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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1971
Page
2
Apollo 15 astronauts prepared for splashdown in the Pacific at 4 46 p m EDT Saturday about 316 miles north of Hawaii. Their command ship carried moon rocks and photographs and the Okinawa helicopter carrier stood by to recover them.
Scientists will begin sifting through Hadley Hills rocks Monday with David R. Scott and James B. Irwin present. They collected 170 to 180 pounds near the Apennine Mountains. The Lunar Receiving Laboratory at the Manned Spacecraft Center expects the last shipment by Sunday and will start processing on Monday morning. The astronauts splash down Saturday in the Pacific and skip postflight quarantine.
The State Department granted permission for a 12 man U S volleyball squad to visit Cuba next week the largest U S sports delegation to Cuba since 1961. They will play in a Havana tournament August 12 to 16 while the team competes in Cali Colombia.
Film review lauds The Andromeda Strain for fidelity to Crichton novel with Arthur Hill David Wayne James Osborne and Kate Reid delivering intelligent science fiction. Drive in features Colossus The Forbin Project a tale of a defense computer with nuclear power and world domination schemes. Hathaway's Disney double bill offers The Barefoot Executive and The Castaways at North Hoosick drive-in.
The notice lists birthdates of 1952 draft lottery candidates for 1972 and reviews films at local venues. It mentions Love Story with Ali MacGraw and Ryan O'Neal, Klute at Williams College Cinema with Donald Sutherland and Jane Fonda, and Bananas by Woody Allen at Manchester venues. Entry times cover cinema showings and drive-ins in Williamstown and Manchester.
Five American GIs were killed and two wounded when a dud 250 pound bomb rigged by the Viet Cong exploded as a booby trap in the Que Son valley about 10 miles south of Da Nang. A civilian bus strike killed 200 South Vietnamese and injured 16, as B52s resumed strikes in Quang Tri Province and allied spokesmen reported heavy activity near the DMZ.
Foreign News Commentary notes rising optimism over a Berlin settlement after May and June talks. Soviets accept responsibility for guaranteed access between West Berlin and West Germany, while West Germany curtails some political presence in West Berlin but keeps economic and cultural ties.
At Tulcea Romanian President Nicolae Ceausescu visits a pig farm as Warsaw Pact talks occur aboard a Soviet cruiser and troops from Russia Hungary and Czechoslovakia hold maneuvers near Romania. Moscow warns against independent policy while Romania mulls its stance amid heightened pressure.
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