Reluctant astronaut Tim Foley blames fizzle on home built jet pack
Tim Foley a boy of 11 and his brothers Ben 9 Bill 12 and friend Butch Stout 12 built a battery powered jet pack from a vacuum motor aluminum pipes and handlebars. They flew it briefly three to ten seconds before a fuse sparked a fire in the yard. Ben doused the blaze with a garden hose as Tim questioned if more zinc sulfate or a bigger engine would help.
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Tim Foley
85Th Street
Butch Stout
Bill Foley
Tim
Ben Foley
Mike Petryni
Bill
Frank
Butch” Stout
Foley
Ben
Pima School
Butch
Joan of Arc
Neil Armstrong
Three Men Arrested in Heroin Bust Ties Up Nexus to Newport News
United Press International reports narcotics agents seized a pound of pure heroin in Phoenix after arresting Gary J. Piazza 21 of Phoenix and David B. Morgan 25 and his brother Michael 23 of Newport News Virginia. The three were linked to a Scottsdale buy and nabbed later at an East Phoenix motel.
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Phoenix
Gary J. Piazza
David B. Morgan
Michael
Newport News
Scottsdale
East Phoenix
Ford Foundation trims funding to Chicago Chicano groups
The Ford Foundation cuts about 300000 dollars from three Chicago organizations led by the National Council of La Raza, Chicanos Por la Causa and the Barrio Youth Project. They had shared a combined annual funding of 725000 dollars.
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Phoenix
Ford Foundation
Chicago
National Council of la Raza
Chicanos Por la Causa
Barrio Youth Project
Missing light plane headed from Salt Lake City to Phoenix
A single engine plane bound for Phoenix from Salt Lake City is reported missing. On board were Paul Kimball, 35, an experienced instructor from Salt Lake City, and an unidentified student pilot.
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Prescott
Salt Lake City
Phoenix
Paul Kimball
Nixon Arranges Six Month Extension on San Clemente Mortgage
President Nixon reached an agreement with mortgage holders to extend the San Clemente loan by six months for a final payment of 600000 dollars. He will pay 16999.52 dollars in interest this Friday, with his personal share 226660 dollars and the remainder covered by B and C Investment Co belonging to Robert Abplanalp and Charles Rebozo.
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San Clemente
Calif
B & C Investment Co
Robert H. Abplanalo
Charles G. “Bebe’’ Rebozo
Nixon
Cornwall testifies he was forced out as company president
James H. Cornwall testified that Ned Warren forced him from the presidency of Great Southwest Land and Cattle Co. He relayed a 1972 meeting in Scottsdale where he was told to vanish to Hong Kong to sell land, followed by threatening behavior and pressure to leave his family. He said he eventually chose Europe.
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Phoenix
UPI
James H. Cornwall
Great Southwest Land and Cattle Co
Ned Warren
Cornwall Claims
Cornwall
Warren
Scottsdale
Hong Kong
U.S
Europe
Watergate panel quits with Ervin closing remarks
The Senate Watergate committee, formed in 1973, ends its work after releasing a 2,217 page three volume final report. Chairman Sam Ervin says power lust drove Watergate and urges moral integrity for leaders. The panel cites no conclsions but notes evidence speaks for itself and backs creation of a public attorney office. The panel found no proof of wrongdoing by the Republican or Democratic national committees in the 1972 campaign.
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Washington
UPI
Sam J. Ervin Jr
D-N.c
Senate Watergate Committee
America
Ervin
Lowell P. Weicker
R-Conn
Daniel Inouye
D-Hawaii
Joseph Montoya
D-N.m
John W. Dean III
Nixon
Republican National Committee
Democratic National Committee
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Conlan
John Conlan
Ariz
Arizona
Eldon Drapery
E. Belleview
Judson D. Hawk
Alan R. Kershaw
North Miller Road
Jonathan Marshall
W. B
Doc’ Wright
Willis Brown
Jerry McElfresh
Scottsdale Daily Progress
Scottsdale Publishing Inc
Progress
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Narra Newspaper, Association
Assuond Newspapers Association
Cashmaster
North 12Th Street
Sultan Phoenix
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