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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1969
Page
4
Jodrell Bank director Sir Bernard Lovell reported Luna 15, the unmanned Soviet moonship, went out of contact for 21 minutes near the moon and appeared to move behind it. Signals resumed at 6:10 a.m. CDT with no explanation.
Governor Preston Smith avoided injury when a 800 pound chandelier collapsed in his Austin private office while workmen changed bulbs. He had been away for about three hours and was in Edmonton Alberta with the Texas delegation for Klondike Days. Mrs. Faye Penn said glass splinters flew onto Smiths desk as the fixture fell and they recalled watching the Apollo 11 blast off from the next room.
Senate Democrats Mansfield and Kennedy rejected putting a man on Mars by century’s end as top priority. They urged solving earthly needs hunger housing poverty and education first while space goals be integrated into other national plans after the moon mission. The Space Committee backs a 34.715 billion program for the current year, cut by 250 million from the House authorizaton.
Governors and mayors announce state and city honors for Apollo 11 as Nixon urges a national day of participation. New York and California governors, South Carolina’s McNair, Georgia’s Maddox, Oregon and Maryland join others in giving government workers Monday off. Central Park and city offices plan moon event screenings and prayers accompany the historic landing.
Washington AP report details a 1.88 million dollar US Mexico project to divert salty Marillo drain waters from the Rio Grande into the Gulf of Mexico. Rep. Eligio de la Garza notes completion and expected salt reduction of about 300,000 tons annually, saving 30,000 to 60,000 acre feet of water.
Washington AP report says President Nixon ruled out wage and price controls to combat inflation. Press secretary Ziegler stated the administration would not consider such controls under foreseeable conditions. Treasury Secretary Kennedy had earlier sparked speculation by hinting at potential wage and price ceilings. Kennedy reiterated no firm stance, calling it academic and contingent on other anti inflation moves failing.
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