Proxmire accuses sale of California factory without bids
Sen. William Proxmire charges the government sold Air Force Plant No. 14 in Burbank to Lockheed Aircraft Corp for 30 million without competitive bidding. He cites antitrust and federal property law concerns and calls for inquiry, while Lockheed and the government deny impropriety.
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Justice Department
Sampson
Ternoon
Proxmire
GSA
Lockheed
Air Force
Burbank
Calif
Antitrust
Richard McLaren
Walker Comegys
Richard Kileindienst
Pentagon
J. Fred Buzhardt
Random gunmen kill four in Frisco street shootings
UPI reports four white victims were killed at random by Black gunmen in a large black car on San Francisco streets. A 4 month old’s mother was wounded and may be paralyzed. Investigators note possible links to a prior 10 day shooting spree. Victims named Tina Smith 32 Vincent Wollin 69 John Bambie 87 Jane Holly 35. Roxanne McMillan 23 wounded. Gunmen used a .32 caliber pistol and acted without speaking.
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San Francisco
UPI
Charles Barca
William Wakefield
Tina Smith
Vincent Wollin
John Bambie
Jane Holly
Roxanne’ McMillan
Wollin
Geary Boulevard
Divisidero Street
Wollins
Scott and
Fulton Streets
Bambie
Ninth
Howard Streets
Slot
Aces Win Men’s Pairs at Champagne Regional in Springfield
In Springfield Illinois the Champagne Regional Tournament crowned David W Smith of Greenville and Bob Jackson of Carbondale champions in the Aces Men’s Pairs. The event featured instructive play including a note on managing an unlucky trump break as South opened with the King of clubs and the defense led three rounds of clubs before the declarer ruffed the third.
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Springfield
Ill
David W. Smith
Greenville
Bob ‘Jackson
Carbondale
Declarer
Declaring Triumph in Tricky Bridge Endgame
The article outlines a bridge hand where declarer faces two club losses and a trump loser. By forcing East to play hearts and managing ruffs and discards, declarer induces East to reveal trump position. After careful heart plays and ruffing with dummy, declarer secures ten tricks and the contract.
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Declarer
East
Defamation Trial Pause Over Pope Pius XII Libel Case
A Rome court delayed the Massacre in Rome defamation trial to February 12 seeking documents from the United States. Niece Countess Elisabetta Rossignani accuses producer Carlo Ponti director George Pan Cosmatos author Robert Katz and actors Richard Burton and Marcello Mastroianni of defaming the late pope by alleging he did nothing to stop the 1944 Ardeatine Cave massacres and Nazi reprisals. Katz argues the work rests on solid documentation and has found new evidence.
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Rome
UPI
Pius XII
Pontiff
United States
Elisabetta Rossignani
Carlo Ponti
George Pan Cosmatos
Robert Katz
Richard Burton
Marcello Mastroianni
Ardeatine Caves
Katz
Vatican
Pius
Arctic early warning station guards US from attack
CLEAR Alaska hosts 500 personnel at the Ballistic Missile Early Warning System outpost near the Bering Sea. The site tracks missile risks with three radar domes, 22 minute notice, and RCA built equipment while coping with isolation, coal power, and rugged Arctic life.
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Clear
Alaska
API
Arctic
United States
North American
Greenland
England
RCA
Air Force
Alaskan
Scotland Yard
FBI
Mississippi Floods Drive 500 From Homes Across Seven States
The Mississippi River, swollen by rain, has flooded over two million acres in seven states and evacuated about 500 residents in northwest Tennessee and the Delta. Officials warn of more inundation as river levels rise toward last year’s crest, with St Louis to New Orleans expected to see higher waters within a week.
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Vicksburg
Miss
UPI
Mississippi
Richard Frummond
U.S. Corps of Engineers
Mississippi River Commission
Tennessee
National Weather Service
St. Louis
New Orleans
EPA type smog rules adopted by Maricopa supervisors
The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors adopted EPA like air pollution controls patterned after federal standards. The move comes after no public opposition and follows the EPA rejection of county rules last year, with about 15 percent less pollution expected from large firms.
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Phoenix
UPI
Federal Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Maricopa County
Indictment Ties Weapons to London Kidnapping Plot
A U S federal grand jury indicted Theodore D Brown of Santa Barbara for failing to notify carriers about weapons and export permits. The case ties Brown to five pistols and 150 rounds found with Allison Rae Thompson in a trunk aboard a Los Angeles London flight. Thompson, Abdelkhir El-Hakaoui, and Ather Naseem were arrested in London on charges of conspiring to import guns.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Britain
Theodore, D. Brown
Santa Barbara
Calif
State Department
Brown
Allison Rae Thompson
Miss Thompson
London
Abdelkhir El-Hakaoui
Ather Naseem
Antisiphon devices deemed dangerous to gas tanks
Phoenix report from the State Consumer Fraud Division warns that antisiphon devices placed in auto gasoline tanks can cause an explosion. William Dixon, division director, cites warnings from the Central Arizona Service Station Operators Association about devices shaped like a two inch tapered coil spring that fit in the filler pipe. He notes a spark during installation could ignite gasoline with lethal force.
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Phoenix
API
State Consumer Fraud Division
William Dixon
Central Arizona Service Station Operators Association
Dixon
Four Las Vegas Residents Die in Desert Plane Crash
Four Las Vegas residents perished when their Piper Cherokee 235 crashed 15 miles north of Carefree. The plane departed Friday from Phoenix Sky Harbor bound for Las Vegas and was found by three quail hunters Sunday. Victims were pilot Bill Burkhalter 28 cardiovascular technician Gary Drosdahl and nurses Julie Gregory Mimi Pitrello, all connected to Phoenix cardiovascular nursing symposium attendees and Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital staff. Federal Aviation Administration to investigate the crash site.
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Carefree
UPS
Las Vegas, Nev
Desert
Here
Phoenix
Harbor International
Las Vegas
Bill Burkhalter
Gary Drosdahl
Julie Gregory
Mimi Pitrello
Marciopa County
Burkhalter
Harold Eikes
Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital
Scottsdale Adult Evening Classes Sign-Up Ends
Final registration for Adult Evening Classes in the Scottsdale School District will occur during the first session. Openings remain in Writing and Selling Non Fiction, Ham Radio, Upholstery, Multi crafts, Fun Dancing, Slimnastics, Basic Computer, Potter’s Wheel Ceramics, Typing, Investing and Square Dancing. for details contact Scottsdale Schools.
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Scottsdale
Scottsdale Schools
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