Duke Apollo 16 astronaut marked by American pride
Charles Moss Duke Jr., lunar module pilot for Apollo 16, speaks of his deep American identity and heritage, tracing ancestry to a Revolutionary War soldier. Born in Charlotte, he rose from military prep to the Air Force and MIT on the path to astronaut selection, played a key voice role in Apollo 11, and prepares for a three day lunar mission with John Young and Thomas Mattingly II.
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American Legion
The
Sons of the American Revolution
Charlotte
N.C
William M. Duke
Lancaster
E. Duke
U.S. Naval Academy
Naval Aviation
Air Force
Germany
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Dorothy Meade Claiborned
Atlanta
Air Force Test Pilot’s School
Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
Earth
Thomas K. Mattingly II
Mattingly
John Young
Young
Moon
Lunar
Dukes
el Lago
Manned Spacecraft Center
Charlie
Tom
Gilly pleads guilty in Yablonski murder case
Annette Gilly pleads guilty to murder in the Joseph Yablonski slaying and agrees to testify in exchange for a promise that the death penalty will not be sought against her. She is one of five arrested. her husband is already condemned to death and her father awaits trial.
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Washington, Pa
Annette Gilly
United Mine Workers
Joseph Yablonski
Gilly
UMW
Wage bill passes Senate Labor subcommittee
The Senate Labor subcommittee approved a minimum wage bill with no Republican opposition. It sets $2.20 per hour for most workers within a year and scales raises for those hired after 1966. The White House seeks a $2 floor by 1974, expanding coverage to over six million more workers.
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Washington
Senate Labor Subcommittee
Labor Committee
White House
Red tape blamed in road delays
Federal red tape delays push back up to 40 million dollars in Minnesota highway contracts set for April through June on I 94 I 35W and I 90. State Highway Commissioner Ray Lappegaard cites reduced federal funds and a frozen pool that favored southern states.
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St. Cloud
Ray Lappegaard
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Crow River
Minneapolis
Hastings
Monticello
Faribault
Jackson County
Fairmont
Roosevelt
Baudette
Snellman
Weaver
Kellogg
Marshall Bypass
Eden Valley
Kimball
Long Prairie
Little Falls
Ervin demands White House aides testify before ITT probe
Sen. Sam Ervin says he will block Kleindienst's attorney general nomination unless White House aides Peter Flanigan and William Timmons testify in the Senate Judiciary Committee investigation into ITT and related matters. He argues executive privilege does not cover third parties in public records cases.
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Washington
Sam J. Ervin Jr
Richard G. Kleindienste
White House
Senate
CAITT
Ervin
G. Kleindienst
Peter Flanigan
Senate Judiciary Committee
ITT
Committee
Ronald L. Ziegler
Nixon
Flanigan
William Timmons
Kleindienst
Judiciary Committee
Attorne
Jac Anderson
an_International Telegraph & Telephone Corp
Life Magazine
Justice Department
California
Henry E. Petersen
Department
U.S
Harry Steward
San Diego
Petersen
Steward
Bemidji Chamber keeps craft shop at waterfront location
The Bemidji Area Chamber of Commerce board kept the Senior Citizens Craft Shop at the waterfront building and planned exterior improvements under Project Pride. They accepted the resignation of Executive Secretary Rogers Frederickson effective April 9 and scheduled interviews for a temporary successor.
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Senior Citizens Craft Shop
Bemidji
Chamber
Pride
Rogers Frederickson
Vern Wrolstad
Sid Swedmark
Recreation program to headline Bemidji meeting agenda
Bemidji Parks and Recreation panel to discuss summer recreation at tonight’s 8 p.m. session in city hall council chambers. The group will also check with the National Chamber of Commerce for available chamber managers and review Project Pride progress. Rich Siegert named as candidate for Minnesota Heartland Inc. director, while Baumgartner reports on a wild rice symposium in which the chamber participated.
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Council Chambers
City Hall
National Chamber of Commerce
Vern Schanileck
Project Pride
Rich Siegert
Minnesota Heartland Inc
Baumgartner
Redlake School Board Election Filing Opens
The Redlake district invites qualified voters to file for two open school director seats. Filing runs until April 25 with elections set for Tuesday May 16 from 6 to 8 p.m. at Redlake High School Redley Community Center and Ponemah School. Incumbents Maurice Bailey and Peter Strong seek three year terms.
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Redlake School Board
Redlake High School
Redley Community Center
Ponemah School
Maurice Bailey
Peter Strong
Holifield Denies ITT Payoff Charge In 1968 Contract Case
Rep. Chet Holifield D Calif denies columnist Jack Anderson charge that he took a 500 payoff to help ITT for an airfield equipment contract in 1968. ITT also denies. Holifield says the 1968 letter to the Defense Department was routine and unpaid. ITT says it briefed 20 California representatives on the contract impact.
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San Diego
Frank Thornton
Steward
Nixon
Thornton
C. Arnholt Smith
Petersen
John V. Tunney
D-Calif
Thorton
Grand Jury
Edward M. Kennedy
Dmass
Justice Department
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Jack Anderson
ITT
Anderson
International Telephone & Telegraph Corp
Robert L. Schmidt
Holifield
Defense Department
Schmidt
California
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Lillian Lee
Joe Norbe
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Melvin Dyrhaug
Richard Anderson
James Meade
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Rollie Collins
Rudy Lee
Bill Neimi
Charles Moss Duke Jr
Charles M. Duke Jr
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Tex
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Brooke Army Hospital
Charlottesville
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Mrs. Beard
Fredrickson
Park Rapids
Redlake
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Gary
Paul Bunyan Amusement Center
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Bob Laughlin
Buffalo, Mo
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Fred van Brunt
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