Harvard Professor Lenntief Wins Nobel Prize in Economics
Harvard University economist Wassily Leontief won the 1973 Nobel Prize in Economic Science for the input-output method and its application to major economic problems. Born in St. Petersburg and educated in Germany and the United States, Leontief’s work links inter-industry production and national economies, earning $320,010 in prize money.
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Wassily Leontief
Leningrad
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Stockholm
Wassily Lenntief
Hyyal Academy of Science
Leontief
Russia
Germany
China
United States
Central Bank of Sweden
Alfred Nobel
Lenntief
Royal Academy
Rebozo Insurance Link Called A Big Coincidence
Washington AP report notes a federal insurance action for Key Biscayne Savings and Loan Association in Florida seen as a coincidence tied to Nixon ally Charles Rebozo. Insurance approved after Nixon appointee Bear became board chair, amid denials of a competing bank charter and close ties to Rebozo.
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Federal Insurance
Charles G
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Rebozo
Nixon
Federal
Key Biscayne
Thomas R. Bear
Sav
Ings and Loan Associations
Grady
Perry
Bomar
Rehozo Bank
Rehozo
Office of the Comptroller
Nixon Tapes Battle Edges Toward Supreme Court
President Nixon won a procedural win as Judge Sirica dismissed the Senate Watergate committee’s bid for a civil judgment to compel tapes. The ruling leaves Cox’s probe intact, with an appeal likely and the Supreme Court possible. The case centers on whether a president can withhold presidential tapes from a federal grand jury.
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Insurance Co Fined 25000 by Delaware
Consumers Life Insurance Co has been fined 25000 by the state Insurance Department for six violations of state law after records dating to 1971 showed improper transfer of more than a half million dollars to its parent company Twentieth Century Corp. The department noted no repayment terms were specified and said Consumers may appeal in court.
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Consumers Life Insurance Co
State Insurance Department
Com Simmers
Twentieth ‘Century Corp
Camp Mill
Reapert
Delaware
Lewis Darlin
Judge Lorry. But Workmen Lose Suit
A federal judge dismissed a half million dollar suit against four firms over the Skyline Tower North collapse at Baileys Crossroads last March. Judge Albert Bryan Jr ruled Virginia’s Workmen’s Compensation Act shields those companies from liability. Joseph Bergen, 29, was injured and unable to work since the crash that killed four workmen. he receives compensation from Virginia and DC. Bergen’s attorney vows appeals and plans new suits against the firms.
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Miller & Long Co
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Virginia
District of Columbia
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Otis Elevator Co
Fourth Skyline Corp
Workren
Campensation
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Pascal
Weather balloons spark UFO reports across the South
Weather balloons launched from Texas and Florida at 85 000 feet prompted widespread sightings of unidentified objects across Mississippi Alabama Georgia and South Carolina. Officials said the glowing craft could be mistaken for UFOs as the sun set with launches planned in coming hours.
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Miami
Montgomery
Ala
Corpus Christi
Tex
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Tenn
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S.C
National Weather Service
TOWANDA PA LOTTERY DRAW ANNOUNCES BONUS NUMBERS
In Towanda Pennsylvania the week's lottery draw lists the main number sequence 7 1 9 6 8 3 with a three digit 2 9 9 and other digits 3 1 0 and bonus 7. The record repeats the numbers without additional context or results.
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UFO Light Show Reports Surge in West Virginia
A witness described a noiseless light display about 500 yards high when a photo was taken. The sighting fits a wave of unexplained UFO reports across West Virginia and neighboring states, as AP Wirephoto coverage notes.
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West Virginia
Ex-Agnew Aide Blames Friends for Downfall
Robert Marsh, ex-Aide to Spiro Agnew, says fundraising friends steered the former vice president toward political patronage for cash while he ran Baltimore County. Marsh told WSAZ-TV Agnew seemed unaware of any repercussions and will likely rebound, predicting Agnew’s rise again at the 1976 GOP convention despite his conviction.
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Phrestonsburg, Ky
Baltimore County
Robert Marsh
WSAZ
Legislation To Save Rails Bogs Down
Washington AP reports efforts to reach a compromise between the White House and Congress over legislation to salvage bankrupt Northeast railroads bog down. Rep. Brock Adams of Washington, sponsor, rejects an administration proposal on asset transfers to a new profit-making corporation. A House Commerce Committee meeting was canceled for lack of a quorum as Adams drafts a later proposal.
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Northeast
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D-Wash
Bill Snow
House Commerce Committee
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