Astronauts chart lunar landing sites after a hectic day
Apollo 10 astronauts Stafford Young and Cernan mapped landing sites and landmarks during near lunar surface passes. They tested LEM hover capability, rehearsed approach choices, and corrected a docking ring misalignment before undocking for the final return.
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Lunar
Space Center
Houston
Air Force
Thomas P. Stafford
Navy
John W. Young
Eugene A. Cernan
Mission Control
Stafford
Cernan
Stafford, Young and
Austin High students stage evening boycott and march
About 100 students attempted to boycott before classes at Austin High School but most attended. By 9 45 p m more than 300 students from Ellis Junior High joined outside the building. They marched down 1st Ave NW to the Administration Building and Main Street carrying signs, chanting settle now while remaining in crosswalks. They urged concern over teacher Board contract negotiations, stressing they are not for or against either side, just about education.
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Austin High School
Ellis Junior High
1St Ave. NW
4Th Ave. NE
Main St
Compromise on split liquor set for passage
ST. PAUL AP A new compromise on the split liquor controversy appeared ready for passage in the legislature today allowing communities with municipal stores to license by the drink in private hotels motels and restaurants The plan keeps off sale municipal stores and treats the moratorium on the fair trade law separately Bloomington a central figure in the liquor fight and Sen Jer ome Blatz backed expanding licenses in towns under 100000
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ST. Paul
Jerome Blatz
Bloomington
Sirhan arrives on Death Row at San Quentin at dawn
Sirhan Bishara Sirhan the convicted Kennedy assassin was flown secretly from Los Angeles to San Quentin to begin life on Death Row. The dawn arrival followed a predawn flight.
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Sirhan
San Quentin
Calif
Sirhan Bishara
Sen
Robert F. Kennedy
San Quentin Prison
Los Angeles
11th hour work on taxes in Minnesota
Minnesota lawmakers near end of 1969 session with little expected for local governments. Piggy back sales tax for municipalities appears unlikely after House leaders and Governor LeVander plan for today’s conference. Rep Harold Anderson doubts any local-option tax will be enacted amid gubernatorial and legislative opposition. House Tax Committee to review remaining tax matters.
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Gerry Nelson
ST. Paul
Minnesota
Harold LeVander
House
Harold J. Anderson
Anderson
Fossey family moves after threats amid Austin dispute
Kenneth Fossey, chairman of the Teachers' Council, moved his family from Austin after three warning calls claiming a threat to their safety. MEA officials arrived to assist, stressing Fossey acts for groups, not as an individual, while police take precautions. Irwin Mickelson, superintendent, condemned harassment and urged respect for all involved in the school board dispute.
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Linda Alland
Kenneth Fossey
Teachers’ Council
Austin
Fossey
Minnesota Education Assn
MEA
Fulton Klinker Iues
Deepy
Klinkerfues
Ken
Bradley
Duane Wilson
Irwin Mickelson
Mickelson
Board of Education
Titan 3 rocket orbited five U.S. military satellites
A Titan 3 rocket from Cape Kennedy lofted five satellites at 3:57 a.m. EDT, including two Sentry units to monitor potential nuclear test ban violations. The payload separated into orbits from roughly 10,900 to 69,000 miles above Earth five hours and 11 minutes after launch.
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Cape Kennedy, Fla
Cape Kennedy
Earth
House panel seeks 650 million to fight hunger
The House Appropriations Committee endorsed 650 million dollars within a 6.8 billion bill to fund the Agriculture Department for the new fiscal year starting July 1. It calls for locating hungry people nationwide and giving them free food when needed based on age income and employability with 311 million for children programs and 340 million for food stamps to assist low income families.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Department of Agriculture
U.S
House
Nixon
Allies told of greater responsibility in Asia
Secretary of State William P. Rogers left Bangkok with allied ministers noting they will bear more of their defense burden in the future. U.S. aims to wind down Vietnam but will not abandon commitments. Rogers travels to New Delhi en route to Midway Island talks with President Nixon and South Vietnamese President Thieu on June 8.
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Bangkok
William P. Rogers
Southeast Asia
U.S
Rogers
Nixon
United States
New Delhi
Midway Island
Nguyen van Thieu
Stolen C130 Likely Down Over Sea After Night Flight
A U S airman took a four engine C130 Hercules from Mildenhall England after a night of drinking. About 12 hours later officials said the craft is presumed down at sea with fuel exhausted. Sgt Paul A Meyer 23 of Poquoson Va flew north of Cherbourg France then radioed his wife before losing radar contact. He had no training in such craft and was reportedly drinking the night before the theft. Jets searched the area but found nothing, with possible landing hopes at Goose Bay Gander or Langley air bases fading as rescue prospects dim.
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Thomas A. Reedy
London
England
U.S
3Rd Air Force
Air Force
Mildenhall Air Base
Paul A. Meyer
Poquoson
Meyer
English Channel
Cherbourg
France
Virginia
Sgt. Meyer
USAF
Atlantic
Goose Bay
Labrador
Gander
Newfoundland
Langley Air Force Base
Lindbergh Points To Moon Flight From 1929 Talk
Lindbergh says Robert Goddard told him in 1929 a moon voyage was theoretically possible but costly. He recalls Goddard warning it might cost a million dollars, then adds Apollo's $2.3 billion 1969 program cost. The remarks came at an Air Line Pilots Association meeting, recorded for public release. Lindbergh notes aviation’s era of art and science must balance ambition with practicality.
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Vern Haugland
Washington
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lone Eagle
Pioneer Aviation
Robert Goddard
Lindbergh
Goddard
U.S
Air Line Pilots Association
Charles Jr
Losses in Vietnam reach 5388 U S aircraft and helicopters
The U S Command reports 42 more American planes and helicopters lost in the past week raising the total to 5 388 since the start of 1961 2 713 fixed wing aircraft and 2 675 helicopters. Two helicopters were shot down near Saigon with two Americans killed or wounded. B52 bombers continued strikes on North Vietnamese buildup areas as ground fighting flared in an infiltration corridor northwest of Saigon.
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Saigon
Vietnam
U.S
Dak To
Discontinuance of NP passenger trains between Fargo and Winnipeg
ST PAUL AP Discontinuance of Northern Pacific passenger trains 12314 and 12413 between Fargo North Dakota and Winnipeg Manitoba will take effect Sunday after ICC approval. NP also posted plans to discontinue Mainstreeter Nos 1 and 2 between St Paul and Seattle Tacoma at 12:01 a.m. July 13 unless objections prompt ICC ruling.
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ST. Paul
Northern Pacific
Pasenger
Fargo
N.D
Winnipeg
Man
Interstate Commerce Commission
Seattle-Tacoma
Wash
ICC
Trial centers on box used in Mackle kidnapping
Police identify the box used in the Barbara Jane Mackle kidnapping case as the one carried to trial for Steve Krist. Officers say the box is the instrument linked to the alleged abduction and confinement, tying Krist to the crime and the ransom plot.
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Steve Krist
Barbara Jane Mackle
Miss Mackle
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