Skylab stage lifts off on giant Saturn 5 rocket
Skylab, America's first space station, launches from Cape Kennedy with nine astronauts aboard three separate rockets. The crew will conduct medical and scientific experiments over eight months, testing long duration living in space and future space station concepts. The mission aims to study Earth resources and human endurance, with Skylab featuring a large living space, kitchen, shower, and a live-in doctor.
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Cambodian Troops Protest Pay Shortfall in Phnom Penh
About 500 Cambodian troops in Phnom Penh demanded unpaid wages and bread. They received roughly $17 per enlisted man, funded by a hastily produced pay sack. The ex commander blamed a central pay office reorganization begun February to curb corruption, replacing commander distribute pay to individual units.
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Hash Bus Seized in Boston Drug Bust on a Converted London Vehicle
Customs agents dismantled a London double decker bus in Boston uncovering 750 pounds of hashish stored in false ceiling compartments. Five Californians arrested after 12 hour search. drug valued at about 1.5 million dollars. Bus had arrived from Cochin India aboard the SS Iran Shahr and had been converted into a plush camper.
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Skylab Mission Facts and Figures Released
CAPE KENNEDY Fla AP Details the first Skylab mission with launch times for unmanned 1 Saturn 5 at 1 30 p m EDT and manned 1B mission at 1 p m Tuesday Linkup planned for 8 40 p m Tuesday Astronauts are Navy Capt Charles Conrad Jr 42 Navy Cmdr Paul J Weitz 40 and Navy Cmdr Dr Joseph P Kerwin 41 Skylab measures 118 feet long with 102 foot wingspan solar panels and a living volume of 12 398 cubic feet equivalent to a three bedroom house.
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Charles Conrad Jr
Paul J. Weitz
Joseph P. Kerwin
Skylab At A Glance Highlights Early Space Station
Skylab weighs 199 750 pounds and will orbit at 270 miles for 28 days. The crew tests long term life in space with medical, earth resources, astronomy, solar physics, and materials processing experiments. It will pass over 75 percent of global land between 50 degrees N and 50 degrees S and cost 554 million dollars. Skylab 2 and 3 flights follow in August and November for 56 days each.
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Watergate Case Court To Take Dean Papers
Judge Sirica ordered certified copies of top secret documents kept by John W. Dean II to be provided to prosecutors and the Senate committee. Dean placed the papers in a safe deposit box after loss of clearance while Mansfield had urged preservation. Dean and Shafer said they have not seen the documents.
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Mike Mansfield
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Shafer
Mansfield
Alexandria National Bank
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Commission To Investigate VC Charges
In Saigon the International Commission of Control and Supervision agreed to probe Viet Cong allegations that U S planes attacked Communist territory in South Vietnam in violation of the cease fire. The United States denied the charges before the commission met.
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Crossword Puzzle Dear Abby Editorials In The Journal
Crossword puzzle pages and features including Dear Abby editorials, plus legislative notices and obituaries, as the paper highlights local happenings. The joint section also teases sports notes, theater listings, and a dog alert reminder amid veteran community coverage.
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Lawmakers Post Office Keeps Hectic Maine Capitol Busy
In Augusta the Maine State House hosts a legislative post office where about 2000 incoming mails and 100 messages daily pass through 184 legislators. Robert Sellar runs the compact 10 by 50 foot room with aide Douglas Scribner, handling outgoing mail and franking under Maine statutes via the Legislative Finance Committee.
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