Little Things Are Big Factors in Space Flight
Cape Kennedy reports that small items may shape Gemini 11 outcomes with a clothesline and TV monitor to secure gear during the flight. Astronauts Charles Conrad Jr and Richard Gordon Jr will test gear like overshoes, hand holds on the Agena, a battery powered tool, and a phosphorus-32 radiation experiment on white blood cells and pink bread mold. The goal is to study tools and support devices for weightlessness and potential future space station assembly.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Agena
Navy
Charles Conrad, Jr
Cmdr
Richard Gordon, Jr
Gordon
Conrad
Earth
Defense Department
Joke lands in upended lake teeth retrieve in Oldham
In Oldham England a lake incident drew police after a group in a boat laughed loudly then jumped in. They were joking around, one man spit his false teeth into the water and the others swam to recover them. The lake attendant had feared trouble.
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Oldham
England
UPI
Sam Stanley
Macabre on KCRG TV Tonight Starring Prince and Backus
William Prince and Jim Backus headline the 4 o clock movie Macabre airing Tuesday on KCRG TV Channel 9. The feature presents a suspenseful tale with notable cast members.
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William Prince
Jim Backus
Kcrg-Tv
Earthshakes: Natural Disasters and Man Made Tremors
The piece contrasts natural earthquakes with man made tremors from nuclear bombs. It notes Iran's recent earthquakes as a great horror and defines the term earth shake for human induced ground movement.
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Iran
Space Rescue System Doubtful in Coming Years
NASA and the Air Force study practical space rescue options for astronauts in distress. Experts question earth to space or earth to moon ambulances as feasible, favoring safer ships with redundant systems or bailout lifeboats if weight allows.
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Earth
Say
Dr. Xyz
Neil Armstrong
David Scott
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Air Force
Edward Welsh
National Aeronautics and Space Council
George Mueller
Moon
Mueller
Death Price of a Vote in Viet Nam Election
Reported Viet Cong tactics aim to deter voting on September 11 as a nationwide effort to show government weakness. Captured documents describe roadblocks to polling, indoctrination, ballot disruption, voter intimidation, and assaults near election sites. More than 5 million of 7 percent eligible adults have registered amid VC terror.
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Washington
Nea
South Vietnam
Long An
Binh Thuan
Hue
Binh Tuy
Long Khanh
Litical Party
Quang Tin
Science Turns To Mouth Health For Decay Fight
Washington UPI reports the Public Health Service awarded 36 667 dollars to California biochemist Dr Martin Morrison to search for a decay fighting enzyme in human saliva based on his finding of lactoperoxidase in cow sheep and pig salivas. Morrison suggests the same enzyme could exist in humans helping curb oral microbes.
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Washington
UPI
U.S. Public Health Service
California
Martin Morrison
Morrison
Tank collision on Route 206 involves National Guard vehicle
George Quarnes was driving on Route 206 when a National Guard tank sideswiped his car. The tank and another vehicle were en route from the Flemington armory to the Somerville train station for shipment to Pennsylvania, traveling on the road shoulder when the minor crash occurred.
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Raritan
N.J
UPI
George Quarnes
National Guard
Flemington
Somerville
Pennsylvania
Protective Spray Bomb Falls into Wrong Hands
In Detroit two men robbed store owner Mike Said of $500 using a chemical spray bomb sold for protection against muggers. Said was sprayed in the face and the robbers fled on foot.
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Detroit
Mike Said
Said
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