Christmas Hope Holds For Wife Of Viet Nam POW
Louise Mulligan wife of Cmdr J Mulligan Navy pilot waits for peace as Kissinger signals progress. She joins 21 other wives from Virginia Beach who face years of frustration with wartime hope centered on a Christmas end to the conflict.
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Kathryn Johnson
Virginia Beach
Vietnam
Louise
Mr. Mulligan
Cmdr
J. Mulligan
Henry A. Kissinger
Hanoi
Jim
Mulligan
Hope
Space Center residents mark end of Apollo era
At Barbuda Lane Nassau Bay residents reflect on Apollo 17 as the final moon mission. Neighbors recall astronauts, past tragedies, and the looming shift to Skylab and the shuttle while awaiting returns and adjusting homes for long separations.
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Space Center
Mike Cochran
Barbuda Lane
Cmdr
Eugene Cernan
Wating
Daughter
Cape Kennedy
Roger Chaffee
Barbuda
Mrs. Smith
Cindy
Chaffee’s
Russel L. Schweickart
David R. Scott
James A. McDivitt
Michael Collins
Richard F. Gordon Jr
Terminal cancer patient to witness Apollo 17 splashdown
A 12 year old Arizona boy Kevin Steen who survived multiple operations and cancer in 1973 plans to witness the Apollo 17 splashdown aboard the USS Ticonderoga. His father describes near death years and Kevin's dream of becoming an astronaut drives his optimism despite medical uncertainty.
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Cave Creek
Ariz
Kevin Steen
Ticonderoga
Pacific
Kevin
Cape Kennedy
Fila
U.S
Mayo Clinic
Young Steen
Orion Steen
Vaclav Benes Dies Former Czechoslovakian Diplomat
Vaclav Benes, 62, former Czechoslovakian diplomat who lost his posts under Nazi and Communist regimes, died Wednesday in Bloomington Indiana. He taught political science at Indiana University since 1950.
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Vaclav Benes
Bloomington
Ind
Indiana University
Astronaut Contact Man Plans Hawaii Samoa Flight Schedule
A longtime aerospace liaison has met six astronauts and exchanged with 50 others, traveling with NASA crews and attending Apollo launch events. He was invited by Navy Rear Adm. J L Butts to join the Ticonderoga when astronauts return to Earth and is scheduled for a Hawaii trip on December 15 followed by a Navy flight to Samoa the same day to meet the ship, returning December 20.
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Navy
J. L. Butts
Ticonderoga
Earth
Kevin
Hawaii
Samoa
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