Apollo 15 Launch Opens Moon Mission Era
Apollo 15 blasted off from Cape Kennedy aboard a Saturn 5 at 9 34 a m EDT, beginning a 12 day mission with Col. David R Scott as commander and Maj. Alfred Worden and Lt. Col. James Irwin aboard the Endeavour. The crew aims for a lunar surface landing near Apennine mountains, driving a $8 million lunar rover to map and study, while Worden photographs and sensors map 1 8 of the Moon from 69 miles up. The mission unfolds with televised events and a detailed schedule through August 7 splashdown in the Pacific Ocean.
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Cape Kennedy
UPS
America
Moon
Earth
David R. Scott
Space
Scott
Air Force
Alfred M. Worden
James B. Irwin
Nixon
Camp David
U.S
Irwin
Apennine Mountains
Neil A. Armstrong
Edward E. Aldrin
Worden
Endeavour
Scott and
Lunar Module
Commanding Module
Pacific Ocean
Hawaii
Scientists urge halt on nuclear plant licenses after safety concerns
Four members of the Union of Concerned Scientists warned that emergency cooling systems may fail in a major reactor accident, calling for an immediate halt to new licenses and a comprehensive review of safety measures. The group cited 1957 and 1970 71 tests showing potential core meltdown risks and urged a national program to develop reliable protection against loss of coolant. The authors, Ian Forbes, Henry Kendall, James MacKenzie, and Daniel Ford, stressed gaps in basic safety knowledge amid dozens of U S reactors planned or under construction near populated areas.
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Cambridge
Mass
UPI
Union of Concerned Scientists
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
National
Idaho
The
Atomic Energy) Commission
United States
Inside Columnist Sees Slower Adolescent Recovery Trends
Gerald Raftery argues the disease of adolescence yields slower recoveries than in the past while Tom Wicker questions policy for bailing out billion-dollar firms with little aid to blacks and the disadvantaged. Also notes on Yale students and a forthcoming state park opening in Grafton New York this weekend.
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Gerald Raftery
Tom Wicker
Morey
Yale
New State Park
Grafton
N. Y
Conservationists win appellate victory over Calvert Cliffs plant
Attorney Harvey D. Carter reported that the U S Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia upheld conservationists' case against the Calvert Cliffs nuclear plant in Maryland The ruling found the Atomic Energy Commission improperly implemented the National Environmental Policy Act impacting the Vernon Vermont Yankee hearing and permit process The National Wildlife Federation and other groups have challenged the plant over anticipated environmental harm
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Harvey D. Carter
U.S. Court of Appeals For
District of Columbia
Calvert Cliffs
Carter
Vermont Yankee
Vernon
Atomic Energy Commission
National Wildlife Federation
Town pool to reopen after dead fish scare
The town pool off Kocher Drive will reopen Tuesday at 9 with boosted chlorine after several dead fish were found in the filter bed. Officials said there is no danger and water tests were shipped to Montpelier for analysis.
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Kocher Drive
Bennington
Loomis G. Dana
Dana
Department of Water Resources
William H. Fox
Albert “Prince” Lemieux
Edward R. Lamb
Walloomsac
Montpelier
Lamb
Frank Snow
Snow
Town Pool
Corrections chief Bershad weighs out-of-state job offer
UPI reports Corrections Commissioner Lawrence Bershad may resign to pursue an out-of-state position. He will decide within two weeks, after two years as head and concern over Windsor prison delays. Bids exceeded $5.1 million, prompting January 1972 requests for more funds.
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Montpelier
UPI
Lawrence Bershad
Windsor
Speaking of operations
James Reston recounts his appendectomy in Peking, detailing the surgery on July 17 with 11 top specialists at the Anti Imperialist Hospital, the use of local anesthetic, and his two and a half hour recovery. He notes acupuncture and herbal methods used for postoperative gas relief, and reflects on acupuncture's reception in America and questions of journalistic trickery. He traces hospital history linked to Rockefeller funding and China Medical Board involvement, with Nixon's impending visit and Mao as surrounding context.
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James Reston
N.Y
Peking
Chou En-lai
Wu Wei-jan
Ma Yu-chen
Foreign Ministry
Li Changyuan
America
Henry A. Kissinger
White House
China
South China
Canton
Capital
Peking International Club
Mao Tse-tung
Chou
Chen Chu
United States
Nixon
Kissinger
Rockefeller Foundation of
New York
Union Medical College
Peking Union Medical College
Oliver McCoy
China Medical Board of New York
Rockefeller
McCoy
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NASA
Ian T. Forbes
Lowell Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Institue of Technology
Henry W. Kendall
MIT
James
J. MacKenzie
Audubon Society
Daniel F. Ford
Harvard University
Tuhe
Corrections
Bershad
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