Taconic High opens as new era for city schools
Taconic High School is to be dedicated tomorrow as part of a long city effort in high school education. The article traces Pittsfield’s evolution from early classes at Pittefield Academy to successive buildings, fires, and re openings culminating in Taconic’s debut on September 3, noting prior structures cost, dates, and capacities.
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Pittefield Academy
Old Burying Ground
School Street
Central Fire Station
Berkshire Medical College
South Street
Memorial Park
Pittsfield’ High
Berkshire Community College
Millon Pittsfield High
East Street
City
City University
Midtown
Manhattan
Washington
American Legion
Jackson County
Michigan
Milton
Apollo 12 faces electrical jolt after moon launch
Apollo 12 astronauts Charles Conrad Jr and Alan Bean returned to the lunar module Intrepid after two unscheduled trips to check for damage from an electrical surge at lift off. Mission control traced a power drain to a switch and considered a possible static discharge during ascent.
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Space Center, Houston
Charles Conrad Jr
Alan L. Bean
Conrad
Apollo
Mission Control
Space Agency
Draft lottery plans and 1970 military draft projections
Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird told the Senate committee that draft calls will drop next year with a maximum 250000 troops to be drafted in 1970 and a total draft pool around 930000. The House passed lottery proposal was formally approved, with a possible start by January or soon after, though some delay before it could take effect.
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Washington
Melvin R. Laird
Senate Armed Services Committee
Laird
Nixon
Defense Department
Asst
Roger T. Kelley
Senate
Asi le Senate
Vietnam
Protests Across Nation Focus on War Dead
The Associated Press reports protests nationwide Friday over Vietnam casualties as thousands gathered in cities and campuses during the mobilization weekend. In Washington about 1,000 protesters per hour moved from Arlington Cemetery to the Capitol, carrying placards names of fallen service members. Marines deployed and federal troops moved to government buildings along the march route amid clashes near the Vietnamese Embassy. In New York Central Park, 10,000 balloons memorialized the toll. Weather brought frequent snow flurries, cold winds, with highs in the 20s.
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Vietnam
Washington
Nixon
Arlington National Cemetery
Capitol
Justice Department
Internal Revenue Service
New York
Central Park
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