Genesis Rock may rewrite lunar history from moon sample
Geologists say Apollo 15 rock No 15415 appears to be the Genesis Rock, an anorthosite dating to about 4.6 billion years ago. If confirmed, it could mark the Moon's primeval crust, formed as Earth and the solar system were born.
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David R. Scott
Alfred M. Worden
James B. Irwin
John W. Young
Thomas K. Mettingly
Charles M. Duke
Moon
Central Highlands
Space Agency
Harrison H. Schmitt
Eugene A. Cernan
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Cambridge
Mass
Wood
Paul W. Gast
Lunar Sciences
Wallace tests Nixon on busing pledge in Alabama clash
President Nixon faces pressure from the U.S. Civil Rights Commission over desegregation and a challenge from Alabama Governor Wallace who orders local officials to ignore a federal busing order. Nixon orders investigations while Wallace acts to move Pamela Davis to a closer school to enable band participation.
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UPI
Nixon
U.S. Civil Rights Commission
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Civil Rights Commission
Wallace
Congress
The
Theodore M. Hesburgh
Notre Dame University
Hesburgh
Justice Department
Health, Education and Welfare Department
Jefferson County Board of Education
Pamela Davis
Ellsberg cites King influence in Pentagon papers release
Dan iel Ellsberg told the Southern Christian Leadership Conference that Dr Martin Luther King inspired him to break an immoral law and publish the Pentagon papers. He warned he may go to prison but would be proud to stand with past activists. Eugene McCarthy urged a new civil rights agenda including jobs care housing and poverty relief.
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New Orleans
UPI
Daniel Ellsberg
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Martin Luther King
King
Ellsberg
Eugene McCarthy
D-Minn
SCLC
Los Angeles
Berrigan Brothers
McCarthy
Union Pushes Boycott of Heublein Products
United Farm Workers threaten to picket New England retailers selling Heublein liquors and products to pressure the firm to buy grapes picked by union fieldhands. Eight pickers began the region wide boycott outside a Medford liquor store. The suit also alleges Heublein and Allied Grap Growers refused to bargain with UFWOC and financed opposition to the boycott. Durango heat leaves 39 children dead from dehydration in 12 days as temperatures soar above 100 degrees.
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Boston
UPI
United Farm Workers
New England
Heublein, Inc
Medford
Mass
Heublein
United Farm Workers Organizing Committee
Afl-Cio
Fresno
Calif
Grap
UFWOC
UFWCC
Durango
Mexico
Renewed DMZ assault Shells bases as fear of big move grows
North Vietnamese artillery and rockets pounded two South Vietnamese firebases near the DMZ in a third straight day of renewed attacks. Twelve South Vietnamese soldiers were wounded at Firebase Alpha 2, while Vietnam War officials noted ongoing North Vietnamese roadwork and a possible intensified strike plan. US air power supported operations with 40 of 46 strikes in the north, and B52s conducted five strikes including routes near Khe Sahn and the A Shau Valley. In other actions, government troops killed 30 guerrillas across Da Nang and the Mekong Delta, with one soldier killed and four wounded. In Cambodia, the ninth mortar barrage hit Preah Prasap near Phnom Penh. Outside Las Vegas, a sign outside the city animal shelter read No dogs allowed per Ordinance 820-629.
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Camp Fuller
Fuller
Cam Lo
Quang Tri
South Vietnam
Dmz Line
Khe Sahn
A Shau
da Nang
Mekong Delta
Cambodia
Preah Prasap
Phnom Penh
Vietnam
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