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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Government sources also reported that remaining Sandinistas in Esteli, a city of about 30,000 on the Pan-American highway north of Managua, had been quashed. The city was retaken by national guard forces Tuesday after heavy bombardment...
Somoza's 7500-man National Guard controls the Pan-American highway leading into the city. They have attacked rebel positions from the air and appear ready to send in ground forces. Troops have been airlifted to the north of Esteli in an attempt to isolate the guerillas...
Whether the biggest airline consolidation since the early 1960s will actually take place may not be known for months. The deal still has to be approved by Pan Am and National shareholders, the Civil Aeronautics Board and President Carter. CAB Chairman Alfred Kahn fears that his policy of less regulation and more competition among airlines may be spurring a lot of panic mergers that would lead to less rather than more competition. The CAB is known to have preferred that Pan Am build up its own domestic base instead of taking over another airline's system, but the board...
...approved, the deal would end the grandiose hopes of feisty little Texas International Airlines of taking over National. But the Texans, who have lately spent $48 million to buy 20% of National's stock, probably will not be sore losers. At the $41 price that Pan Am is offering for National stock, Texas International's investments will be worth $70 million...
...sold 1 million copies): an anthology of progressive stars titled The Outlaws, the duo album Waylon & Willie and Willie's own Red Headed Stranger. Willie's latest, Stardust, is currently one of the nation's hottest-selling country LPs, even though it consists entirely of Tin Pan Alley standards...