Moon missions change astronauts findings at Houston space center
The Apollo moon landings left astronauts with deep shifts in outlooks and lives. Irwin, Mitchell, Shepard, Armstrong, Conrad, and Young describe transformed views of Earth, humanity, and purpose, with plans ranging from ministry foundations to future space projects and personal memoirs.
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Neil Armstrong
Ohio
Wapakoneta
Conrad
Earth
Skylab
Orbiting Scientific Laboratory
Moon
Space
John Young
Irwin
Charles
Ering
Pete Conrad
University of Cincinnati
Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr
Flute Soloist to Lead City Band Concert at Ellis Park
Bruce Cuthbertson will perform Griffes Poem and guest director Frank Kluesner will lead the municipal band at 8 tonight at Ellis Park. Selections include Totem Pole, Overture in B flat, Poem, Beguine for Band, Instant Concert, Battle Hymn, Emblem of Freedom, An Irish Rhapsody, The Toy Trombone, Jalousie, The Fairest of the Fair, and Na Sisato.
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Bruce Cuthbertson
Walker Street
Griffes
Frank Kluesner
Kennedy High School
Municipal Band
Ellis Park
Cuthbertson
Iowa
Kluesner
Municipal Band Commission
University of Iowa
Prairie
Wyoming
Sterling
Giovannini
Osser
Walters
Ployhar
Dom
King
Grandman
Covington
Krance
Sousa
YMCA Partnership program seeks youth with donors
About 1,500 Central branch YMCA health club and senior men members will receive an invitation to join a Partnership with Youth. James Springer, executive director, notes the policy of never denying any youth membership for lack of funds. Adults and non members help fund these memberships as referrals rise from social services, schools, and courts with over 200 youths referred this year.
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Central Branch Ymca Health Club
YMCA
James Springer
Central Branch
Karate Origins Revealed by World Almanac
Swords forbidden led to the creation of karate as empty-handed self-defense in Okinawa during the 1600s. The martial art uses hands feet elbows and fingers to strike weak points. It is believed to have been devised by a Buddhist monk in India.
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India
Ben Franklin's first editorial cartoon in 1754
Benjamin Franklin produced the first editorial cartoon in an American newspaper, the Pennsylvania Gazette in Philadelphia, May 9 1754. The image showed a snake cut into segments for each colony with the caption Join or Die, a bold call for colonial unity.
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Benjamin Franklin
Pennsylvania Gazette
Philadelphia
World Almanac
Chance To Find Diamonds At Murfreesboro Mine
Chance to hunt for diamonds on a finders-keepers basis at the Crater of Diamonds near Murfreesboro, the only diamond mine in North America open to the public. Since 1906 more than 60 000 stones found, with the Uncle Sam at 14 point 42 carats after cutting from 40.23. The state purchased the mine in 1972 for 750 000 and made it a state park.
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Murfreesboro, Ark
North America
Murfreesboro
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