Apollo 10 Pictures Map Moon Landing Site
Apollo 10 astronauts Thomas Stafford John Young and Eugene Cernan release photos of the Sea of Tranquility area showing Moltke crater and Hypatia canyon to aid the July Apollo 11 landing. Debriefings continue as Armstrong Aldrin and Collins prepare for the first moon landing.
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Space Center
Houston
Moon
Sea of
Moltke
Hypatia
Air Force
Thomas P. Stafford
Navy
John W. Young
Eugene A. Cernan
Earth
John Dietrich
Space Agency
Stafford
Cernan
America
Neil A. Armstrong
Edwin E. Aldrin Jr
Michael Collins
Drastic Action Considered On Bluefield Annexation Drive
Bluefield boards weigh halting fire police and garbage service to areas outside the city to press annexation. City Manager Leist says the board considers cutting city services if residents refuse to join. Annexation backers need about 700 signatures for a 60 percent majority. current totals are far short. Joe Walker says the effort remains discouraging though benefits are seen.
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Bluefield
Howard Leist
Leist
Cumberland Road
Joe Walker
East Cumberland Road
Walker
Order Asked To Restore N W Train
In Richmond Virginia AP a U S District Court hearing is set for Tuesday on a temporary injunction to compel Norfolk and Western Railway to restore the Powhatan Arrow passenger service between Norfolk and Cincinnati Ohio State Sen Henry Howell Jr a Norfolk Democrat seeking reinstatement while ICC review proceeds Howell criticizes ICC for approving the service suspension without a hearing and asks for restoration pending reconsideration.
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Richmond
U.S
Norfolk & Western Railway
Nol
Cincinnati
Ohio
Henry Howell Jr
Norfolk
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Howell
Johnson given year forestry camp for Bluefield bombing
Nathaniel Bernard Johnson pleaded guilty to conspiracy in the Bluefield State College bombing. He was sentenced to one year in the Davis forestry camp after a May 19 plea in Mercer County Court, with a possible prison term suspended. Four co defendants include William Travis Jr, Shannon Banks, Edgar James, and Paul Crockett.
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Nathaniel Bernard Johnson
Bluefield State College
Davis
Tucker County
Crumpler Resit
Bluefield
Johnson
Mercer County
Howard M. Jarrett
State Penitentiary
William Cecil Travis, Jr
Willow Grove
Shannon Dwight Banks
Edgar James
Paul Crockett
Voting Rights Act Threatened by Administration Clash
Washington AP The Voting Rights Act praised for boosting Negro registration in seven Southern states faces possible lapse if Congress does not renew the provision. President Nixon backs a new South only bill, while Atty Gen Mitchell’s testimony was canceled as hearings are delayed.
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Washington
Nixon
John N. Mitchell
House Judiciary Committee
Mississippi
Alabama
Georgia
Louisiana
Misissippi
South Carolina
Virginia
North Carolina
Congress
Emanuel Celler
N.Y
Judiciary Committee
House
Gerald R. Ford
Michigan
South
Ford
Mitchell
Yorty Victory Attracts White-Voter Turnout Over Law And Militancy
In Los Angeles, Sam Yorty defeats Negro Councilman Thomas Bradley amid a record 75 percent turnout. Analysts credit the race to white voters fearing law and order issues and campus militancy, with Yorty winning through broad white-area messaging and turnout. Bradley cites racial prejudice as a key factor.
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Los Angeles
Thomas Bradley
Sam Yorty
Bradley
Yorty
Salvatori
University of California At Los Angeles
House Panel Maintains Cigarette Ads Rules With Stronger Warning
The House Commerce Committee voted 22 to 5 to extend the 1965 cigarette law to 1975 and replace the current health note on packs with a tougher Surgeon General warning. The panel kept FTC and FCC limits on advertising, rejecting broader ad bans and moving the battle to the House floor.
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Washington
House Commerce Committee
William H. Stewart
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Harley O. Staggers
D-W.va
Brock Adams
D-Wash
Pentagon aids plan for automated organized crime intel
Washington top crime fighter says two Defense Department divisions are quietly helping build an automated organized crime intelligence system. When finished, the tool will be offered to state and local agencies to locate Mafia figures and map their illegal networks.
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Washington
Pentagon
Charles H. Rogovin
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
Defense Department
Ance
Rogovin
Nixon urges nation to back up law officers
President Nixon used the FBI National Academy graduation at the White House to call for public support of law enforcement. He said constructive criticism helps agencies but urged backing when officers act to protect society as he awarded diplomas to 100 graduates completing a 12 week course.
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Nixon
Nation
Washington
FBI National Academy
White House
FBI
Nixon Proposes Revised 2.6 Billion Foreign Aid Plan
President Nixon unveils a revised 2.6 billion dollar foreign aid package with 2.21 billion for economic aid to 68 countries and 375 million for military assistance. He notes the request is 900 million above last year but aims to strengthen technical aid, boost private investment via a new overseas corporation, and expand food and family planning programs.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
U.S
Lyndon B. Johnson
White House
John Hannah
Senate
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Agency For International Development
U.S. Holds Mountain After Pushing to Retain Control
U.S. paratroopers of the 101st Airborne pressed a search west and south of Ap Bia Mountain while a North Vietnamese assault struck a South Vietnamese command post eight miles northwest. Officials offered conflicting views on whether the mountain remains under U.S. control, amid controversy over Appia and heavy casualties on both sides.
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Saigon
U.S
Ap Bia
101St Airborne Division
Appia
United States
Laos
A Shau
1St Infantry Division
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