Moon colony by century's end eyed by space veteran
Dr. George Mueller, former NASA space program director and McDonnell Douglas vice president, predicts a permanent lunar colony with fairly nice residences by century end. He spoke before the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers conference, saying space shuttles could aid the effort and a Skylab in space would be a precursor.
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Los Angeles
George Mueller
Mueller
McDonnell Douglas Corp
The
Nixon daughter helps decommission presidential yacht Patricia
Tricia Nixon participates in ceremonies at the Navy Yard as the Patricia and the Julie are retired to save about 200000 dollars a year. The 92 foot Patricia and the 64 foot Julie have served five presidents for over 25 years and will be sold to private buyers by White House order.
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Washington
Nixon
Tricia
Patricia
Julie
Navy Yard
Key Biscayne, Fla
White House
Anita Louise laid to rest in Glendale funeral
Actress Anita Louise, 55, buried at Forest Lawn in Glendale after dying Saturday from a stroke. Robert Stack led a eulogy calling her one of the beautiful people and larger-than-life screen figures, joined by Henry Fonda Anthony Quinn Ricardo Montalban and Jim Backus among pallbearers. Louise appeared in more than 70 films over nearly five decades and recent TV roles on Mannix and The Mod Squad.
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Hollywood (Ap
Robert Stack
Anita Louise
Stack
Henry Fonda
Anthony Quinn
Ricardo Montalban
Jim Backus
Miss Louise
Students to Demand Workplace Participation in Industry
Jack Straw of Britain's National Union of Students told a conference that students who won the right to run their universities will press for similar participation when they enter industry. He warned industrialists to take student demands seriously and to discuss how to handle the coming changes.
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London
Jack Straw
Britain
National Union of Students
Straw
Laser beam altimeter for Apollo 16 mapped moon surface
RCA Aerospace Systems Division announced a 1.7 million dollar contract with NASA to build a laser beam altimeter. The device aims to provide far more accurate lunar surface maps for Apollo 16 missions.
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Burlington
Mass
Moon
RCA Corporation
Aerospace Systems Division
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Juliet Prowse Seeks Divorce From James Fraizer
Actress Juliet Prowse 32 and husband James Edward Fraizer 26 filed for divorce in Santa Monica Superior Court after 11 months of marriage. They wed June 1 1969 and separated eight months later. it is her first marriage and his second.
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Santa Monica, Calif
Juliet Prowse
James Edward Fraizer
Superior Court
Two Aiken High Students Named National Merit Scholars
William L. Lance and Mary Jane Dickson of Aiken High School were named National Merit Scholarship winners for 1974. Lance will use a Florida State University scholarship in physics and Dickson received a $1,000 National Merit award. Lance holds multiple school leadership roles and participates in bands and plays, while Dickson has six years of private art study and attended the Southeast Language Center at UGA.
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Aiken High School
William L. Lance
R.L. Lance
Whitney Drive
Mary Jane Dickson
J. Harold Dickson
Grace Circle
Lance
Florida State University
Dickson
National Merit Scholarship Corporation
Grant Backs Graniteville Site for USC Extension Campus
Aiken County Delegation Chairman Rep. G H Grant reaffirms support for the Graniteville site favored by a majority of the County Higher Education Commission for a new USC Extension campus. The letter argues interceding with the commission’s site choice would set a bad precedent and cause confusion. The commission’s majority recommendation was for a 100 acre Graniteville property valued at about 80 000, west of Aiken near the northwest by pass.
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Aiken County
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G. H. Grant
County Higher Education Commission
University of South Carolina
Grant
Higher Education Commission
Graniteville
Commis
Sion
Graniteville Co
Aiken
Northwest
Commission
Robert E. Penland
United Merchants
U.S. 1
Vocational
Langley
George W. Parks Jr
North
Augusta
Eugene S. Sawyer
Bath
Penland
Sanford P Bradley
Harold A. Fletcher
W. P. Overbeck
Nathaniel Stetson
G. L. Toole III
Marshall Cain
UM & M
Israelis Charge Soviets Flying Egyptian Planes
Israel accused Soviet pilots of flying missions for Egypt's air force and said they mostly operate over the Nile Delta west of the Suez Canal. Three Israeli soldiers were killed and 18 wounded by Egyptian gunfire across the canal in the year’s highest one day toll.
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Israel
Egypt
Suez Canal
Moscow
Nile Delta
Nile
Cairo
Port Said
South Vietnamese Launch New Cambodian Offensive With U S Support
South Vietnamese forces began a fresh operation into Cambodia with American combat and logistical support. The Defense Ministry said the move aims to neutralize North Vietnamese use of Cambodian bases and reduce U S troop involvement as Vietnamese forces take more responsibility for defense.
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Cambodia
Saigon
U.S
South Vietnamese Defense Ministry
Joint General Staff
Army of the
Republic of Vietnam
Tay Ninh City
Norodom Sihanouk
Chou To Address Aiken Red Cross Meeting
Dr. Frank H. Chou of Augusta College will speak at the Aiken County Red Cross annual meeting tomorrow at 7 p.m. at the Owens Corning Fiberglas Club House on Highway 215. Reservations for a church dinner at 2.75 dollars may be made through the chapter office. The program includes a nominating report, invocation, and remarks by chapter leaders.
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Frank H. Chou
Augusta College
Aiken County
American Red Cross
Owens - Corning Fiberglas Club
Highway 215
Laurens Street
Astonisher Promises High Stakes Word Puzzle Contest
The speaker boasts of a clever contest to stump subscribers with a $50 starter kitty and escalating weekly prizes. They claim many readers in Aiken's retired, industrial, and government communities, including researchers and educators, will try to outguess the clerk and win. Tomorrow's Aiken Standard will reveal more details.
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Aiken
Aiken Standard
Wagener Two Day Tricentennial Fest Promises Fun
Wagener hosts a two day Tricentennial celebration with Old South costumes and horse drawn wagons. Prizes include 50 for longest distance wagon and 25 for best wagon and costume. Events feature trail rides parades dances a flea market pancake breakfast and an antique show with campers in the town park.
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Wagener
Brunson Gantt
South Carolina
Wagoner
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