up to 50 million as next year’s budget could top 700 million. Mayor Bradley urged a 5 percent spending cut while department requests push spending 1.4 percent higher. Final budget due April 20. A separate Northridge incident reports a student pilot landing a out-of-gas Cessna 150 near Holmes Junior High without injuries.
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Angeles
UPI
C. Erwin Piper
Tom Bradley
Piper
Northridge
UPS
Michael Vronin
Holmes Junior High School
van Nuys
Tricand
Sherman Oaks
Delay of integration charged in Los Angeles
Los Angeles educators civil rights groups and a city council member attacked the school board for delaying integration after the Gitelson decision. They urged reconsideration of appealing the ruling while a councilman pushed for review and faster desegregation plans, arguing white students suffer from limited interracial contact.
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Educatio
Gitelson
Lye
American Civil Liberties Union
Superior Court
Alfred Gitelson
Julia Nava
David Cunningham
Plate collecting boom for porcelain heirlooms grows in Northbrook
A Northbrook art dealer promotes plate collecting as an easy way to start a profitable hobby with rare pieces. President Thomas Gilmore notes past price jumps from 25 to 5050 dollars and 10 to 245 dollars, and offers a free report guiding buyers on design, rarity, and value. Send name and address by February 22, 1974 to Bradford Galleries Exchange for the copy.
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Northbrook
Ina
Chicago
Thomas Gilmore
Gilmore
America
France
Bradford
Sunset Ridge
Tll
1800 More Canaveral Layoffs At Kennedy Space Center
NASA says Cape Canaveral workforce will drop to 9,450 by end of June, down from 26,000 at the 1989 peak. Layoffs affect launch support staff for Boeing General Electric and IBM with many workers transferred or helped to find new jobs.
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Cape Canaveral
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Kennedy Space Center
Boeing Co
General Electric Co
International Business Machines Corp
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