Countdown on Schedule for Skylab Launch at Cape Kennedy
The countdown runs on schedule for Skylab the first U S space station to host nine astronauts for eight months. Saturn 5 fuels topped 700000 gallons as 1 30 p m EDT liftoff nears amid cloudy skies and possible rain. Skylab 1 crew Conrad Kerwin Weitz to launch Tuesday for 28 days. Skylab 2 and 3 crews to follow for 56 days each with experiments in medicine science earth resources and space manufacturing.
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Paul J. Weitz
Group To Study Violation Charges In Vietnam Cease Fire
The Inter national Commission of Control and Supervision unanimously agreed to investigate Viet Cong charges that U S planes attacked Communist territory in South Vietnam in violation of the cease-fire. The commission also planned to probe shelling of an ICCS compound at Ben Cat and reported claims of North Vietnamese troop movements into the south.
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International Commission of Control and Supervision
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Bruce Heads For China To Open New Mission
Bruce travels from Hong Kong toward Peking to establish the first U S liaison office in Communist China. He will lead a 31 person staff and act with ambassadorial privileges while the permanent office is readied in three to four weeks.
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Washington
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Mao Tse-tung
France
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John Holderidge
Space Mission At A Glance Skylab 1 Details
CAPE KENNEDY Fla AP Here are facts on the first Skylab mission including planned unmanned launch at 1 30 p m EDT, Skylab 1 crew at 1 p m Tuesday, a 8 40 p m linkup, crew Cmdr Paul J Weitz Cmdr Dr Joseph P Kerwin and Capt Charles Conrad Jr all Navy. Skylab size 118 feet long with 102 foot wingspan three bedroom house living space 12 398 cubic feet weighing 199 750 pounds. Purpose to test long term living and work in space with medical earth resources astronomy solar physics and materials processing experiments. Flight 28 days. Visible at dawn and dusk as a bright star over 75 percent of Earth's land mass between 50N and 50S. Cost 554 million. Subsequent flights Skylab 2 and 3 planned for August and November each with 56 days.
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Paul J. Weitz
Joseph P. Kerwin
Mississippi Recedes as Floodwaters Threaten Farmland
The Mississippi River begins to fall from St Louis toward the Gulf while farmers in the flood valley face ongoing losses. Missouri reports 18 percent of farmland flooded and cotton planting may drop to under a quarter. Secretary Rogers visits Managua to assess earthquake rebuilding after December's disaster that killed about 10,000 and left 300,000 homeless with over 20,000 injured. U S aid exceeds 27 million dollars.
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Manauga
Mexico City
William P. Rogers
Managua
United States
Betty Grable Improves Ambulatory After Illness
Actress Betty Grable continues to improve from a serious illness reported as a duodenal ulcer. A hospital spokesman said she is ambulatory at St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica California.
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Four candidates named for Watergate special prosecutor post
The Baltimore Sun lists four possibilities including David W. Peck former NY appellate chief justice Warren M. Christopher and an ex deputy attorney general from the Johnson era among others. Elliot L. Richardson narrows to four after a nationwide search. Denver reports Colorado Supreme Court Justice William H. Erickson also under consideration. Erickson, 49, sworn Feb. 3 1971, aligns as a Republican and is viewed as a procedural expert.
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Senate Watergate hearings spark clashes over motives
Cabinet member Earl L. Butz blasts the Senate Watergate inquiry as a political inquisition while Chairman Sam Ervin defends the investigation. The dispute unfolds as public hearings near, with reports of possible White House complicity and pressure on President Nixon.
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