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...marvel of engineering and safety. Based on actuarial records for new aircraft, Lloyd's of London had expected the Boeing 747 to have at least two fatal accidents during its first two years. But only one commercial crash has occurred since the jet was introduced in 1970???in Nairobi in 1974?and that was because the Lufthansa pilot did not extend the proper wing flaps while taking off. The 747 was blameless, of course, for the catastrophe at Tenerife. Leaving aside Nairobi and Tenerife, a total of 297 of these jets, operated by 44 carriers, have flown 360 billion passenger...
Among once familiar House names who were attempting a comeback was Long Island Democrat Allard Lowenstein, 47. He led the "Dump Johnson" movement in protest against the Viet Nam War in 1968 but lost his seat in 1970???and has been losing ever since. He was defeated by the same man who beat him in 1974: Republican John Wydler, 52, who described Lowenstein as "an ultralibeal, a constant loser and a notorious carpetbagger." Another comeback effort fell short in North Carolina, where former National League Pitcher Wilmer ("Vinegar Bend") Mizell, 45, a Republican Congressman from 1968 to 1974, was defeated...
...contents and a signed deed of gift. According to the President's lawyers, the papers had been appraised in April and deeded to the Archives on April 21, 1969. But the staff found that the deed actually was predated and not signed by all parties until April 10, 1970???nearly nine months after the deadline. Further, it was signed not by Nixon but by a White House assistant, Edward L. Morgan, even though the committee could find no evidence that he was authorized to act on the President's behalf. Finally, Appraiser Newman changed his story and admitted to investigators...
...twice about their bigger cars. In a trend that dismayed Detroit, they had already begun doing so even before the energy crisis struck. In the 1973 model year, compact and subcompact cars captured 41.5% of the domestic new-car market, up from 38% the year before and 32% in 1970???before the first Vegas, Pintos and Colts appeared. Last month, sales of smaller autos, which frequently get around 20 m.p.g., were up 10% over the same period in 1972, while sales of standard-size cars (roughly, anything larger than a Dodge Dart and smaller than a Cadillac) fell 25%. That...
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