Apollo 10 Dress Rehearsal for Moon Landing
Space historians note Apollo 10 and astronauts Stafford Cernan and Young as key to the first American lunar mission. The July 20 landing depends on Apollo 10 solving earlier spacecraft issues and confirming mission feasibility to reduce risk.
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Thomas P. Stafford
Eugene A. Cernan
John W. Young
Sea of Tranquility
Stafford
Cernan
Young
Cape Kennedy
America
Moon
Bypace
Apollo
George Low
Earth
Rinso Frogs Win at Calaveras Jubilee Frog Jump Contest
Rinso named frog jumped 18 feet 31 inches to win the Calaveras County Jubilee at Angels Camp with Leonard Hall and Bill Proctor of Lafayette owning the record 19 feet 314 inches. Their frog Slimy placed second with 16 feet 4 1/2 inches. Third went to Ricco owned by Fran Guisto. Gov McCall of Oregon won the governor’s jump with 15 feet 2 inches. The event drew about 75,000 as part of a Twain anniversary celebration.
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Ricco
Fran Guisto
Acampo
Calif
Mark Twain
Calaveras County
Tom McCall
Oregon
Adm
Nobby Ill
John E. Everroad
Nebraska
Obscenity and Rebels Echo Through Campus Magazines
A retired editor recalls youthful editing at college and compares past literary controversy with a modern underground Phoenix at Berkshire Community College. He notes shared themes across generations, laments permissive language, yet values continued publishing as a voice for campus youth.
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the Phoenix
Berkshire Community College
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By Paul K. Harras
UPI
Space Winter
Washington
Daniel J. Evans
Dapper Dan
Howard Hughes II
Howard
Oran Gregson
Las Vegas
Literary Quarterly
Bill Manchester
Meath
Krupp
George Benoit
National Bank Region
Catamount National Bank of
North Bennington
Vermont
U.S. Treasury
U.S
United States
Arthur E, Wickenden
S. Whitney
Dickey Merritt S. Hewitt, Jr
Frederick H. Welling
Directors
Ophelia Pratt
Homer Hunglow
Manchester
Benoit
Bennington, Vt
Bennington
Lions Club
Elise
Peace Corps
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