Countdown For Apollo Moon Mission Nears Liftoff
At Cape Kennedy on December 5 1972 astronauts Eugene Cer man and Harrison Schmitt rehearse lunar lander operations in a simulated Taurus Littrow descent and practice takeoffs while Ronald Evans trains for command ship rendezvous. The team aims for a December 14 liftoff and a 75 hour moon stay before Earth return.
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Cape Kennedy, Fla
Eugene A. Cerman
Harrison H. Schmitt
Moon
Taurus Littrow
Ronald E. Evans
America
Cernan
Schmitt
Moon Fever Spurs Apollo 17 Memorabilia Boom
Lunar launch excitement sparks worldwide souvenir buying. Cape Kennedy firm ships decals to 30 cents and framed patches for 150 dollars, with items reaching England Canada Australia Japan and Russia. Moon mission fans fill gift shops as Boeing contract fix and weather outlook frame the countdown.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Tom Foley
England
Canada
Australia
Japan
Russia
Foley
Kennedy Space Center
Boeing
Space Center
Mamet
Houston
Tex
Manned Spacecraft Center
Apollo Mission Control Center
Space Agency
Weather Bureau
NASA
Florida
Final Paris peace talks begin as Kissinger meets Tho
Secret negotiations between Henry Kissinger and Le Duc Tho enter what may be the final phase toward a Vietnam cease fire. Morning talks in Choisy le Roi precede an all-delegation afternoon session at a villa near Paris as Saigon presses withdrawal and a National Council plan for postwar elections.
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United States
Bernard Mamet
Boeing Co
International Alliance of Theatrical
Paris
Henry A. Kissinger
le Duc Tho
North Vietnam
Vietnam
Nixon
Tho
Kissinger
Florida White House
Hanoi Politburo
Hanoi
Sainte Gemme
Choisy le Roi
Peter Townsend
Margaret
White House
Key Biscayne
Washington
Saigon
National Council For Reconciliation and Concord
Lam
Alexander M. Haig Jr
William Sullivan
Winston Lord
Peter Rodman
John Negropone
William Engle
Xuan Thuy
Nguyen Co Thach
Kissinger-Tho
U S Air Power Hits Quang Tri and Kontum Fronts
U S B52s and fighters hit North Vietnamese links and troop concentrations in Quang Tri Province to aid South Vietnamese marines and airtroopers. More than 315 South Vietnam strikes targeted Quang Tri with over 50 B52s dropping up to 1000 tons. Kontum battle sees heavy fighting. 62 NVA killed while SV forces report 2 dead and 7 wounded. An F4 Phantom crash near Da Nang leaves two crew missing.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
Quang Tri Province
U.S. Command
South
South Vietnam
Thailand
7Th Fleet
Kontum
Central Highlands
U.S. Air Force
da Nang
Air Force
Cigarette Tax Hike Would Benefit Pensions in Indiana
A bill filed in Indiana would raise the cigarette tax from six to eight cents per pack, yielding about 15 million dollars yearly to supplement police and fire pension funds. The measure allocates 40 percent to cities based on population, with rest to state funds and programs.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
General Assembly
Indiana Association of Cities and Towns
IACT
Ivan Brinegar
Harry
State Department of Natural Resources
Capital Improvement Fund
Indiana lawmakers push antisewage bills to block CSELM study
Indiana legislators introduced two bills to bar interstate sewage transport into Indiana and forbid its use in land filtration. The measures target CSELM plans tied to Chicago Gary Hammond wastewater management and restrict regional commissions in mid sized regions from acting on the study. A third bill would create sanitary districts in specific county cities to regulate waste management.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
James L. Drews
Knox
Walter J Roorda
Demotte
General Assembly
CSELM
Chicago-Southern End
Lake Michigan
Army Corps of Engineers
Chicago-Gary- Hammond
Illinois
Craig B. Campbell
Anderson
Westmoreland Accused of Blocking Calley Trial
Attorneys for Lt. William L. Calley Jr allege Army Chief of Staff Westmoreland intruded into the My Lai case, creating a specter of command influence as they seek overturn or reduction of Calley's 20 year sentence. Calley, 29, under house arrest at Ft. Benning, did not attend the review.
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Falls Church
William L. Calley Jr
Army
William C. Westmoreland
My Lai
Calley
Westmoreland
Ft. Benning
Army Court of Military Review
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Evans
Pacific Ocean
William Schick
Gill Houghtaling
Birmingham
Cocoa Beach
Apollo
Neta
Pham Dang Lam
U.S
Navy
Marines
Coast Guard
Solons
Ancel
House OF Uniformserson
Main St
Hollon’s Drug
Merle Security
Main
Jim Cloud
Mgr
Our
Dd Union Carbide
RY Tel Ap Oe
Sylvania
Sylvania Chromatrix
W. 8Th
Gordon Brauchla
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