Apollo's final mission ends a glorious era in space
The Space Shuttle era will replace Apollo as no more American flights are planned for years. The article recalls Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo milestones from Mercury's bite into space through Apollo 17 and Skylab, concluding with Apollo’s finish and no forthcoming missions.
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Apollo ends space era with Pacific splashdown
The last American Apollo crew, Thomas Stafford Vance Brand and Donald Slayton, return to Earth in the Pacific aboard the USS New Orleans after a nine day mission with Russia. Mission Control confirms good weather in the recovery zone as the program looks toward the Space Shuttle era.
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Thomas P. Stafford
Vance D. Brand
Donald K. Slayton
Apollo
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Hawaii
Jerry Jeff Walker
Mission Control
New Orleans
Stafford
Brand
Slayton
Soviet Union
Alexei Leonov
Valeri Kubasov
Earth
Moscow
Space
America
Russia
Apollo-Soyuz
Ohio panel approves malpractice compromise in stalled talks
A joint conference committee in Columbus approved a compromise bill easing both sides on attorneys fees and double recovery in medical malpractice cases. The panel backed a one third cap on lawyer fees in common pleas settlements and a collateral source rule narrowing deductions to benefits not paid by claimants directly. The move ends a day long deadlock and signals a win for the Ohio Bar Association and the United Auto Workers.
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Ohio
House
Senate
Ohio Surpeme
House Senate Committee
Common Pleas Court
Ohio Bar Association
United Auto Workers
William Hinig
Philadelphia
GOP
James A. Rhodes
House-Senate
William E. Hinig
New Philadelphia
Time Pressure Mounts In Energy Policy Split
Washington lawmakers face delayed August recess and expiring oil price controls as Ford and Congress wrestle over how to pace price increases. A compromise may satisfy both the White House and Democrats, while veto debates loom over extending or altering price limits on old and new oil.
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Congress
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U.S
Ford
House
Commerce Committee
Clarence J. Brown
Rohio
GOP
White House
Bishop on CIA payroll linked to church covert activity
A former State Department intelligence official says the CIA kept ties with religious groups abroad and even paid a South Vietnamese Catholic bishop who headed a diocese near Saigon. The claim, part of a study on church relations, notes CIA contact with missionaries and a 1963 fund to Jesuit Roger Vekemans to aid Eduardo Frei's Chilean presidency, among other covert efforts.
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CIA
State Department
Saigon
John Marks
Marks
Center For National Security Studies
Roger Vekemans
Eduardo Frei
Chile
Latin America
Father Vekemans
Egypt Accepts Israel Interim Sinai Accord In General Terms
An Israeli source says Egypt has accepted in general terms Israel’s concept for an interim Sinai accord. Details of the defense line, radar stations, and curtailment of activities in Sinai remain to be worked out. Indirect negotiations and related U S relations issues were still to be decided.
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Associated Press
Egypt
Israel
Sinai
Yithak Rabin
Rabin
Yigal Allon
Shimon Peres
Washington
Henry A. Kissinger
Simcha Dinitz
Jerusalem
Car Sold to Fourth Caller in Messenger Action Ad
Mr and Mrs Harry McCutcheon of Albany report their 1955 go to work car sold via Messenger Action Ads with the fourth caller securing the purchase. They praised the results and encouraged others to use fast acting, low cost ads to sell items.
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Harry McCutcheon
Albany
Rabin Demands Face to Face Talks Before Sinai Deal
Rabin indicated that final Sinai withdrawal must include direct meetings between Egyptian and Israeli delegations before any accord. Sources say signing could occur in Geneva no earlier than September 1, with Kissinger possibly aiding a final shuttle. President Ford in Washington says differences remain serious.
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Sinai
Abu Rudeis
Rabin
Egypt
Geneva
Henry A. Kissinger
Washington
Ford
Ohio Guard eyes Ohio training sites at Camp Grayling
Five thousand Ohio National Guard troops training at Camp Grayling may stay in Ohio for summer maneuvers. An Ohio Guard commander said the guard is considering sites in Zanesville and Cambridge plus another unspecified location.
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Grayling
Mich
Ohio National Guard
Camp Grayling
Buckeye
Ohio Guard
Zanesville
Cambridge
Ohio
Chrysler to add second shift at Warren truck plant
Indefinite layoffs will fall to 16,900 next week as a second shift opens at Chrysler Corp. Warren Michigan truck plant. About 1,300 hourly workers will be recalled to work the added shift and 800 more will return in the general manufacturing division to make parts for the increased output.
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Chrysler Corp
Warren
Mich
Chrysler
General Manufacturing
Weather outlook showers and storms likely tonight
The forecast shows showers and thunderstorms likely tonight with lows in the 60s. Partly cloudy Friday with cooler temperatures, highs in the upper 70s to low 80s, and a 20 percent rain chance. Page 14.
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Geiger
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Florida Keys
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USDA
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