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...Ford story-and swallowed their pride later in the night with corrected versions. Eastern radio and television stations using the wire-service reports on their 11 o'clock newscasts got burned. So did the Cleveland Plain Dealer, the Charlotte (N.C.) Observer, the Raleigh (N.C.) News & Observer and the Shreveport (La.) Times, all of which had a Reagan-Ford ticket for part of their press runs...
...renovate buildings on the National Register of Historic Places can write off their contributions in only five years. Declared Pritchard: "We're saying let us work with you and you do it." Though 130 theaters are listed on the National Register, as yet only two-the Strand in Shreveport, La., and the Paris in Portland, Ore.-have benefited from the tax incentive...
...private aircraft, which last year killed 1,215 people, occur in a variety of ways, but none more bizarre than the one that happened last week when Pilot Lou Benscotter picked up Robert ("Bo") Rein, the new football coach at Louisiana State University, and began to fly from Shreveport to Baton Rouge...
...Benscotter apparently put the twin-engine Cessna 441 into a climb to get over the weather. Later, radar detected the plane flying an erratic course, and the Air Force scrambled jets to investigate. Captain Daniel Zoerb spotted the Cessna off Norfolk, Va., now more than 1,000 miles from Shreveport. It was flying at 41,000 ft., 5,000 ft. above the maximum altitude for which it is certified, and presumably on automatic pilot. Zoerb tried to make contact with the Cessna by radio, but got no answer. He saw the plane go into a steep dive and crash into...
Most subscribers express happiness with their new legal protection. An early pilot program for a laborers' union in Shreveport, La., sponsored by the A.B.A. with assistance from the Ford Foundation, was funded from dues even before the experimental period ended, and the plan went forward on its own in January 1974. In Alaska, the teamsters' and the laborers' unions have negotiated legal insurance plans. Employers paid 130, then 150 to 200 an hour per worker for protection that includes even expensive criminal-offense work. While the Alaska plans can cost employers up to $400 or more per worker yearly, most...