Four students near end of two month space station capsule test
Four UCLA and Long Beach State students nearing the two month mark in a 40 by 12 foot capsule experiment. They simulate life aboard a space station by recycling air and water while performing tasks, exercising on an ergometer, and playing trumpet.
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Santa Monica
Calif
UPI
McDonnell-Douglas Corp
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Bob Zeuschener
UCLA
Guy King
Long Beach State College
Dennis Giroux
Santa Monica City College
Jack Angaran
King
Angaran
Zeuschener
White House repainting planned for January move
Washington AP reports the White House will be repainted and floors refinished before a new president moves in January. The House appropriations panel approved 823000 for White House operating expenses, including 83000 for painting and furnishings upgrades, with 33000 for painting and 10000 for floor refinishing.
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Washington
White House
House Appropriations Committee
Charlotte Reid
R-Iil
Castro
Draft Johnson Bid By Governors Reported
The Nashville Tennessean reported a draft Johnson movement by Tennessee Governor Buford Ellington and other pro Johnson governors. They planned to commit state delegations to favorite son candidates to back Johnson at the national convention. Ellington declined to comment beyond denying efforts to line up a ticket.
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Nashville
Nashville Tennessean
Tennessee
Buford Ellington
Ellington
Postal and IRS Offices To Cost More Next Year
The House Appropriations Committee approved an 8.1 billion budget to run the Post Office and Treasury departments for the year starting July 1, revealing a 610 million cost increase. The panel said 20,000 more clerks and 1,600 IRS staff are needed to manage higher mail volume and a growth in tax returns.
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Washington
UPI
House Appropriations Committee
Post Office
Treasury Departments
House
Johnson
Internal Revenue Service
Ninth Day in Jail for Refusing To Wear Coat
Bobby Spencer, 30, began his ninth day in county jail for refusing to wear a coat in court. District Judge R E Cunningham fined him 100 dollars for contempt. he earns 5 dollars credit per day. He has 11 more days to serve unless appeals to the Texas supreme court and Fifth U S circuit court of appeals succeed. Spencer, a filling station operator, said he would not wear either his own or the judge's coat, claiming they would not fit. He criticized the jury system but said his time reinforced his faith in juries.
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EL Paso
UPI
Bobby Spencer
R. E. Cunningham
Spencer
Texas Supreme Court
Fifth U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Cunningham
Slapdale
Chicago Cubs Baseball Color Broadcast Live This Wednesday
Beginning Wednesday April 10 at 7 pm Chicago vs Cincinnati will be aired live in color on KCRG TV 9. The telecast features the Cubs and the Reds in a prime evening matchup.
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Chicago Cubs
Chicago
Cincinnati
Kcrg-Tv
Relief Seen as U S Marines Await Cavalry Breakout at Khe Sanh
AP reports a relief column of U S Marines and air cavalry closing in on Khe Sanh as 16 000 North Vietnamese siege forces lay siege. Helicopters fired on suspected enemy positions while engineers rebuild bridges to open an overland supply route.
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Khe Sanh
26Th Marines
Phu Ban
3Rd Division
Joe Holloway
Ca Lu
Two U S Soldiers Return From Sweden Absence
Two 22 year old soldiers Pfc James Butler of Tuscaloosa Ala and Pvt Donald Lloyd of Fawn Grove Pa returned voluntarily from more than a month absent without leave from their unit in West Germany. They contacted the U S embassy in Stockholm and were aided home via air travel before being reassigned to duty under restriction.
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Heidelberg
Germany
U. S. Seventh Army
Sweden
James Butler
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Donald Lloyd
Fawn Grove
64Th Armored
U. S. 3Rd Infantry Division
Kitzingen
West Germany
Pontiac
Mich
Jones
U.S
Europe
Butler
Lloyd
Whites Picket Negro Barber
In Davidson North Carolina a white student protest at Davidson College lasted three days as they picketed barber Ralph Johnson 63 for refusing to cut hair of Negro residents. Johnson questioned why youths bear society’s prejudices and asked why they do not volunteer for Vietnam.
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Davidson
N. C
Davidson College
Ralph Johnson
Vietnam
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