Apollo 17 Nears Moon In Mid Voyage On Target Orbit
Apollo 17 nears the moon after passing halfway point in its outward journey. Astronauts Cernan Evans and Schmitt report good rest as ground controllers plan a one second thrust to enter lunar orbit. Cernan notes the ship America and lunar module Challenger remain nose to nose on course.
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Harrison H. Schmitt
Earth
America
Challenger
Lunar
Mission Control
Apollo 17
Schmitt
Space
Cernan
Nature Center expansion gains preliminary grant approval
Preliminary approval has been granted for a grant to acquire 50 acres at the Jay C. Hormel Nature Center. The funds will move toward official LAWCON approval, with final clearance from the federal LAWCON program possible in a month or more. Negotiations remain incomplete with owner Paul Lightly.
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Jay C. Hormel Nature Center
Darrell Stacy
Stacy
State Office of Local and Urban Affairs
Lawcon
Paul
Eveleth man indicted in stolen trade secrets case
Bruce F. Jagnuich, 25, formerly with Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing, is charged by federal grand jury with interstate transportation of stolen industrial secrets. He allegedly tried to sell 3M trade secrets in October to Mystic Tape of the Borden Co. in Chicago. Maximum penalty is 10 years and $10,000.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Eveleth
Bruce F. Jagnuich
Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Co
Mystic Tape Division
Borden Co
Chicago
Papers trial set for next Tuesday
U S District Court Judge Matt Byrne ruled the Pentagon Papers trial will begin next Tuesday but the government must remove about 100 pages of evidence it had planned to present. The ruling bars citing pages not disclosed to the defense.
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Los Angeles
U.S. District Court
Matt Byrne
Unemployment Rate Drops to 5.2 Percent in November
The Labor Department said the national jobless rate fell from 5.5 to 5.2 percent, the lowest in 27 months. Unemployed dropped by over 260,000 to 42 million, while total employment stayed near 82.7 million. earnings edged lower due to fewer hours worked but weekly pay rose 6.9 percent from a year ago.
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Washington
Labor Department
Weather outlook with bitter single digit lows
Low temperatures drop to 10 below zero tonight with sharp cold, Saturday brings cloudy skies and further cooling near zero. Strong winds may accompany the frigid air, making wind chill harsher across many areas.
Minnesota receives 52.3 million in federal revenue sharing
Federal revenue sharing allocated for January to June totals 52,396,328 for Minnesota with 17,560,612 to the state government. Cities and counties receive the remainder. Austin gets 193,909 as part of Mower County’s share, along with other county and city allocations across the state.
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Minneapolis, Minn
Minnesota
Congress
Mondale
Hennepin
Minneapolis
Life magazine to fold after Dec. 29 issue
Time Inc announced Life will discontinue publication with the December 29 issue after 36 years. The decision cites ongoing losses through 1974, as staff gathered for a farewell meeting at the Time Life Building following Look’s earlier closure and rising costs.
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Life Magazine
New York
Time, Inc
Henry Luce
Life
Time-Life
Sixth Avenue
50Th Street
Look
Temple professor helps foil Ethiopian airliner hijack
Prof. Roderick Helsinger of Temple University helped foil an airliner hijacking near Addis Ababa. He grabbed a live grenade and hurled it toward a seat as security guards killed seven hijackers, including a woman, injuring several passengers and crew.
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Ethiopia
Rodrick Hilsinger
Temple University
Philadelphia
Hilsinger
Eritrea
Roderick Helsinger
Ethiopa
Helsinger
Rep Helen McMillan named chair of Minnesota Crime Prevention
Rep Helen McMillan was named chairman of the Minnesota House Committee on Crime Prevention and Correction by speaker elect Rep Martin Sabo. She serves her sixth term and is the second woman to chair a legislative standing committee in Minnesota.
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House
Martin C. Sabo
McMillan
Minnesota
Sabo
Peter X. Fugina
Virginia
Stanley Fudro
Minneapolis
Roy Ryan
St. Paul
Health and Welfare
University of Minnesota
Minnesota League of Women Voters
Womens
Human Rights Dept
Snowmobile Trails Open In City Parks For Winter
James Haben announces city parks open for snowmobiling this winter including South Chesner Sutton Lafayette and East Side Lake with 100 yard skating and sliding restrictions. Wildwood Park also open with same restrictions. Parks operate 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. only when snow covers turf areas.
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James Haben
Austin Park and Recreation Dept
South Chesner Park
Sutton Park
Lafayette Park
East Side Lake
Wildwood Park
Schedule of Pages VS-Mkt TV Editorial ment Society Comics Area News Sports Classified
The page shows sections for TV Entertain Editorial and society notes with marked areas for comics, area news, sports and classified listings across pages 4 through 15. It indicates a traditional newspaper layout and content organization.
Kennel Owner Gives Away Poodles After Ad
A kennel owner listed low cost dogs in the Austin Herald to close the business due to illness. Grow stock of poodles were offered free and quickly found homes over a one day run before cancellation. Call 433-8851 for similar results.
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Austin Herald
Ireland Votes Yes to Church's Special Position Removal and Voting Age Cut
In Dublin, Ireland voters approve removing the Catholic Church's constitutional special position and lowering the voting age to 18. Early results show about 56 percent turnout with roughly five to one in favor. In Northern Ireland, a murder task force hunts assassins tied to sectarian killings, as Elliott, a UDA lieutenant-colonel, is found fatally injured. A bomb injures several in Armagh and a factory fire damages a plant in Portadown.
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Ireland
Catholic Church
Northern Ireland
Ernest Duke Elliott
Bélsfast
Ulster Defense Association
Irish Republican Army
Elliot
UDA
Elliott
Co Ottary
William
Kissinger and Tho Meet for Fifth Secret Vietnam Talks
Paris AP Henry A Kissinger and Hanoi's Tho met for the fifth time this week in secret Vietnam peace discussions hosted at a Paris villa. Kissinger had also conferred with President Pompidou, who plays a backstage mediating role. News blackout maintained.
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Henry A. Kissinger
Pompidou
Kissinger
Tho
Nixon
U.S
Washington
Xuan Thuy
Gif-sur-Yvette
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