Moon mission ends as Challenger is destroyed after lunar survey
Apollo 17 astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt completed a record lunar sample and film haul. After transferring the moon rocks to America, the Challenger was released and guided to destruction on the moon to end the mission.
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Challenger
Mission Control
Moon
Cernan
Schmitt
America
Earth
Moon Valley
Taurus-Littrow
Astronauts Report Luna Return After Moon Mission
NASA reports the Challenger mission ended with a dramatic lunar departure from Taurus Littrow. Crews Cernan and Schmitt appeared on the Challenger as America linked in formation, signaling a safe return and ongoing spaceflight vigilance.
St. Andre's Home Opens Fund Drive
St Andre's Home in Biddeford launches a York County fund drive to support services through June 1973. Executive director Giloert Domingue notes the facility, Maine's only residential home for unwed mothers, must adapt to changing attitudes. The goal is at least 35000 dollars with a current 40000 dollar deficit and a projected 65000 by June 1973.
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Maryline White
St. Andre's
Pool Road
Biddeford
York County
Giloert Domingue
Domingue
Maine
Good Shepherd Sisters
Fruits of the Garden: UF Beds Targeted by Thieves
Gainesville AP report says University of Florida groundskeeper Noel Lake suspects the organic food fad fuels thefts of ornamental vegetables. Parsley cabbage and Swiss chard planted behind Tigert Hall have been damaged by pests and pilferers, with edge plants like parsley already used in beds across campus.
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Gainesville
Fla
University of Florida
Noel Lake
University
Tigert Hall
Lake
Canadian hijacker surrenders after cross country jet stunt
Larry Maxwell Stanford 22 of Saint John New Brunswick ordered a jet to loop across Eastern Canada and released 57 passengers unharmed before surrendering in Montreal. Stewardess Josette Cote helped persuade him to turn back and land. Stanford had tried to fly to Vancouver and Winnipeg and officials noted his erratic demands during the flight. He was joined by his father and a Montreal psychiatrist in the surrender process.
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Montreal
Canada
Larry Maxwell Stanford
Saint John
N.B
Wabash
Mld
Ottawa
John Stanford
Labrador City
Bruno Cormier
Quebecair
Andre Lizotte
Stanford
West Labrador
Newfoundland
Emer
Miss Cote
W’ E
Truman's Condition Remains Very Serious at Hospital
Kansas City AP reports former President Harry S Truman, 88, battles lung congestion and a failing heart with kidney complications worsening. Doctors say his condition remains very serious, near critical, as treatment continues at Research Hospital after his Sunday transfer. Nixon outlines Vietnam strategy amid rift with Thieu.
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Kansas City
Harry S. Truman
Wuman
Research Hospital
Washington
Nixon
Vietnam
South Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
Henry A. Kissinger
le Duc Tho
Paris
Alexander Haig
Kissinger
Stolen heroin from famous French Connection case vault
New York police report 57 pounds of pure heroin from the 1962 French Connection case vanished from the evidence vault. Commissioner Murphy called it a scandal and said inadequate controls allowed the loss, potentially affecting prosecutions.
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New York
Police Department
Patrick V. Murphy
Murphy
Aetpay
Eddie Egan
New York City
Salvatore Grosso
Snow Storm Heads Toward New England Tonight
A winter storm threatens New England with at least six inches of snow expected across much of the region late today. The National Weather Service issued travel advisories with heavy snow warnings for Vermont and warnings for Maine New Hampshire and central western Massachusetts. Coastal areas from Eastport to Block Island face gale warnings as snow develops this afternoon, spreading northward and turning to rain in the warmer south.
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Boston
New England
National Weather Service
Vermont
Maine
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Eastport
Block Island
Weather Service
Beer Warehouse May Not Be Built in Saco
Frank J. Gaziano president of National Distributors Inc says no immediate plans for a Saco beer warehouse. The 1968 proposal triggered zoning changes a referendum and a court case that upheld the zoning board in the end. Gaziano notes expanded Portland facilities and possible future York County site south of Biddeford if reconsidered.
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Frank J. Gaziano
National Distributors Inc
Saco
Gaziano
North Street
Portland
York County
Biddeford
Hewes Chosen as House Speaker With Saco Roots
Richard Hewes of Cape Elizabeth, a 46 year old Portland attorney with Biddeford Saco heritage, was elected Speaker of the Maine House. He noted his Thornton Academy past and family ties as he prepared to lead the 106th Legislature.
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Augusta
Biddeford-Saco
State House
Richard
Dick’’ Hewes
Cape Elizabeth
Camp Ellis
Summer Street
Saco
Henry A. Hewes
Biddeford
Portland
Thornton Academy
John
John Jr
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