India to Use US Satellite in Education
An India United States agreement enables India's 1972 satellite education program. Villages in four Hindi states will receive instructional broadcasts on farming, pesticides, birth control, and culture via 22,300 mile orbit with village receivers costing about 200 dollars.
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United Nations
New Delhi
Equator
National ‘Aeronautics and Space Administration
Rajasthan
Bihar
Madhya Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh
Ahmedabad
Gujarat
U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Washington
Vikram A. Sarabhai
Indian Space Research Organization
Thomas ©. Paine
NASA
Crime Increase Drops to 9 Percent in First Half 1969
AP Hoover reports crime rose 9 percent overall in the first half of 1969, the smallest six month rise in two years. Property crimes grew 13 percent while violent crimes climbed 13 percent, with robberies up 17 percent, rapes 15 percent, aggravated assaults 10 percent, and murders 10 percent.
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Washington
IBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover
Space program aims linked to India development
The text notes that India seeks national development through managerial, economic, technological and social implications. It references the 1972 launch of an applications satellite by the U.S. space agency as part of a series already scheduled.
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Space Agency
India
U.S. Space Agency
Toll Reaches 40 in Mexican Jet Crash
The Boeing 707 of Mexicana Airlines crashed near Mexico City International Airport killing five crew members and injuring more than 50. The aircraft carried 111 passengers including several newlywed couples en route to vacation destinations Acapulco and Mexico City. Recovery efforts continued as authorities sought missing individuals and an on-site study of the flight recorder.
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Seattle
Informa
Army funds Safeguard antimissile program into fall
The Army will spend about $1.3 million daily through November on Safeguard antimissile research and testing to keep the program alive pending congressional approval. Western Electric, the prime contractor, received a $55 million award under a larger $245.05 million contract, with tests scheduled at White Sands and Kwajalein Missile Range.
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Kwajalein Missile Range
Marshall Islands
Sailor Killed in Go Dau Ha Incident Near Cambodian Border
An American sailor was killed when he tried to flag down a convoy in Go Dau Ha Tay Ninh province near the Cambodian border. A South Vietnamese paratrooper is suspected. U S Navy spokesmen confirmed the date as Sept 8 and said officials are investigating.
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U.S. Navy
Go Dau Ha
Tay
Ninh Province
Saigon
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