Apollo 16 Near Moon Orbit Goal
Apollo 16 astronauts unveiled a 17 million dollar sensor set and sped toward lunar orbit. Mission commander John W. Young and crewmates Thomas K. Mattingly II and Charles M. Duke Jr prepared for six days of lunar exploration, jettisoning a panel to expose mapping cameras and radiation sensors. The team reported a smooth spacecraft readiness and a go for the critical braking maneuver into lunar orbit at 2:23 p.m. Iowa time.
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Campus protests at Harvard Maryland turn violent
Antiwar demonstrations erupt across major campuses after North Vietnam bombing. Harvard police clash injures several. Maryland arrests 14 for assault and deadly weapons as 50 students block Route 1. Columbia Barnard and Princeton consider strikes while Ivy presidents plan talks.
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University
Maryland
University of Maryland
Court Rejects Sierra Club Suit Over Disney Ski Resort
The Supreme Court rejected the Sierra Club suit to block the $4 million Mineral King Disney ski resort project. Justice Stewart led the majority ruling the club failed to show concrete harm to itself or members. Dissenters were Justices Douglas Brennan and Blackmun.
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WASHINGTON /AP
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California
Sierra Nevada
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Mineral King
Burger
White
Marshall
Jronprofit Club
San Francisco
Douglas
Brennan
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Burglar Breaks Into Edgewood Laundry
A burglar broke into the Edgewood Laundry in Columbus Georgia leaving a note on a laundry ticket reading The devil made me do it. Police investigated the break in and searched for clues.
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Columbus, Ga
Edgewood
Democrats Weigh Pullout as Congress Debates Vietnam War
In Washington, Secretary of State Rogers told reporters that North Vietnam is the aggressor while acknowledging no evidence that bombing will affect Nixon’s Moscow summit. Democratic leaders push to condemn recent bombing and seek a deadline to end US involvement as Senate Republicans blame the Soviet Union for the war.
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Ariz
Rights and Women’s Bills Signed in Iowa
Gov. Robert Ray signed legislation expanding voting rights to 19 and 20 year olds and creating a Governor’s Commission on the Status of Women. The bill takes effect July 1 and was co sponsored by Rep. Elizabeth Shaw and Sen. Charlene Conklin. Jody Smith of Ayrshire attended the signing as the nation’s youngest mayor.
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Des Moines
Robert Ray
Towans
Ray
Bacal
Jody Smith
Ayrshire
Elizabeth Shaw
Davenport
Charlene Conklin
Waterloo
Iowa
Inflation Surges as GNP Rises in Early 1972
Washington AP reports the first quarter of 1972 shows GNP up 1.8 percent at an annual rate, adding $1.3 billion, while inflation climbs to 6.2 percent. Administration projects 9.4 percent yearly growth, but two-thirds of gains labeled inflationary amid post-freeze price pressure. Personal income revised up to $3.3 billion, with February revised to $3.4.
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Nixon
Ine
Unprecedented Raid Hits U S Destroyers Near Saigon
North Vietnamese Mig and torpedo boats attacked U S destroyers off Hoai An in a bold CNS operation. One destroyer was hit with four sailors wounded while Sterett engaged and sank two enemy surface crafts. Ground fighting near Ben Cat and Hoai An marked the fiercest action yet in the current offensive.
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U.S
Hoai An
North Vietnam
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Namese
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Dak Seang
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Worden hit by friendly missiles during Gulf of Tonkin incident
In the Gulf of Tonkin off North Vietnam the U S Navy frigate Worden was struck by anti radiation missiles fired from friendly aircraft, causing one death and nine injuries. The cruiser Buchanan also took communist gunfire, with one dead and seven wounded. Fragments showed the Worden was damaged near the pilot house and radar mounts.
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Worden
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Subic Bay
Philippines
George B. Shi Amlive
Trenton Nalgaid
Ne Pilut House
Buchanan
Chuckle Lansips Jumble Displays Absorbent Humor
Readers note a playful misprint in a philology segment where a joke on blotters and dirt reversal appears. The quip centers on a misheard term and the humor of reversed spelling. It reads like a light, whimsical aside in the daily page.
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