Haynsworth nomination falters as Williams opposition grows
In Washington, Senator Williams announces opposition to Clement Haynsworth Jr. for the Supreme Court, signaling a shift as a Friday senate vote nears. The tally shows 42 for confirmation and 41 against among publicly declared stances, with Mansfield still undecided and Agnew possible in a tie.
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Williams
Del
Supreme Court
Clement Haynsworth, Jr
Senate
Haynsworth
Stevens
Alaska
Boggs
Associated Press
Mansfield
Mont
Agnew
Sen
Smith
Ill
Gravel
Prouty
R-Vt
Spong
Dva
Everett Dirksen
U.S. Court of Appeals
Senate approves Nixon draft lottery bill paving year long selection
The Senate gave final approval to Nixon's draft lottery measure by voice vote after a brief debate. It repeals a ban on selecting draftees by lot, moving to a random process that could expose 19-year-olds to service for one year. The bill now goes to Nixon for signature.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Nixon
House
John Stennis
Dmiss
Senate Armed Services Committee
Edward Kennedy
Dmass
Kennedy
Stennis
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Mansfield
Czech Child Editor Fired For Anti Soviet Poem
Prague AP report says Zdenek Adla, editor in chief of Materidouska Mother’s Soul, was dismissed for publishing a poem that officials said spread anti Soviet ideas among youth. The piece Robbers by Jiri Pistora told of medieval raiders and was linked to the controversy.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Communist Party Press
Zdenek Adla
Materidouska
Jiri Pistora
Adla
Tvorba
Camper Flips After Collision With Police Car
A camper struck a police squad car with flashing lights and siren active, pushing it into a parked vehicle. The truck overturned but the driver, Leuenberger, escaped unhurt. He was charged with failing to yield to an emergency vehicle. the traffic signal at the intersection favored him.
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Leuenberger
Fourth Avenue
Tenth Street
Fourth
Donald Leuenberger
Grand Avenue
Marion
David Campbell
Jon Stahl
First Avenue
Record Vote Okays School Bond Issue
Cedar Rapids News reports the College Community school district approved a $2 million bond with 1,164 votes for and 704 against, totaling nearly 1,900 ballots in a district-wide record turnout. Precinct results show strong support in Cedar Rapids city limits and various town precincts.
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James Bayne
Cedar Rapids
North Viet press likens captives to Nazi war criminals
Nhan Dan, North Vietnam's official newspaper, says US pilots captured in Vietnam are guilty of grave crimes and fall under Hanoi's jurisdiction. The article rejects Geneva protections, claiming POWs guilty of gravest crimes are not covered by the 1949 Geneva agreement.
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Hong Kong
North Vietnam
Vietnam
Nuernberg
Germany
Nhan Dan
Democratic Republic of Vietnam
North
Radio
Hanoi
U.S
Apollo 13 Moon Flight Set for Next March
Apollo 13 commander James Lovell and crewmates Thomas Mattingly and Fred Haise watched Apollo 12 land on the moon from mission control. Apollo 13 is scheduled to land at Fra Mauro crater next March after surveying the area from lunar orbit.
Loneliest Man: Gordon Keeps Lunar Orbit During Moon Walk
Richard Gordon with Yankee Clipper remains in lunar orbit for 32 hours while Pete Conrad and Allen Bean descend on the moon. Gordon will orbit 18 times for 13 hours 48 minutes and lose earth contact for 46 minutes each orbit as he photographs sites and checks navigation. The mission marks a shared lunar milestone with the Intrepid crew preparing for their historic walk.
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Richard Gordon
Intrepid
Gordon
Moon
Pete Conrad
Allen Bean
Houston Control
Surveyor
Conrad
Bean
Houston
Mission Control
Theophilus
Descartes
Fra Mauro
Barbra Gordon
Nassau Bay
Texas
Pete
No Joy on Television From Moon
Astronauts Charles Conrad and Al Bean encountered a failure in the lunar TV feed when Bean moved the camera away from the lander. Engineers in Houston observed a sunlit, jagged white area with black lower frame, suggesting a misaligned view or stuck color wheel.
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Bean
Mission Control
Moon men land on Apsire surface for first nuclear powered science run
Apollo 12 style mission follows Apollo 11 with Charles Conrad and Alan Bean spending 3 hours 44 minutes on the Moon in Ocean of Storms. They deploy five instruments powered by a plutonium nuclear generator and record data on solar wind moonquakes and the ionosphere.
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Charles
Pete
Conrad
Earth
Bean
Neil
Neil Armstrong
Richard Gordon
NASA
Apollo
Bugs Bunny
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Cedar Rapids News
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Swisher
College Township
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Hammer
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