Astronauts Solve New Lab Crisis After Repair
Skylab endured a cooling crisis when electrical gear faltered and temperatures fell to 30 degrees. Astronauts Conrad Kerwin and Weill performed emergency repairs, restoring power and warming the cooling fluid. They later set a new US space endurance mark of 14 days and prepared for another spacewalk to service solar panels.
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Pete” Conrad
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Rock Festival Shifted To Muscatine Site
A Muscatine County site along the Maquoketa River has been chosen for a rock festival planned for July 20. Concepts Investments announced the move at a Friday press conference. The firm had originally sought a permit in Jones County but withdrew after a boundary dispute emerged. The exact Muscatine site and other details were to be announced later.
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Concepts Investments
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Boba
Bubn
Contiuwad
Senate lines up floor vote on three month price freeze plan
Democratic leaders in Washington push for a floor vote next week on a mandatory ninety day freeze covering prices wages rents and profits amid a sharp rise in the wholesale price index. Mondale and Jackson will seek amendments to finance the bill aiming to lock in the freeze before inflation accelerates further. Mansfield expresses confidence the Senate will back the measure, which could pressure the administration to act.
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Mansfield
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House
Farm Prices Jump 39 Percent in Year to May End
Farm prices rose 39 percent in the year to May end, a new record for any month period, 99 percent above a year earlier and 8.1 percent higher than April, driven mainly by higher prices for grains, yields, and raw goods. The May rise followed a slower April decline.
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Soviet gas deal to import $10 billion over 25 years
Two American firms, Fuso Natural Gas Co. and Occidental Petroleum Corp., sign a letter of intent to import more than $10 billion in Soviet natural gas over 25 years. The project involves a 2,000 mile pipeline from Yakutsk to Vladivostok, a fleet of 20 cryogenic tankers, and financing near $21 billion excluding ships. Prices and funding remain unresolved as talks continue with Soviet and allied partners.
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U.S
Senate approves farm income guarantee with 20 000 limit
The Senate cleared a bill for a new farm income guarantee by 78 to 9, adding a 20 000 per farm subsidy cap and adopting a Kennedy amendment to widen food stamp eligibility. The measure would run five years under a target-price system for wheat and other crops, with payments made only when market prices fall below set targets. The bill moves to the House as agriculture committee works on a companion plan.
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House
Agriculture Committee
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D-Mass
Congress
Page & Col
Dow Climbs 1.66 Points in Late Trading
New York AP report shows the Dow Jones industrial average edging higher by about 1.66 points to 920.68 as investors awaited further action from the administration to curb inflation. Advancers led decliners on the New York Stock Exchange in a tight session.
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Jay
New York Stuck Exchange
Franco to resign as head of government in Spain
General Francisco Franco will step down as government leader while remaining head of state. Admiral Luis Carrera Blanco may become president this week and Juan Carlos has been informed of the move. The transfer follows a Wednesday cabinet reshuffle at the realm’s secret council.
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Spanish Cortes president named to new roles in Franco decree
Powers Alejandro Rodrigues de Vale carcel will be named Vice-president of the same decree. Vatearcal, 54, will be named secretary general of the Movement, the country’s only political organization. Franco retains two power chiefs, removing one due to retirement amid family pressure.
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Uke Tb
McCord seeks reversal of bugging verdict
James McCord and six others were convicted in January for the Watergate break in. His attorney Bernard Fensterwald filed for acquittal or new trial citing later disclosures about a White House investigative unit and perjury by trial witnesses. Other defendants faces similar scrutiny.
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Neys
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Atty
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Dial
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G. Gordon Liddy
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Jeb Stuart
Magruder
Porter Sai Magruder
Jail Bar Fight Prompts Racial Separation Request
Linn County Sheriff Walter Grant said three black inmates beat two white prisoners in the county jail Wednesday night and he will separate by race. He declined to name those involved and noted requests to move a white inmate to another cell.
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Linn Sherif
Walter Grant
Grant
Javks
Four Nabbed in $12,000 Iowa City Con Game
FBI and Iowa City police nab four suspects tied to a Johnson County con involving a Kalona area farmer. A card monte scheme led the victim to withdraw $12,000, plus the loss of his watch and $41. Suspects Lester Redding Jr. and William Mack Johnson, with Lois Ann Bleby McMorris and Viola Steingraver Herbert, faced charges of obtaining money by false pretenses. one woman also faced marijuana possession.
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Towa City
Kalona
FBI
Jeagner
Tawa Gily
Lester Redding, Jr
Houston
William Mack Johnson
Dallas
Lois Ann Bleby McMorris
Omaha
Viola Steingraver Herbert
Grinindl
Heli
Couyl
Timne
Lois McMorris
Senate Moves To Upset House On Regents Funds
In Des Moines Friday the Senate approved a amended appropriation of 244 million for Iowa board of regents institutions for 1978-74, boosting beyond the House figure and Gov. Ray's request. The panel also struck provisions for tuition hikes and a unified budgeting plan, aiming to gain bargaining leverage in conference. Continued on Page 3.
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