Spacemen Roam Moon Planting Flag on Apollo 16
Apollo 16 astronauts John W. Young and Charles M. Duke Jr. land on Descartes plains at 11:59 a.m. EST, set up a $25 million nuclear science station, plant an American flag, and begin three days of surface exploration. A broken wire cancels a heat flow experiment, delaying some readings and forcing a shorter outpost time than planned.
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Duke
Carolina
Pacific
Young
Earth
Moon
Donald A. Beattie
Space Agency
Young and
Orion
Rover
Lofty
Sched
Ule
Thomas
Ken” Mattingly
Lunar
Ole Descartes
Bombers Strike Thanh Hoa as North Vietnam Offensive Expands
UPI reports U S B52s hit Thanh Hoa port and transport hub deep in North Vietnam to disrupt supply lines. Gunners shelled Bien Hoa and Da Nang area while North Vietnamese forces overran Hiep Duc and shelled An Loc, with several aircraft losses confirmed or suspected.
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Bien Hoa
Saigon
UPS
North Vietnam
Thanh Hoa
Hanoi
U.S
Hiep Duc
Que Son
da Nang
UPI
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
North
South Vietnam
Navy
Haiphong
Hanoi-Haiphong
Lyndon B. Johnson
Bishop Henton Installed as Northwest Texas Diocesan Bishop
In Abilene the Northwest Texas Episcopal Diocese installed the Rt. Rev. Willis R. Henton of Amarillo as its second diocesan bishop during the 14th annual council. About 700 attended as Bishop Edward C. Turner officiated. Archdeacon designate Richard W. Wilson will assume his post June 1 in Amarillo.
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Abilene
Northwest Texas
Willis R. Henton
Amarillo
Abilene Civic Center
Hen
Ton
Northwest
Texas
George Quarterman
Henton
Edward C. Turner
Kansas
Quarterman
Turner
Bishop Henton
Richard W. Wilson
St. Andrew’s
St. Peter’s
Citywide Bank Deposits Hit New High in Amarillo Canyon
Depositors in Amarillo and Canyon banks held nearly 450 million dollars in accounts at the close of business Tuesday, topping the prior record by more than 9 million. Nine banks reported 449,958,874 in combined deposits, with loans totaling 280,675,376. Weather warm with mid 70s expected and southerly winds.
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Amarillo
Canyon
Amarillo Canyon
Amarillo Giants Open Home Stand With Cubs Showdown
The Amarillo Giants host the Midland Cubs at Memorial Stadium at 7 30 p m to start a 12 game home stretch. The team begins after an eight game road trip through El Paso and Midland to begin the Texas League season.
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Amarillo
Giants
Midland Cubs
Memorial Stadium
A-Giants
el Paso
Midland
Berserk Gunman Kills Two Then Commits Suicide in Missouri
In Harrisonville Missouri on a Friday night gunman Charles R Simpson 24 of Holden opened fire with an M1 carbine killing two policemen Donald Marler 26 and Francis Wirt 24, wounding a sheriff and three others before shooting himself to death on the town square. He carried over 100 rounds.
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Harrisonville
Charles R. Simpson
Holden
Simpson
Allen Bank and Trust Co
Donald Marler
Francis Wirt
Deborah Roach
Cary Stewart
Orville Allens
Allen
Bill Gough
Gough
UT Lib Talks Spark Ruckus at KT FM Protest
At the University of Texas campus radio station KUT FM, a women's liberation group tried to take over to broadcast antiwar views triggering two campus demonstrations. Police used tear gas and mace. five students were arrested for disorderly conduct. About 2,000 students later regrouped on the Mall for a planned Friday night rally. Six women from the Women's Abortion Action Committee spoke briefly from the station after negotiations.
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Austin, Tex
UPI
University of Texas
Women’s Abortion Action Committee
Kut-Fm
North Vietnam
U.S
KUTFM
Donna Hill
Miss Hill
Radio protest demo spurs broad talk on war and rights
Inside the building activists began broadcasting at 2 p.m. with a speaker describing the act as a way to air analysis and anger. The discussion shifted from North Vietnam bombing to women’s liberation, ITT, imperialism, and government dishonesty, with a participant named Victoria alleging a war embargo and timing linked to an Apollo launch.
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North Vietnam
Women Liberation
ITT
U.S
Victoria
ENMU President Signs Telegram Amid New Mexico Protests
In Portales Dr Charles Meister of Eastern New Mexico University signed a telegram protesting increased bombing in North Vietnam. In Albuquerque police dispersed students forming a human chain outside the old Post Office, with no serious incidents reported. About 350 ENMU students and 400 in Albuquerque participated in peaceful demonstrations.
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New Mexico
North Vietnam
Charles Meister
Eastern New Mexico University
Portales
U.S
Albuquerque
ENMU
Meister
Nixon
Vietnam
University of New Mexico
Editor and wife removed from White House line by Secret Service
A Middletown Times Herald Record editor and his wife were moved from a White House reception line by a Secret Service agent named Robert Taylor who questioned Mrs Romm about discussing issues with Nixon. Romm called the encounter chilling and said they left the grounds after declining to raise any subject.
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Washington
UPI
White House
Secret Service
Nixon
A. N. Romm
Middletown
N. Y
Times Herald- Record
Ethel
Executive Mansion
Robert Taylor
Romm
Taylor
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Tom Teepe
Dayton, Ohio
Daily News
Teepe
Asne
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Ron Marlow
Panhandle
Spondent Don Davis
An Loc
Binh Long Province
Henton Dons
New High
Banks
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