Apollo 12 success and Soviet space program challenges
Analysis notes Apollo 12 landing as a milestone in U.S. space effort with power loss during launch prompting questions for ground teams. It contrasts Soviet failures including booster explosions and Luna 15 aims, arguing space race shapes international prestige and that US luck avoided broader political fallout.
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Walter Kapryan
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Gerald D. Griffin
Aviation Week
Space Technology
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Russia
Woman President Urges Budget Reform in Nation
Countdown notes Lester Maddox argues a woman president could help fix national finances, asserting women’s budgeting sense benefits men too. Jackie Gleason reportedly loses six stone on a meat egg fish diet with unrestricted alcohol, claiming staggering results.
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Lester Maddox
Jackie Gleason
National police union could prove dangerous
A little noticed election trend shows police organizations increasing political activism with aims for minimum pay standards and fringe benefits. Leaders like Fraternal Order of Police head John Harrington push national PR efforts, while figures such as Frank Rizzo and Richard G. MacEachern influence city politics. AFL-CIO debates police union ties as organizers warn against strikes and civil rights clashes. The potential nationwide police strike looms as a major threat to order and raises concerns over Teamsters cooperation and political manipulation.
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John Harrington
Phils
Delphia
Jimmy Hoffa
John L. Lewis
Harrington
George C. Wallace
Frank Rizzo
Philadelphia
Rizzo
Isas
National Patrolmen's Association
Afl-Cio
Omaha
John Cassesse
New York
Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association
Appl-Cio
Afi-Cio
Supreme Court
Teamsters Union
Promising device aids blood flow after surgery
A doctor describes a new device, the Philo-Dynastat, which externally massages the legs during convalescence to promote venous blood return and prevent fatal pulmonary embolism. Early tests show potential to reduce the three day peril after operations, with praise from former AMA president Dr. F L Blayingame.
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United States
Jay
F.L. Blayingame
American Medical Association
Don Maclean rebukes Spiro critics in column
Don Maclean rails at Sigma Delta Chi for rebuking Vice President Agnew over TV news remarks. He defends Agnew urging restraint, says TV news judged by merit not visuals, and mocks the organization as a juvenile lodge-like body. He questions taking criticism from such a group seriously.
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Sigma Delta Chi
San Diego
Agnew
P.T. Barnum
Owl
National Press Club
Christian colleges face rough voyage into secular era
The article notes 25 Christian colleges closed last year and asks how private religious colleges can endure amid centralization and technology. It highlights new Wesley Foundation efforts in Southfield near Detroit to create John Wesley College, near large state campuses, and reports on Thomas Aquinas College in San Rafael as another model combining faith with liberal education while affiliating with nearby institutions.
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Southfield
Detroit
John’ Wesley Educational and Development Foundation
John Wesley College
America
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Wesley Prospectus
Canada
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San Francisco
Thomas Aquinas College
Dominican College
Thomas Aquinas
Dominican
Aquinas
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Aquinas College
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Eehotaziie
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This Day In History Overview and Notable Facts
In 1789 George Washington proclaimed a national day of thanksgiving following the adoption of the U S Constitution. In 199? New York City faced high vacancy in office space amid a weak mood. In 1940s Warsaw Nazis forced tens of thousands of Jews into a ghetto encircled by an eight-foot wall.
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