Inefficient Mark 48 torpedo drives navy cost surge
Washington reports the Mark 48 torpedo is only 10 percent effective with tests showing 20 percent reach full range and half of those hit exactly on target. Costs have jumped from about 100000 to 750000 per unit, with total more than 3 billion as designers draft four or five new versions due for test by 1974.
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Jack Anderson
Washington
Navy
America
Florida
Sounds of Spring and Local Happenings Across a Community
A reflective piece opens with spring imagery and a sense of home by a lake. It mentions Albert Gallatin High School seniors awaiting a May post prom party from midnight to 5 a.m. and organizers Mrs. Rosella McCracken and Mrs. Dorothy Reagen. It also shares humorous fly bug anecdotes, a Bit of advice from Vin Johnston, and local wildlife stocking numbers plus Dyvonne Menarchie earning the bronze History Medal from the Fort Gaddis DAR chapter for American History Month essays.
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Albert Gallatin High School
Rosella McCracken
Dorothy Reagen
Dyvonne Menarchie
Fort Gaddis
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Knowledge for Decision Learn about the candidates
Monongalia County voters face a crowded primary ballot with 124 Democrats and 51 Republicans for county positions. A bi partisan Board of Education election adds to complexity alongside state and national races. County races include sheriff assessor commissioners delegates and prosecutors with party splits noted.
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Asel L. Kennedy
Monongalia County
Board of Education
House of Delegates
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Let Us Together Make the Utmost of What We Are
Johns Hopkins University president Steven Muller urges humane conduct in academia and civic life. He emphasizes kindness and humor within universities while urging voters to study candidates deeply for informed choices. The piece notes county races and offers access to candidate lists via the County Extension Office.
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Steven Muller
Johns Hopkins University
Lincoln
County Extension Office
Executive Committee
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