Navy desertion rate hits new high in 1974 fiscal year
Pentagon figures show the Navy desertion rate rising to 24.4 per 1 000 enlisted in the year ended June, the highest on record. Army and Marine rates remain troubled post Vietnam, while Air Force desertion remains low. Authorities form a special study group to find causes and cures.
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Navy
Navy Naa
Army
Marine Corps
Air Force
Pentagon Offlelula
Contol
Pentagon
United States Dominates Nobel Prizes In Stockholm Ceremony
United States wins all Nobel Prizes at Stockholm ceremonies led by physicist laureates Burton Richter and Samuel Ting. Saul Bellow credits Europe’s exodus of minds, while economists Milton Friedman and others receive honors. King Carl Gustaf presides as seven Americans are awarded prizes totaling 160 000 dollars.
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Sweden
United States
U.S
Saul Bellow
Hitler
Mussolini
Stalin
Europe
America
Carl Gustaf
Bellow
Burton Richter
Stanford University
Samuel C.C. Ting
Massachusetts Institute For Technology
William N. Lipscomb
Harvard
Milton Friedman
University of Chicago
Baruch &. Blumberg
University of Pennsylvania
T. Cameron Gajdusek
National Institute For Neurological Diseases
Town agrees to transfer land to Wampanoag tribe
Gay Head Massachusetts residents vote 188 to 80 to give 280 acres of common land to the Wampanoag Indian tribe. The parcel includes Amy cranberry bog and Herring Creek coastal frontage. Tribal officials plan to use the land for agriculture with federal aid, while preserving the environment.
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Mass
Martha's Viseyard
U.S. District Court
Rogton
Amy Cranberry Bog
Herring Creek
Tribal Council
Wenonah Silva
FCC rejects bid to ban TV drug ads during children’s viewing
The FCC voted 7 to 4 against a group of 14 states seeking to bar nonprescription drug ads from late night to early morning broadcasts. The agency cited lack of proof that TV ads cause child drug abuse and favored a less restrictive approach.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
Francis X. Bellotti
Massachusetts
Bellott
Firm accused of selling confidential records
Washington AP reports a Chicago firm, Factual Service Bureau Inc, accused of selling confidential medical, criminal, and tax records to insurance companies. FBI and IRS are investigating whether the company improperly obtained criminal records from the National Crime Information Center and whether wire fraud was used to obtain data.
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Washington
Chicago
FIL
Internal Revenue Service
Thewo
Factual Service Bureau Inc
FBI
Edward Guterham
National Crime Information Center
Gulerham
Ford seeks coordinating high command to unite GOP
President Ford aims to form a coordinating committee with four leaders including Reagan Connally and Rockefeller to unify the Republican Party for a possible 1980 victory. They would draft organizational format while not naming a future chairman, with five or six state chairmen or national committeemen as acceptable candidates.
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Associated Press
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Ford
Republican Party
White House
Ronald Reagan
Joan B. Connally
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Barry Goldwater
GOP
National Committee
Londoners Sprint To Stores Amid Budget Fears
London shoppers flood department stores as Chancellor Healey hints at new austerity measures next Wednesday. Officials forecast spending cuts and possible tax increases to secure IMF aid and stabilize the pound. London traders report brisk sales, boosted by favorable exchange rates and European visitors, with stores like Selfridge’s noting gains over last Christmas.
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Subkuid Evening Standard
Denis Healey
Labor Party
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Bank of Laglord
Britain
Lottery Roundup in Maryland Numbers Game Drawn
Baltimore AP reports the Maryland Numbers Game drawing produced the number SOL 501 in Thursday’s results with no further details on winners or payouts.
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Maryland
Nally Gallery
SOL
Van Houten to be retried while Manson conviction stands
California Supreme Court ruled Leslie Van Houten will get a new murder trial, while Charles Manson remains convicted and serving life. Van Houten, 27, argued ineffective counsel after her attorney disappeared before closing arguments. She was convicted on two counts of murder and conspiracy in the Tate-LaBianca killings. A Los Angeles prosecutor said a new trial could begin within two months once a reversal is affirmed.
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Charles Manson
Leslie van Houten
California Supreme Court
Miss van Houten
Manson
Los Angeles
California
Stephen Kay
Court of Appeals
Kasablan
New Hampshire
Mansac
Red
van Houten
Sharon Tate
Benedict Canyon
Leno
Rosemary LaBlanca
Los Fell
LaBlancas
Michigan approves fluorocarbons ban on aerosols
Michigan's legislature passes a ban on aerosol sprays containing fluorocarbons. Violators face fines up to 10000 dollars and an additional 2000 dollars for each day the violation continues, with enforcement to deter use in consumer products.
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Michigan
Lansing
Mich
JCPenney Recalls 16000 Ponchos Over Fire Hazard
JCPenney and Cotton City Industries recall 16,000 ponchos sold May to November this year due to flamable fringe. Products were distributed mainly through JCPenney stores with some in Foley's Houston and a few small retailers. Folgers coffee wholesale price also rises 20 cents to 2.80 per pound, blamed on green coffee bean costs.
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Washington
Cotton City Industries Inc
Jcpenney Co. Inc
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Jcpenney
Foley's
Houston
San Francisco
Folger
Procter and Gamble Division
Biggest toymaker sued for $16 million
Los Angeles AP report says three consumer groups filed a million-dollar class action against Mattel Inc in Superior Court alleging deceptive advertising harming children. Plaintiffs include Public Advocates Inc San Francisco based and groups representing the National Committee on Children's Television the San Francisco Consumer Action Group and the American G I Forum of California. No spokesman available for comment.
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Los Angeles
Mattel, Inc
Public Advocates
Ine
Superior Court
Committee On Children’s Television
San Francisco
Consumer Action Group
American G.I. Forum
California
Immunity Granted to Most Mandel Prosecution Witnesses
In a secret Oct. 7 session in Judge Pratt's chambers transcripts show Assistant U.S. Attorney Skolnik saying three of every four witnesses before Mandel's grand jury were granted immunity. The witnesses included defendants' secretaries and accountants, who invoked their fifth amendment rights to obtain immunity and compel testimony.
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Marvin Mandel
Mandel
U.S
John H. Pratt
Barnet D. Skolnik
Skulak
Skolnik
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