Skylab power problems prompt possible space walk
Skylab suffers power losses with 12 percent of available power down as one battery fails. Commander Charles Conrad Jr recommends freeing a jammed solar panel, while flight controllers shift experiments to conserve electricity. Dr Kerwin and Paul Weitz assist in the effort as they approach day seven of a 28 day mission. The report notes antenna work by GTE Sylvania for future space probes.
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Charles Conrad Jr
Orbiting Lab
Conrad
Joseph P. Kerwin
Paul J. Weitz
United States
Mission Control
Neil Hutchinson
Airliner hijackers demand ransom and safe passage
Two masked hijackers seized a four engine SAM plane with 69 passengers at Aruba, demanding 200000 dollars and the release or safe transport of 140 leftist prisoners to Panama and Cuba. Government hopeful negotiations will force the release and crew safety.
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Bogota
Colombia
Aruba
Caribbean
Sam
Jorge Lucena
Medellin
Lucena
Cali
Panama
Cuba
National Liberation Army
Ehrlichman CIA testimony disputes chief claims in Watergate case
Ehrlichman blames a former CIA deputy director for coverup role and says he cannot recall asking for CIA help used in the Ellsberg burglary. He contests statements by Haldeman and other CIA officials, while a House subcommittee probes possible mail tampering in political campaigns and a Sept. 11 trial date is set for Mitchell, Stans, Vesco, and Sears.
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Washington
John D. Ehrlichman
Central Intelligence Agency
White House
CIA
E. Howard Hunt
Ellsberg
Ehrlichman
Senate Appropriations Subcommittee On Intelligence
H.R. Haldeman
Ehrlich
Charles H. Wilson
House Post Office
E. T. Klassen
George B. Gould
Wilson
Edmund S. Muskie
Washington Post
Muskie
New Hampshire
George McGovern
Florida
New York
Atty
John N. Mitchell
Commerce
Maurice H. Stans
Robert Vesco
New Jersey
Harry Sears
Con
Nader group seeks shutdown of 20 nuclear plants in 12 states
Consumer advocate Ralph Nader and the FOE filed suit in U S District Court DC asking to shut down 20 large nuclear plants across Illinois Michigan Minnesota and Wisconsin. They charged the AEC with illegal operation and insufficient ECCS safeguards risking public health and safety.
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Washington
Ralph Nader
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Nader
Friends of the Earth
FOE
AEC
Illinois
Michigan
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Commission
U.S. District Court For
District of Columbia
David Brower
San Francisco
Indian Point 2
New York
Point Beach 2
Two Creeks
Wis
Vermont Yankee
Pioneer Publication and Subscription Rates Notice
The Pioneer announces subscription rates for Bemidji Minnesota readers. Mail in trade zone is 21 dollars per year and outside trade area is 23 dollars annually. Carrier delivery costs 2.50 dollars per month.
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The
Pioneer
Scrippshift Newspapers, Inc
Neilson
Pioneer Street
Bemidji
Minnesota
Associated Press
Minnesota Newspaper Association
Audit Bureau of Circulations
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Mountain View
Calif
GTE Sylvania Inc
Earth
Moon
Scarecrows
Dave Roholt
Ben Gallagher
Try
Freedom
Howard Hunt
Hunt
Lewis Fielding
Beverly Hills
Pentagon
Daniel Ellsberg
Nader Group
Nixon
U.S. District Court
Lee Gagliardi
Grad Samsonite
Hwy
Clint Eastwood
Joe Kidd
Irechnicolor
PaNavision
PGI
Universal /Malpaso Company
Misty
Yvo
Isvo
Seagram
Fee Conadias
Sik
SEO E Seagran
ONA
Canada
Baccarat
V.O
Trocolor
Columbia Pictures Presents
Coorce
C. Scott Stacy Keach
Robert Chartoff
Darwin Winkler
Doctors’ Wives
Dyan Cannon
Richard Crenna
IAS
Butch Cassidy
Navy
Naval Reserve
Wahnschaffe
Dappe
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