Apollo 16 lunar flyby and near disaster report
Apollo 16 astronauts Stafford Young and Cernan circled the moon in the 21st orbit, mapped landing sites, and repaired a jammed camera after a tense day. They later redocked successfully with the command ship, faced a gear misalignment issue, and prepared for a return to Earth after testing the LEM in lunar orbit.
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Lunar
Pacific Ocean
Stafford
Cernan
Young and
Neil A. Armstrong
Edwin A. Aldrin
Sea of Tranquility
Crater
Moltke
Young
Snoopy
Charlie Brown
Glynn Limney
Rifk
Moon
U S Loses 42 More Aircraft in Vietnam War
The U S Command reports 42 aircraft lost in the past week raising totals to 5 388 since 1961 with 2 713 fixed wing planes and 2 673 helicopters. Two $2 million Phantom fighters and a KC130 tanker were among losses, with eight crewmen killed. Ground fighting and B 52 bombing continued around Saigon Tay Ninh and Dak To as USAF tests 15 000 pound bombs for clearing helicopter landing zones.
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Saigon
Vietnam
U.S
Dak To
Tay Ninh
Graduation plan settled for both speaker and folk singer
In Sheffield the Southern Berkshire Regional School Committee approved Principal Albert J. Trocchi's plan to include both a speaker and a folk singer at graduation. A student letter opposed replacing the speaker, and surveys showed 80 seniors favored the folk singer while 18 backed a speaker. The committee and Terry Koldys, class president, endorsed a dual solution with unnamed speaker and Paton singers Caroline and Sandy from Sharon, Conn.
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Sheffield
Southern Berkshire Regional School
Albert J. Trocchi
Neil G. Fletcher
Terry Koldys
Trocchi
Suzanne O'Connell
The
Glass
Caroline
Sandy Paton
Sharon
Cann
Koldys
House Panel Slices Funds In Urging Hunger Fight
The House Appropriations Committee urged $650 million to fight hunger and malnutrition among the poor in a $16.9 billion Agriculture bill for the fiscal year starting July 1. About $311 million would fund children’s programs and $340 million would back food stamps to aid low income families. The panel criticized media coverage of hunger while noting malnutrition persists and stressing no single cause.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Department of Agriculture
Department
U.S
House
Nixon
Commodity Credit Corporation
Jamie L. Whitten
D-Miss
CBS
Whitten
San Antonio, Tex
American airman steals four engine C130 in England
Sgt. Paul A. Meyer of Paquoson Virginia, a ground crew chief, flew a four engine C130 Hercules from an English base with nine hours of fuel. He reportedly drank the previous night, slipped past base security, and evaded radar before disappearing toward the Atlantic as U.S. and British jets searched the skies.
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London
Air Force
England
Rd Air Force
Paul A. Meyer
Paquoson
Meyer
Atlantic
U.S
Pentagon eyeing retirement of Polaris subs to cut costs
A Washington Post report says a Pentagon study proposes sinking ten of the 41 Polaris submarines after Poseidon tests prove successful. It argues retirement could save about 70 million in 1970 and 150 million in 1971, with burial at sea as a disposal option.
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Washington
Pentagon
Washington Post
United States
The
Post
Navy
Cape Kennedy
Polaris
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
General Electric Co
Ordnance Systems
Pittsfield
State Ups Tax 2¢ on Cigarettes Across New England
The state Senate and House passed a two cent cigarette tax increase to 12 cents, raising the package tax to 20 cents including federal excise. Gov. Sargent is expected to approve for immediate effect. New Hampshire and other states discuss hikes as consumer prices rise from a typical 35 cent pack.
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State Senate
House
Gov. Sargent
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Maine
Vermont
Rhode Island
New Hampshire
New York State
Summit Five Day Forecast Temperature Trend
The forecast shows temperatures staying below the seasonal normal of 57 degrees through Wednesday. Conditions remain relatively steady with generally cloudy days and limited rainfall. Rain is possible on Monday and Tuesday.
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Howard Benedict
Mission Control
Galveston Bay
Ueb
Houston
Tex
Charles Duke
Space Agency
Associated Press
Mary Agnes Stevens
O'Connell
America
Hollywood
Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee
Citizens Crusade Against Poverty
U.S.A
Memphis
James Earl Ray
Tennessee State
Nashville
Martin Luther King
George Washington
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