North American wins $2.6 billion shuttle pact with 23000 jobs
North American Aviation's Rocketdyne division earns a $2.6 billion contract to build space shuttle main engines and launch hardware, promising 23,000 new jobs as the workforce expands from Downey to Canoga Park with a multi-year plan to create reusable orbiters. The deal includes three initial vehicles and multiple follow on contracts, with NASAs plans for 30 to 50 shuttle missions annually through the 1980s.
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Granman Aircraft
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Space Shine
Parkway tree limb threat prompts city action
A Long Beach reader asks for urgent trimming of a dangerous low hanging parkway limb. The park department promised immediate action after ACTION LINE contacted superintendent William Bell, who criticized the delay and confirmed the hazard.
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Action Line
Long Beach Park Department
William Bell
California tax reform plan defeated in Senate fight
Debate over Moretti Reagan tax plan and Dills measure pits state income sales and property tax relief against school funding. The Moretti Reagan plan would raise taxes to boost school aid and provide homeowner relief, while the Dills measure adds a sales tax increase with limited property tax provisions. Vote defeated 7-6. key senators debated who blocked relief and who shaped the bill.
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Santa Ana Wife Found Strangled in Bed
Linda Sue Smith, 19, wife of dairy worker Eric Robert Smith, eight months married, was found strangled at their 2419 North Bristol Street home in Santa Ana. Police Sgt. Ralph Curiale said there were signs of a struggle and the bed moved with her clothing strewn about.
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Bristol St
Eric Robert Smith
Ralph Curiale
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Quang Tri battle feared lost continues from page ad
Reporters describe the struggle for the Citadel at Quang Tri with paratroopers failing to secure more than a small corner as North Vietnamese forces maintain control. Frontline officers say the fortress remains under Vietcong influence while tentative reinforcements plan another assault. Nearby Fire Base Bastogne faced heavy shelling, prompting hundreds of infantrymen to abandon the western approaches to Hue.
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Arson charged against Oswald building caretaker
Dallas UPI reports Winfred Jack Anderson 24 caretaker of the Texas Schoolbook Depository has been charged with arson over last week's fire at the building. He was arrested Wednesday and jailed in Dallas County.
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Texas Schoolbook Depository
Lee Jarvey Oswald
John S. Kennedy
Winfred Jack Anderson
Dalles Cowily
Eagleton speeding tickets and scandals in 1960s
An article fragment recounts speeding tickets and a 1963 one car accident involving Demo Eagleton in Missouri. It notes police records from St Louis City, prior incidents at ages 14 and 24, a 1962 court fine, and comments by officials about his driving history amid 1968 political coverage.
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Cily Stalt
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Robert W. Matteson
St.Louis
Matteson
Parsley sale misdescribed as marijuana leads to larceny conviction
Ronald D Bowman18 was found guilty of larceny by trick for selling what he believed to be marijuana to an undercover officer, but tests showed the item was parsley. He received five days in the workhouse and $10 costs. initial marijuana charge was dropped after lab results.
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Ronald D. Bowman
Tick Fae
Bowman
Paul Gilday
Vannt
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