Safe Liftoff For Walkers
AP reports that Armstrong and Aldrin launched from the moon aboard the lunar module Eagle, entering lunar orbit while Collins in the command ship pursued. The crew left the moon’s surface after a 21 hour 36 minute stay, began the chase back to Columbia, and prepared for a return to Earth with a world watching.
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Neil Armstrong
Edwin Aldrin
Michael Collins
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Collins
Earth
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Moon
Tranquillity
Columbia
Pacific
Mission Control
Neil
Columbus
Balboa
Magellan
de Gama
Byrd
Luna 15 likely damaged after high speed moon landing
Jodrell Banks tracking station reported Russia s Luna 15 may have slammed into the Sea of Crisis at about 300 miles per hour and halted transmissions. Sir Bernard Lovell cautioned that nothing may survive such a landing though a complete crash is not certain. The craft aimed to fetch moon soil rumored by Moscow sources.
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Jodrell Bank
England
UPI
Russia
Bernard Lovell
Sea of Crisis
Sea of Tranquility
Lovell
Earth
Lunar
Medals Placed on Moon Revealed by Tass Report
Tass described in detail that American astronauts carried medals commemorating the deaths of six space pioneers, including Soviet cosmonauts Yuri Gagarin and Vladimir Komarov and U.S. astronauts Virgil Grissom, Robert Chaffee, and Edward White, revealed in a Monday moon landing account.
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UPI
Tass
Nixon
Neil Armstrong
Edwin Aldrin
Yuri Gagarin
Vladimir Komarov
Ussr
Virigil Grissom
Robert Chaffee
Edward White
Moonshot tribute from Collins Radio leader
Arthur Collins, head of Collins Radio Co., praises the Apollo 11 moon landing as a tribute to Cedar Rapids workers who made the achievement possible. He credits his team for the moon mission’s communication success and hopes to meet the astronauts, while staying in Dallas for the remainder of the mission.
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Dallas
Cedar Rapids
Arthur A. Collins
Collins Radio Co
Collins
Earth
Moon
Cedar ‘Rapids
King's Brother Drowning Victim
ATLANTA UPI The Rev A D Williams King brother of the late Dr Martin Luther King Jr was found dead Monday in a swimming pool at his home He 38 helped lead SCLC and co pastored Ebenezer Baptist Church with his father His three youngest children discovered the body this morning authorities said he had drowned
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Atlanta
UPI
A. D. Williams King
Martin Luther King, Jr
King
Martin
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
SCLC
Ebenezer Baptist Church
A. D
Tom Offenberger
New Australian party formed opposition to Vietnam war
A new political party has been formed in Canberra by a group opposed to Australia’s involvement in the Vietnam War. The movement seeks to channel public dissent and influence policy toward ending Australian participation.
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Canberra
Australia
Wulfsberg Reflects On Apollo TV Work And Landing
Arthur Wulfsberg, program manager for Collins Radio Co. on the Apollo program, discusses lunar television gear and ground stations. He notes Cedar Rapids contracts once employed 600 people and $130 million at stake, calling the landing the most gratifying part of the mission.
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Wulfsberg
Collins Radio Co
Moon
Earth
Cedar Rapids
Kennedy Charged With Leaving Scene After Martha’s Vineyard Crash
Edgartown Massachusetts police filed a formal complaint accusing Senator Edward Kennedy of leaving the scene of an accident after a weekend crash on Chap Paquiddick Island. Mary Jo Kopechne died in the incident as Kennedy, 37, reported a mild concussion. A hearing is set for July 28 in the Edgartown courthouse with Kennedy represented by attorney Richard McCarran.
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McCarran
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Town Hall
Mary Jo Kopechne
Washington
Vineyard
Kopechne
Robert Kennedy
D-N.y
Miss Kopechne
Massachusetts
Chuckle on Experience and Age Limits
A brief quip notes that experience can be substituted by age twenty or sixteen years in certain contexts, illustrating a humorous take on learning and maturity. The line suggests a playful, tongue in cheek view of rules and qualifications.
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Spain
Isabella
Houston
Planet Earth
John Carlton
Luna
Arthur Collins
Moonshot
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Arthur Wulfsberg
Moon Television
Ted
Mary Jo
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