Army Reveals Gas Testing Stirring Congress Alarm
Washington AP congressmen voiced alarm as the Army admitted open-air nerve gas tests over three sites Dugway Proving Ground Utah Edgewood Arsenal Maryland and Fort McClellan Alabama Rep Reuss Mathias Long pressed for suspensions and full reports while Edgewood and Ft McClellan officials defended safety measures and denied open-air biological testing since 1967.
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Washington
Henry S$. Reuss
House
Army
Dugway Proving Ground
Utah
Edgewood Arsenal
Maryland
Fort McClellan
Ala
Sam
Reuss
D-Wis
Charles McC. Mathias
R-Md
Clarence D. Long
Dmd
Edgewood
Congress
Ft. McClellan
Pentagon
Department of the Army
Moon Mission to Plant Flag and Leave Artifacts
NASA reports Apollo 11 will plant the nylon U S flag on the moon during a 2 hour 40 minute EVA. Armstrong and Aldrin will leave a plaque signed by Nixon and three astronauts, a 4100 pound descent stage, tools, two scientific instruments, a TV camera, space junk, overshoes, and other equipment, to be left on the lunar surface for study and future missions.
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Space. Center
Houston
Neil A. Armstrong
Air Force
Edwin E. Aldrin Jr
Armstrong
Earth
Nixon
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Moon
Aldrin
Safeguard Missile Debate Yields No Compromise Yet
Washington AP reports a week of Senate debate on the Safeguard missile system shows opponents seeking a win or compromise while backers resist. Hart and Cooper propose limited research no deployment. McIntyre would allow radar and computer elements but bar missiles. Senate rejected amendments as Pentagon backs the President’s plan. No compromise found yet in the $20 billion procurement bill.
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Washington
Senate
Philip A. Hart
D-Mich
John GC. Tower
Rtex
Hart and Son
John Sherman Cooper
R-Ky
Thomas J. McIntyre
D-N.h
Pentagon
Melvin R. Laird
Congress
Apollo 11 Crew Resting Ahead of Moon Mission
Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong Edwin Aldrin and Michael Collins rest in Cape Kennedy ahead of the moon landing launch scheduled for Wednesday at 9 32 a m EDT. Dr Charles Berry says fatigue is managed and training pace remains high as team maintains flight readiness with ongoing equipment checks and simulators.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Charles A. Berry
Berry
Appeals Court Overturns Dr Spock's Conviction
The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals acquitted Dr. Benjamin Spock and Michael Ferber of conspiracy to counsel draft evasion, ordering new trials for Rev. William Coffin and Mitchell Goodman. The court found insufficient evidence of criminal conspiracy and faulted a trial judge for prejudicial questions. Justices and officials offered mixed responses as the government weighed its options.
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Boston
Benjamin Spock
Vietnam
1St
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Spock
Michael Ferber
Harvard
William
Sloane Coffin Jr
Yale University
Mitchell Goodman
Temple
Maine
Francis J. W. Ford
U.S. District Court
Washington
Justice Department
U.S
Massachusetts
John Wail
Appeals Court
Goodman
Fifteen Charged With Prison Brutality in Arkansas
A federal grand jury charged 15 persons with brutal treatment of inmates in four Arkansas penal institutions. Indictments allege under color of law officials imposed punishments, including electrical shocks and whippings, at Tucker Prison Farm and other sites from 1964 to 1966.
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Little Rock, Act
Arkansas
Kim Bruton
Tucker
State Penitentiary
Bruton
Pulaski
Mississippi
Gary L. Haydis
Cummins Prison Farm
Cummins
Lawrence E. Hudson
G. W. Thompson
Crimins
Thomas O. Morton
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U.S. Navy
Cuba
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Laird
Cooper-Hart and McIntyre
Apollo
Collins
Dr. Spock
Wall
Massachusetts Attorney General
Cape Cod
Ferber
Coffin
Yale
Winthrop Rockefeller
J. Smith Henley
Grand Jury
State Board of Correction
Baytown Sun
Sun
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