Word: biloxi
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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FRED W. HAISE JR., 36, lunar-module pilot, might have been a member of the press corps covering the flight of Apollo 13 if not for the draft. A native of Biloxi, Miss., he studied journalism at Perkinston Junior College, a two-year school, and looked forward to a writing career. Instead, faced with induction, he enlisted as a naval aviation cadet. "Like most kids at that age, you kind of jump into things before you really think about it," he said. Whatever his original thoughts, he quickly became hooked on flying. After 2½years as a Marine pilot...
...Civil Rights Act of 1964 and several Executive Orders, the companies are required to report their minority hiring records to the Federal government it they hold Federal contracts of a certain size. Mississippi P and L, for example, has a $706,000 Defense Department contract for work at the Biloxi. Miss. Ajr Force base...
...inquiry anyway. On New Year's Day, federal agents arrested Dice Dawson and eight others in Michigan. The haul included $450,000 worth of checks in Dice's possession and $171,000 in cash held by an associate. Subsequent arrests in Las Vegas, New York and Biloxi, Miss., brought the catch to 14. All were charged with violating interstate gambling laws. Said U.S. Attorney James Ritchie: "Statements made by some of those arrested and seized records indicate a national scheme involving famous figures in baseball and football and hundreds of trainers and jockeys...