Rendezvous In Space In Apollo 9 LEM Docking Test
Apollo 9 astronauts McDivitt and Schweickart separated the lunar module from Gumdrop and pursued a complex Earth orbital rendezvous with Scott aboard the command module 145 miles above the Atlantic. The maneuver aims to validate docking and capture techniques for future moon missions and could set the stage for Apollo 10 in May and Apollo 11 for July.
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U.S
James A. McDivitt
Russell L. Schweickart
Schweickart
Scott
LEM
McDivitt
Moon
Spider
Mission Control
Lunar
Earth
Atlantic Ocean
No Easter Break For Ohio Solons
Ohio lawmakers end week nine pledging no Easter recess. Senate leader Gray says session will meet Monday night and skip Thursday. after Easter, work Tuesday to Thursday. House moves to vote on a constitutional amendment to lower voting age to 19, with support for broader adulthood change.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio General Assembly
Senate
Theodore M. Gray
Gray
House
Reference Committee
State Government
Kerns
Laird Reviews VC Offensive in Vietnam High-Level Talks
Defense Secretary Melvin Laird held all day talks in Vietnam with Ambassador Bunker and General Abrams to discuss possible U S responses to continued Viet Cong rocket and mortar attacks on Saigon and major cities. The 13th day of the spring offensive saw bases shelled and a mortar strike on a Central Highlands provincial capital while Ky urged retaliation including the possibility of bombing North Vietnam.
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Saigon
Melvin Laird
U.S
Vietnam
Laird
Ellsworth Bunker
Creighton W. Abrams
Abrams
North Vietnam
Central Highlands
Nguyen Cao Ky
Paris
U.S. 9Th Infantry
Dong Tam
U.S. 1St Infantry Division
U.S. Marine
da Nang
Highlands
Dalat
Meir Nomination Completed Labor Party Chooses Meir
Israel's Labor central committee endorses Golda Meir for prime minister 287 to 45, succeeding Levi Eshkol who died February 26. Opposition from Moshe Dayan backers, Meir backs Yigal Allon, health strains noted, war with Arab terrorists continues with police destroying Arab houses in Jerusalem linked to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.
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Jerusalem
Israel
Labor Party
Golda Meir
Zalman Shazar
Monda
Suc
Levi Eshkol
Defense
Moshe Dayan
Meir
Yigal Allon
Dayan
Milwaukee
Sabras
Allen
Central Committee
Old Jerusalem
Wadi Joz
Abutor
The
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
Minority Business Enterprise program shifts form under Nixon
President Nixon announced a renamed Minority Business Enterprise program expanding Black Capitalism to include all minority groups. He framed it as a path to black pride jobs opportunity and participation in mainstream life, while officials said the effort targets minority business ownership beyond ghettos.
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Washington
Nixon
Ward
Afl-Cio
Bayard Rustin
Nixon Faces First Setback on Debt Limit Refigure
President Nixon failed to secure a redefined national debt ceiling. The House Ways and Means Committee approved a temporary $12 billion increase through June 30, 1970, instead of the $17 billion refigure he requested.
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Washington
Nixon
House
Ways and Means
Treasury
Congress
Seniors tapped for National Honor Society at Athens High
Inside Today seniors at Athens High School are tapped for National Honor Society membership. Ohio University Bobcats accept bid to play in the National Invitation Tournament next week. Nelsonville mayor tightens on court access and distrusts local Messenger correspondent. Obituaries and classified listings appear in other sections.
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Athens High School
Little Hoover Commis
Cadecake
Thesa Sa
Reeds
Ohio University
Bobcats
Tom Soca Chen
Nelsonville
Messenger
Nuclear Treaty In Senate Faces Expected Criticism
In the Senate the nuclear nonproliferation treaty drew sharp but predictable opposition as supporters push for late July passage. Barry Goldwater warned the pact would make the U S the world police while Fulbright forecast two thirds approval and urged immediate big power disarmament talks.
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Washington
Senate
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
United States
Goldwater
United Nations
Security Council
U. S
J. W. Fulbright
Foreign Relations Committee
Fulbright
Sirhan Expresses No Sorrow Over RFK Killing
In Los Angeles Sirhan Bishara Sirhan tells jurors he is not sorry but not proud about killing Senator Robert F. Kennedy. He says details of the assassination are a blank. The defense plans 17 more witnesses as the 344 days on the stand exposed invective on Jews and Zionism.
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Sirhan Bishara
Sirhan
Robert F. Kennedy
Lynn D. Compton
Grant B. Cooper
Ambassador Hotel
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