Space agency faces setback over bidding for lunar module contract
The National space agency, facing expected 1969 budget cuts, suffers a setback after an official report found it failed to require competitive bidding for a multi million dollar lunar module sub contract. Additional items note Clarke prognostics on page 9 and antitrust action talks with the Amateur Athletic Union on page 17.
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National Space Agency
Amateur Athletic Union
Contol
Amarillo man pleads innocent in arson case
Edward Wesley Hartsfield, 34, appeared in Hereford's 69th District Court Monday to plead not guilty to a charge of arson.
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Amarillo
Edward Wesley Hartsfield
Hereford
GOP Debate Echoes as Rockefeller and Nixon Split Edges
A Washington luncheon scene reports New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller’s unannounced campaign tone and a costly urban finance plan. Dick Nixon then fielded questions, winning some editors over by arguing poverty reduction requires patience, not bankruptcy, while signaling a Obama era of policy complexity.
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New York
Voter Demographics Split by Age Sparks Debate
Official figures show more than sixty and older qualified voters than under thirty. The piece notes uncertainty about the best approach as Bobby contemplates next steps. Quote from Oren Arnold questions the virtue of doing the wrong thing.
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Bobby
McLean Welcomes 67-Foot F-101 Fighter Monument
The city of McLean received a 67 foot long F-101 fighter interceptor weighing 19 000 pounds, flown from Amarillo Air Force Base by an Army CH 54A Flying Crane. Col Edward P Langebartel arranged the airlift with Mayor Boyd Meador assisting. Helicopter pilots Dale E Lance and William D Powers of the 273rd Aviation Company, Ft Sill, piloted the lift.
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U.S. Air Force
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Amarillo Air Force Base
Southeast Asia
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Dale E. Lance
William D. Powers
273Rd Aviation Company
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Okla
Chamber of Commerce
Texas Weather Turbulence Drops Hail Tornadoes Across State
Three frontal systems hit Texas with a mix of tornadoes hail dust and snow. Dalhart 44 degrees and snow. hail golf ball sized near north Dallas. Tornado watches issued across northeast Texas counties while warnings extended into Arkansas Louisiana and Oklahoma.
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Louisiana
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Tax Hike Passage Nearer
Washington politics move toward a tax increase as House and Senate negotiators near consensus on higher income taxes and spending limits. Details, including exact amounts, are expected by mid May. The conference committee will reconvene for general discussions with no votes.
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House
Wilbur D Mills
D-Ark
Johnson
Chamber
Dallas film law struck down by high court ruling
The Supreme Court invalidated a Dallas municipal ordinance shielding children from sex and violence in films while upholding state power to keep adult magazines from minors. Justice Harlan dissented, arguing broader authority to regulate obscenity, as the majority rejected vague standards guiding censorship.
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Supreme Court
Dallas
John Harlan
Harlan
Thurgood Marshall
High Court
Pueblo Crew Ransom Out
The State Department said it will not pay ransom for the Pueblo crew seized by North Korean gunboats. A 15th Panmunjom meeting between U S and North Korean representatives yielded no breakthrough on the crew’s release. Spokesman Robert J. McCloskey said there is no plan to offer aid as ransom and noted the death of an American soldier near the DMZ as most regrettable.
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Washington
State Department
Pueblo
Panmunjom
U.S
Catatan Tananntnn
United States
McCloskey
Korean Demilitarized Zone
Heath defends strict color immigration curbs in Britain
Prime Minister Heath said the Conservative Party backs strict limits on nonwhite immigration and that Enoch Powell was removed from the shadow cabinet for his inflammatory language. Powell accused Heath of watering down policies to win support and unity.
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London
Edward Heath
Britain
Enoch Powell
Party
High Command
Heath
Action Sunday
Powell
South Vietnamese Forces Smash Viet Cong Stronghold in Delta
In the Mekong Delta 22 miles south of Saigon South Vietnamese troops with helicopters and armored carriers killed 115 Viet Cong in heavy fighting as part of an allied sweep to thwart large scale attacks on the capital. Seven South Vietnamese and 47 wounded were reported while a separate police sweep through Saigon targeted infiltrators and weapons.
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UPS
Mekong Delta
Delta
Defense Department increases May draft call to 45 900
The Defense Department announced an increase in the May draft call from 44 000 to 45 900. It also said 29 500 men would be drafted in June, with 44 000 to the Army and 1 900 to the Marine Corps.
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Washington
UPI
Defense Department
Army
Marine Corps
Hunger and Malnutrition Seen Across U S
A private Citizens Board of Inquiry reports concrete evidence of chronic hunger and dangerous malnutrition in all regions, with the South and Southwest hardest hit. The nine month study warns that millions are affected and cites origins in poverty and lack of access.
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United States
South
Citizens’ Board of Inquiry Into
Citizen's Crusade Against Poverty
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