Apollo 15 Rover Boys Moon Mission Set For July Launch
Apollo 15 astronauts David Scott and James Irwin will pilot the rover on a 28 square mile lunar exploration. Alfred Worden in orbit will photograph 20 percent of the moon. The mission aims to uncover the moon’s origin while collecting 250 pounds of lunar samples.
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Hadley Rille
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Foday's Chuckle Offers Mind Relief Through Halo Removal
A humorous note suggests easing worry by discarding a halo as a playful remedy. The line, credited to Foday, presents a lighthearted concept about freeing oneself from self-image constraints. Copyright lines accompany the quote.
Pentagon's Brazil Tours Cost Over One Million Dollars
A UPI report notes the Pentagon spent $1,163,902 on two week orientation tours for Brazil's future military leaders from 1968 to 1970. The trips included Las Vegas shows Disneyland visits and luxury hotels. Sen. Church calls the program junkets citing anti American sentiment in Latin America and questions U.S. policy toward Brazil.
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UPI
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U.S
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Church
Brazil
Fifteen Embryos Dead After Anti Sterility Cure
In Rome a physician reported 15 normally formed embryos dead in a 35-year-old woman’s womb after an anti sterility treatment. The 4th month pregnancy produced ten female and five male embryos, each about 5 ounces, dying from overcrowding. The mother earlier had one healthy birth after a similar therapy.
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Rome
Gennaro Montanino
Sydney
Montanino
Miss Universe 1971 Crown Goes to Miss Lebanon Georgia Rizk
Georgia Rizk of Beirut Lebanon won the Miss Universe 1971 title at the 20th annual pageant held in Miami Beach. Toni Suzanne Ranyard Miss Australia finished first runner up with Pirjo Laitila Miss Finland second runner up, followed by Beba Franco Miss Puerto Rico and Elaine Parreira Guimaraes Miss Brazil.
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Miami Beach
UPI
Georgia Rizk
Beirut
Lebanon
Toni Suzanne Ranyard
Sydney
Australia
Finland
Pirjo Laitila
Helsinki
Puerto Rico
Beba Franco
San Juan
Brazil
Elaine Parreira Guimaraes
Marianna
Hijack Shootout On National Airlines Jet To Cuba
A tall armed hijacker aboard National Airlines Flight 183 from Miami to Jacksonville forced the plane to divert to Havana. He fired a single shot injuring stewardess Sue Bond and passenger Larry Evans, both treated with bandages in Cuba. The hijacker, mute and about 30, carried dynamite and a pistol, spoke only Spanish, and demanded Havana. Flight crew and passengers were delayed 3½ hours at Jose Marti airport as Cuban authorities tended the injured.
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Miami
National Airlines
Cuba
Sue Bond
Larry Evans
Bond
Evans
Joe Watson
Havana
Jose Marti
Watson
Jacksonville
Fla
John Slaton
Bill Johnson
Michelle Hardy
Carol Baldwin
Sara Ware
Lake Okeechobee
Seize Arms In Midwest Crackdown
Treasury agents seized at least 1300 weapons and arrested 15 in Illinois and Wisconsin in what officials called the largest crackdown on illicit gun dealing to date. The raids followed eight months of undercover work with potential further arrests and a total weapon count possibly reaching 2500 including bazookas and grenades.
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Chicago
UPI
Treasury
Illinois
Wisconsin
Ernest Kenyon
Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Division
U.S
Donald MacKay
Donald MacKay, of the Southern District of
James Thompson
Kenyon
MacKay
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