Wrestler Superintendent Juggles School duties with ringside life
Antioch school superintendent John J Kakacek known as Johnny Kace says his moonlighting as a professional wrestler keeps him sharp. He has led Emmons District for five years while wrestling in Chicago TV shows and tours in South Korea. He earns about $20,000 from wrestling and about $25,000 as superintendent. Elvis Presley buys Convair 880 jet after earlier Vesco bid. aviation writer notes secret purchase and Fort Worth remodeling with General Dynamics built Convair 840/880 lineage.
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Antioch, Or
John J. Kakacek
Kakacek
Johnny Kace
Marquette
Emmons
South Korea
Chicago Wrestling Club
Chicago
Memphis
Tenn
Elvis Presley
Delta Air Lines
Presley
Robert Vesco
Orville Hancock
Memphis Press Scimitar
Hancock
Ft. Worth
Tex
General Dynamics Corp
Manson moved for safety transfer to San Quentin
Convicted killer Charles Manson was quietly moved from Folsom to San Quentin for protection after an assault by two inmates on May 3. He has a life sentence for the 1969 Tate murders and the transfer was disclosed this week for tighter security.
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Charles Manson
Folsom Pets
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Folsom
Sacramento
Sharon Tate
Burglar Steals $900 From Woman’s Freezer Cache
In Annapolis Michigan a burglar pried open Pearl Rittle’s basement freezer and found a metal box containing $900 in frozen money. Police said Miss Bittle, a waitress, kept her wages in plastic bags inside the box before the theft.
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Mis
Pearl Rittle
Miss Rittle
Miss Bittle
Jumbo jet burns on takeoff in Bombay. 392 aboard rescued
An Air France jumbo suffered a fire during taxi in Bombay as its landing gear overheated. Passengers escaped via emergency chutes with four minor injuries. A second 747 carrying 396 refugees diverted to Rhodesia after engine trouble over Angola and Mozambique, landing in Salisbury for repairs.
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Portuguese Africa
Rhodesia
Air France
Hong Kong
France
Paris
Aer Lingus
TAP
Mozambique
Angola
Lisbon
Luanda
Salisbury
Major car rental firms face federal antitrust charges
The Federal Trade Commission accuses Hertz Avis and National of monopolizing airport car rentals. It alleges price fixing entry barriers and anti competitive ads with Ford Chrysler and GM, yielding higher prices and fewer airport rental options. The firms deny wrongdoing and face a July 30 hearing.
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Washington
UTT
Federal Trade Commission Today
Hertz
Avis
National
FTC
RCA Corp
International Telephone and Telegraph Corp
Household Finance ID
National Car Rental
LW. James
PTC
Ford Motor Co
Chrysler Corp
General Motors Corp
Modesto Firm Wins Multimillion Fire Lawsuit Against PG&E
A Modesto strip manufacturer whose plant burned in 1988 won a multimillion dollar judgment from Pacific Gas and Electric Co. A Superior Court jury ruled PG&E negligent for the Oct 8 1988 fire and Judge Francis W. Halley set damages totaling 3 million plus 7 percent interest since Nov 1 1968 and 124000 for inventory lost. The jury found PG&E negligent in gas meter gas escape and in installing defective equipment.
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Modesto
Pasilie Gas & Electric Co
Pg&e
Francis W. Halley
J. Hungerford Smith Co., Inc
Equal Rights Measure Defeated in Louisiana
In Baton Rouge a public ERA hearing saw a protester in a wedding gown and parasol display the phrase Equal partner ship in marriage while critics derided the federal amendment. After tense testimony the Louisiana House Judiciary Committee voted 8 to 7 to kill the ratification resolution, with two members absent.
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Baton Rouge
Opt
Kore Boves
Ed Booker
New Orleans
House Judiciary Committee
Betty Ford Studied Dance With Martha Graham
New York AP report recalls Betty Ford’s nearly 40 year ago study with Martha Graham. Ford called Graham one of the world’s outstanding women and her influence helped Ford face life’s challenges. Graham noted dancer training takes about ten years and Ford chose family over a dancing career. Ford attended a Bnai B’rith Anti Defamation League luncheon at the Hotel Pierre, receiving a relations award.
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Betty Ford
Martha Graham
Mrs. Ford
Betty Bloomer
Miss Graham
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