Haynsworth rejection pushes Nixon on Supreme Court
The Senate rejected President Nixon’s nomination of Judge Clement F. Haynsworth Jr. to the Supreme Court on a 35 to 43 vote, a 10 vote margin that surprised many. The defeat stemmed from Republicans breaking with Nixon, with 17 Republicans joining 38 Democrats in denying confirmation.
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Clement F. Haynsworth Jr
Supreme Court
Haynsworth
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
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U.S. Circuit Court
Congress
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Greenville
S.C
Circuit Court
South
Ban on DDT Approved in Massachusetts Push
The Massachusetts Pesticides Control Board banned DDT and four other pesticides unless a special permit is obtained. Commissioner Dr Alfred Frechette named DDD aidrin endrin and heptachlor as the others. Gov Francis W Sargent urged wider action, calling DDT a biological dynamite.
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State Pesticides Control Board
Alfred Frechette
Public Health
Frenchetti
Francis W. Sargent
New England
Massachusetts
Apollo 1 moon flight proves strong despite many glitches
Apollo 11 era report notes astronauts Charles Conrad Alan Bean and Richard Gordon handled a lightning surge guidance power failures and an unplanned lunar lander transfer. Despite camera malfunctions blistered chest sensor and instrument jams the crew achieved the moonwalks and recovered major experiments leaving color film on the surface.
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Houston
Charles Conrad
Alan Bean
Richard Gordon
Moon
Conrad
Bean
Orbit
Earth
Weekend Weather Fair and Cold Today
Weekend weather brings fair skies and chilly conditions with highs in the low 20s and a partly cloudy, cold night with upper teens. Forecast for tomorrow is cloudy but warmer with a chance of rain and snow.
NBA Scores and NIL Totals Across Matchups
Baltimore defeated Phoenix 126 to 116 while Cincinnati beat Chicago 133 to 119 and Atlanta edged Detroit 166 NIL. Boston posted 2, Chicago 2 in a separate tally with Pittsburgh at 112 against Kentucky 163.
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Kentucky
Yankee Clipper On Way Home From Moon Mission
AP reports the Yankee Clipper returns from the moon with Charles Conrad Alan Bean and Richard Gordon aboard. After a 2 minute 10 second burn, the crew splash down in the South Pacific three days eight minutes later. Mission Control greets them with cautious relief and moon images are broadcast live. Gordon sets a record by circling the moon 45 times.
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