Moonmen Swallow Orange Juice Woes on Moon
Apollo 16 astronauts Charles Duke and John Young endure orange juice mishaps on the lunar surface. A juice tube slips, coating helmets and glasses, triggering banter about acid in the stomach and a vow to avoid citrus after future breakfasts.
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John W. Young
Florida Orange Belt
Orlando
Lunar Lander
Duke
Young
Charlie
Moon
Lunar
Mission Control
Apollo 16 astronauts collect record rocks on moon mission
Apollo 16 crew led by John Young and Charles Duke returned to orbit with Thomas Mattingly after 71 hours on Descartes Mountain. They gathered 245 pounds of volcanic lunar rocks and soil, achieved a successful docking, and faced a minor back up rocket issue prompting an earlier splashdown plan.
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Earth
Duke
Young
Descartes Mountain
Moon
Tony England
Manned Spacecraft Center
Lunar
Pacific Ocean
Casper
Orion
Mattingly
North Bay
Harold Masursky
U. S. Geological Survey
Mission Control
Bomb at Southwestern Public Service substation disrupts Lubbock power
FBI agents probed a Sunday explosion at a Southwestern Public Service Co substation in Lubbock that cut power to Southeast Lubbock and Slaton for 30 minutes. The blast damaged conduits after a device placed under a floor detonated from 30 yards away. Police cited blue paint on gates as possible evidence with no motive yet identified.
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Lubbock, Tex
UPI
FBI
Southwestern Public Service Co
Lubbock and
Slaton
Wayne Roberts
Lubbock
North Vietnam battles intensify as U S air and ground forces respond
US B52 bombers raid North Vietnam with one damaged by enemy fire and a second F4 fighter shot down but rescued. USS Benjamin Stoddert damaged by coastal artillery in Tonkin Gulf. Tan Canh base camp and Dak To amid a major NVA offensive with tanks, artillery, and heavy clashes near An Loc and Dong Ha. Saigon reports U S advisers wounded. overall casualties mount on both sides. Thieu predicts repeat defeats for communists.
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Benjamin Stoddert
Tonkin Gulf
Central Highlands
Tan Canh
Kontum
Pleiku
Hanoi
Thanh Hoa
22Nd Infantry Division
Highway 14
Dak To
U.S
Saigon
Dong Ha
Demilitarized Zone
An Loc
Thieu
Humphrey Predicts Victory In Pennsylvania Primary
Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey says he will win the Pennsylvania presidential primary and seek the Democratic nomination, while McGovern leads Massachusetts polls. Muskie shifts focus to Pennsylvania as Massachusetts voters vote the same day. a Globe poll shows McGovern at 43 percent and Muskie at 19 percent.
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Hubert H. Humphrey
Pennsylvania
White House
George McGovern
McGovern
Massachusetts
Sen
Edmund
Muskie
Maine
Humphrey
Minnesota
Boston Globe
Globe
Solons Cite Cost Overruns by Navy
Sen. William Proxmire and Rep. Les Aspin cite GAO findings of major overruns in Navy projects. Two nuclear aircraft carriers may cost $1,779.8 billion, with 88 percent rise, and 20 guided missile frigates show a $1 billion modernization price tag, up $308 million from 1967 estimates.
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Washington
William Proxmire
Les Aspin
Wisconsin
Proxmire
General Accounting Office
Aspin
GAO Re
Navy
Philadelphia Naval Shipyard
GAO
Three Clovis Residents Die In Ute Lake Mishap
New Mexico State Police identify safety failures in a Saturday Ute Lake drowning involving three Clovis residents. Overloaded 16 foot fiberglass boat without a bilge plug, rough waters, and few life jackets contributed to the tragedy. Funeral services for Nobel Glover, Earline Campbell, and Jimmy Campbell pending. other passengers survived in good condition.
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Logan
N.M
New Mexico
Clovis
Ute Lake
Joe Wagers
Tucumccari
Wagers
Nobel
Bo’’ Glover
Earline Campbell
Jimmy
Steed-Todd Funeral Home
Melvin Campbell
Bobby
Trigg Memorial Hospital
Tucumcari
Rendell Pickard
Sheldon Campbell
Dixie Glover
Nobel Glover, Jr
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