Astronauts Await Prelaunch Medical Exams
Apollo 11 crew Neil Armstrong Edwin Aldrin and Michael Collins prepared for their eight day mission with final major prelaunch medical examinations. Doctors tracked heart rate respiration and other data to establish baselines and aid in-flight monitoring as countdown progressed. A leak fix halted count delays and launch director Petrone outlined critical milestones set for late Monday involving fuel, pressurization, and power transfer.
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Cape Kennedy
Fila
Neil A. Armstrong
Edwin E. Aldrin Jr
Michael Collins
Moon
Armstrong
Aldrin
Lunar
Mission Control Center
Rocco Petrone
Five Day Forecast Sees Temperature Averages Near Normal
The outlook through Wednesday shows temperatures averaging near 48 degrees with little day to day change. Showers are expected Monday as unsettled conditions persist.
OAB Adopts Policy For Local Control
Gov Francis W Sargent announced the Outdoor Advertising Board adopted a policy for greater local control of billboards and urged the legislature to make local control a law. He noted past conflicts with towns over permits and called for enforcement powers for local authorities to curb billboard erection in line with city ordinances.
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Boston
Francis W Sargent
Outdoor Advertising Board
Sargent
OAB
Great Barrington Board of Selectmen
British Yacht Found Empty Sailor Missing
An air and sea search began for Donald Crowhurst, 36, the Briton whose three hulled yacht was found empty about 700 miles west of the Azores. The U S Air Force Hercules plane and the British Royal Navy radio call mobilized ships to look for him after his agent revealed Crowhurst reported mouldy food and dwindling water.
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London
Donald Crowhurst
Azores
U.S. Air Force
40Th Air Rescue Squadron
Ranstein
West Germany
Royal Navy
Crowhurst
Nixon Bids Reds Accept Thieu Offer
President Nixon welcomed Thieu's peace proposals as a path to a rapid settlement if the Communists negotiate seriously. He said the offers create a fair option arrived at through free elections and noted earlier talks underlined a shared aim for an honorable conclusion to the Vietnam war. Biden no.
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Washington
Nixon
Nguyen van Thieu
South Vietnam
Thieu
Hanoi
Midway Island
Ronald L. Ziegler
White House
Saigon
Thien
Ziegler
Spock Conviction Reversed on Appeal in Draft Conspiracy Case
The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed convictions of Dr. Benjamin Spock and three others for conspiring to counsel draft evasion. It freed Spock and Ferber, ordered retrials for Coffin and Goodman, and upheld free speech protections under the First Amendment. Retrials stem from trial judge errors and improper jury questions.
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Boston
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Benjamin Spock
Spock
Harvard
Michael Feber
William Sloane Coffin Jr
Yale University
Mitchell Goodman
Temple
Maine
Goodman
Coffin
New York
Cape Cod
Ferber
U.S. Dist
Francis J. W. Ford
Voting Rights Bill Faces Senate Test
Washington AP report notes Nixon administration seeks a nationwide voting rights law to replace the 1965 act. Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearings feature Mitchell and Thurmond debating scope and strategy as House moves to extend the 1963 act for five years.
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Senate
Washington
House
Nixon
John N. Mitchell
Judiciary Committee
Judiciary
Emanuel Celley
D-N.y
Sam J. Ervin Jr
D-N.c
Clarence Mitchell
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Strom Thurmond
R-S.c
Aikens Nay Steers Senate Toward ABM Compromise
Senator Aiken frames a compromise plan to limit Safeguard ABM to research and testing while barring deployment. Senate debates two Pacific test-site options Kwajelein and Minwietak as possible middle ground amid White House and Pentagon positions.
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Aiken
Nay
Senate
ABM
Washington
Pacific
George D. Aiken
Vermont
John Sherman Cooper
Rey
Philip A. Hart
Dmich
North Dakota
Montana
Thomas J. McIntyre
D-N.h
Bulliken
Winston L. Prouty
Aiker
Jom J. Williams
Delaware
Soviet Union
DPU Orders Improvement in Telephone Service
The Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities ordered New England Telephone to sharply improve deteriorated service and gave 90 days to submit plans in six areas. The 12 directives compel immediate compliance and reserve power to enact rules, with quality of service to face future rate cases. The commission cited delayed installations, false busy signals, and unreasonable tolls as key problems and demanded detailed corrective plans and regular reports.
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Boston
Department of Public Utilities
New England Telephone
DPU
DPA
Commission
Commonwealth
New England Telephone and Telegraph Company
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Edward M. McEntee
Frank M. Coelfin
By Carl P. Leabsdorf
Packard Hedges
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David R. Packard
Packard
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Foreign Relations Committee
Defense Department
Peter Dominick
R-Corp
Sen
George Aiken
Capitol
Statuary Hall
Nion
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