BART Awards Car Contract to Rohr for 100 More Trains
Rohr Co of Chia Vista lands a 37 million deal to supply 100 Bay Area Rapid Transit cars at 370000 each, 120000 above the base 250 car price. Inflation and margin cited. 3-2 board vote, with no-bid concern raised. Delivery set Oct 1973 to Sept 1974, 46 of 250 delivered so far. Six miners killed and two missing in a south Hungarian coal mine fire, Budapest reports.
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Birds Executed at Checkpoints Near Los Angeles
A man in Arizona left behind a trained parakeet at a checkpoint 35 miles north of Los Angeles as officials expand inspections to curb Newcastle disease in poultry. The new stations, part of US government moves, aim to prevent spread from exotic birds. authorities have culled millions of birds and quarantined traffic in Southern California.
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Calif raids crack vast heroin ring
Authorities say a nationwide heroin operation worth about 15 million dollars yearly was disrupted by raids in Southern California. Forty five suspects were arrested, including ringleader Ronald Lynn Saint Claire of La Mesa, held on conspiracy and possession or sale charges with bail up to 500000. Core task forces and patrols participated under federal and local agencies.
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Chinese pottery sells for record price at auction
New York auction house Sotheby Parke-Bernet sold two antique Chinese ceramics for record sums in the United States. A ming enamelled double gourd vase from the Chia Ching period fetched 85,000 dollars from a Japanese dealer, surpassing the prior 1969 record of 410,000. A Bray pottery female figure from the Han dynasty brought 20,000 dollars to a London dealer.
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California farmers forecast record 1972 income rise
Bank of America projects California net farm income to climb nearly 25 percent to 1.46 billion in 1972, with average farm returns up from 20,800 in 1971 to 26,000, as gross income tops 5.7 billion amid higher prices and increased production. Livestock receipts rise 14 percent, fruit and nut returns dip slightly from 31.07 to 1.025 billion, vegetables up 11 percent to 1 billion, and field crops about 925 million, while farm count falls to 36,000.
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