Cushy Job Troubling Astronaut Worden Amid Vietnam War
Alfred Worden complains that his cushy space training post contrasts with comrades fighting and dying in Vietnam. The Apollo 15 command module pilot, a West Point graduate and Air Force major, says he might enlist for Vietnam if not selected for space. His launch from Cape Kennedy is set for Monday amid lunar mission risks.
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Russia
Irwin Aims for Moon on Apollo 15 Launch
James B. Irwin Jr., 41, an Air Force lieutenant colonel and lunar module pilot for Apollo 15, was determined to reach space after a 1961 crash nearly derailed his career. He recovered from a severe accident at Edwards AFB, earned a Michigan master's and Naval Academy degree, and rose through Air Force testing programs.
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Air Force Experimental Test Pilot School
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San Jose
U.S. Military Academy
West Point
Mary Ellen Monroe
Corvallis, Ore
Unclear OCR Snippet With Market Prices
Fragmentary text shows mixed tokens and stray numbers including 1.79 and 1.19, with Portuguese or Spanish cues about months and species. No clear event, entity, or date to identify a coherent newspaper record.
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