Apollo 12 crewmates photograph future landing sites
Apollo 12 astronauts Charles Conrad, Richard Gordon, and Alan Bean used six cameras during a long lunar surface day to photograph highland landing targets including Fra Mauro. They planned a 3 day 4 hour flight home with a Pacific splashdown, quarantined 21 days after return.
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Pacific
Bean
Earth
Conrad
Mission Central
Tory
Houston
Moon
Gordon
Haynsworth nomination rejected by Senate 55 to 45
The Senate voted 55 to 45 against Judge Clement F. Haynsworth Jr. for the Supreme Court. Key opponents included Senators Cooper Mathias and McGee, who cited ethical concerns and a need to restore balance on the bench. Some undecided lawmakers suggested potential eventual confirmation if votes shifted.
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Washington
Senate
Clement F. Haynsworth Jr
Supreme Court
John Sherman Cooper
R-Ky
Charles McC. Mathias
R-Md
Gale W. McGee
D-Wyo
Nixon
Haynsworth
Jennings Randolph
West Virginia
New York Times
Mathias
U.S. Plans Okinawa Return with Retained Bases
The United States agrees to return Okinawa to Japanese rule in 1972 while keeping key bases for security. President Nixon and Prime Minister Sato release a joint communique outlining a nuclear weapons policy and mutual security terms, with textile trade talks noted for Geneva.
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Washington
United States
Okinawa
Japan
Nixon
Eisaku Sato
Okina
Geneva
Switzerland
Congress probes massacre claim in Vietnam
A senator and a representative urged a House and Senate inquiry into alleged Vietnamese civilian killings by U S troops at Song My in March 1968. They pressed for Defense Department witnesses and a full investigation, citing secrecy around past cases and calling for scrutiny of the Phoenix program.
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Washington
William E. Minshall
Ohio
House
Song My
Green Beret
Minshall
George H. Melon
Dtex
Defense
Defense Department
Charles &. Goodell
R-N-Y
Senate Armed Services Committee
Congress
Vietnam
Goodell
NLP
Rise in living costs driven by cars and homes
Government data show a four tenths of 1 percent rise in living costs in October led by higher prices for cars and houses, while grocery prices fell six tenths of 1 percent. The overall CPI reached 420.8, and average weekly takehome for 45 million workers declined 86 cents to 116.4 dollars, reducing purchasing power by 1 percent for the month and 0.8 percent year over year.
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Washington
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Five Day Forecast Signals Below-Normal Temperatures
The five day outlook predicts temperatures averaging below the seasonal 36 degree norm. Expect rain and snow Sunday. cold air follows Monday through Wednesday with additional rain and snow on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Junk Cars Removed and 24 Hour Phone Service Ad
A classified ad offers removal of junk cars with twenty four hour service. It invites readers to call the numbers 60 600n and 496 408 to turn junk into cash and have an advisor help write the ad.
Agnew Attacks Press Concentration in Speech
Vice President Agnew broadened his assault on the news media accusing newspapers of monopolizing public information. He cited the New York Times, Washington Post and other papers as examples, criticizing editorial bias and diminished newspaper competition in major cities. He spoke in Montgomery at the Alabama Chamber of Commerce and reiterated opposition to censorship in any form.
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Montgomery
Ala
Agnew
New York Times
Washington Post
Washington
New York
Washington Times-Herald
New York Journal American
New’ York: World-Telegram
Sun
New York Mirror
New York~Herald Tribune
George C. Wallace
Times and
Post
Wiliam Lloyd Garrison
Nixon
Garrison
Gov
Albert Brewer
Alabama
Cops See Science Expanding Tools Against Robbers
Boston AP report notes police leaders predict rapid advances in forensics and detection, including odor-based identification, instant crime analysis, and computer systems that sort facts to propose solutions. Speeches warn organized crime infiltrates many sectors from banks to trucking and health services.
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United States
Gerald Shur
Justice Department
Organized Crime Division
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Howard Benedict
New York Times News Service
Cooper
U.S. Court of Appeals
4Th Circuit
McGee
Judiciary Committee
Boston
State
Massachusetts
Alfred Frechette
Commissioner of Public Health
Frechette
Randolph
Fudge
Clement Haynsworth
U.S
Jews Service
Bolt
International Association of Chiefs of Police
R. Dean Smith
Association
New England Council
Dean
Gilbert H. Myer
Fraud
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