Apollo Team Moon Bound to the Moon Landing Mission
Apollo 15 astronauts Col. David R. Scott Lt. Col. James B. Irwin and Maj. Alfred M. Worden launched from Cape Kennedy aboard Saturn V Endeavor and Falcon craft. After orbiting Earth for three hours they docked the lunar lander and prepared for a three day voyage toward lunar surface.
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Cape Kennedy
Fila
America
David R. Scott
James B. Irwin
Alfred M. Worden
Air Force
Earth
Endeavor
Public Hearing on City Street Paving Assessments
A public hearing to receive complaints on street paving assessments will be held today at 4 p.m. in the Memorial Building commission room. Minor address corrections may be handled by the City Clerk, but protests on assessment amounts should be made at the meeting. Most paving projects are in the southwest and Arolyn Heights area.
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Memorial Building
Arolyn Heights
Outlook Gloomy for Lockheed Bill Faces Senate Hurdles
Washington Republicans warn over quick Senate action on a bill aiding Lockheed and other troubled firms. Sen. Tower forecasts hope for a midweek debate and a weekend passage if first vote fails. Buckley opposes broad loan guarantees citing market discipline, Nixon urges swift approval before recess.
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Washington
Nixon
Senate
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
John Tower
R-Tex
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Lockheed
Tower
James L. Buckley
New York
Buckley
Congress
White House
City Commission Meeting Agenda Tonight
The City Commission meets at 7:30 p.m. in the Memorial Building Room 203. The agenda includes Audit report by Donald Yerkes, garbage bag survey, a certificate of deposit resolution, and Planning Commission reports on Eastwood final plot zoning change capital improvements and the city planner hire recommendation.
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Memorial Building
Donald Yerkes
Planning Commission
Eastwood Heights
Prisoners Hold Guards in New Orleans Prison Standoff
In New Orleans, about 30 inmates including several Black Panthers seized two guards at the parish prison to protest conditions. The guards were unharmed though prisoners armed with improvised weapons demanded talks with Mayor Moon Landrieu, Sheriff Heyd, and Panthers’ lawyers as armed officers stood by. Twelve Panthers are on trial for allegedly aiming to kill five police during the Desire Street housing project shootout last September. Judge Augustine Jr. presided as jury selection continued with a tenth juror chosen.
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New Orleans
New Orleans Parish
Moon Landrieu
Louis A. Heyd Jr
Panthers
Criminal District Court
Desire Street
Columbus Turmoil Prompts Curfew Aid and Sniper Attacks
In Columbus Georgia violence surged as firebombings and sniper fire struck Sunday night. Police reported 15 arrests after clashes near police headquarters following a Black Lives protest begun in June over firing of seven Black officers. State troopers remained on alert as fires burned into the night.
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Columbus, Ga
J.R. Allen
Milan Rand
Columbus
Blue-Eyed Blonde Crowned Miss Nude World of 1971
Rosemarie Hess, a 25 year old married woman from Hamilton, won Miss Nude World 1971 at a nearby nudist resort. The event drew 3000 spectators and 17 contestants with judges including Swiss journalists and broadcasters.
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Hamilton, Ont
Rosemarie Hess
Hamilton
Monorail Crash Injures 27 at Seattle Center Terminal
A streamlined Seattle monorail train struck a steel girder at the Seattle Center terminal injuring 27 people. The monorail line, built for the 1962 world fair, runs through the downtown area near the Exhibition complex.
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Seattle
Seattle Center
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha
A fragment mentions Miss Nude World and a prize-winning costume with hope she may appear in an event setting. The note uses playful language and hints at pageant imagery without full context.
Weather area forecast and Kansas record chill
Partly cloudy and cool tonight with light northerly winds. Tuesday will be fair and warmer with low 60s and highs mid 80s. Measurable precipitation under five percent tonight and ten percent Tuesday. Records dating back 80 years fell in Kansas as cool air hit the state with Wichita at 59 and Dodge City at 57, breaking July 26 and date records respectively.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Wichita
Dodge City
Scientists warn emergency cooling system in reactors may fail
A UC S report in Cambridge claims the emergency cooling system likely cannot prevent disaster if the primary system ruptures. It cites AEC tests showing repeated failures and calls for halting new licenses until safeguards are reviewed and reactors reassessed. The group lists Forbes, Ford, Kendall, and MacKenzie as authors.
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Cambridge, Mass
The
Tion
AEC
London bus route safety ride ends in minor crash
London Transport Authority invited city councilmen and police for a bus ride to test a new route amid protests. Midway the bus struck a parked car, prompting a spokesman to say the scheme is being reconsidered.
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London
London Transport Authority
Lawmakers Split Over Nine Month Draft Pullout Plan
Washington lawmakers remained deadlocked over a nine month war pullout amendment as conferees of the House and Senate broke up without a date for resuming talks. House Armed Services Chairman F Edward Hebert said another meeting could be held this week and that a two year draft extension before the August recess is possible, though not probable.
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Washington
House Senate
House Armed Services
F. Edward Hebert
D-La
Congress
Hebert
Agnew Arrives in Lisbon on NATO Mission
Vice President Spiro T. Agnew lands in Lisbon for the final stop of a global tour amid NATO ties. He traveled from Malaga after a golf vacation at Sotogrande and will hold a one hour meeting with Prime Minister Marcello Caetano and attend a reception hosted by President Admiral Americo Thomaz.
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Lisbon
Spiro T. Agnew
Llnation Global
Portugal
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Agnew
Europe
Malaga
Sotogrande
Spain
Mediterranean
Marcello Caetano
Adm
Americo Thomaz
Third Candidate Minh Runs For South Vietnam Presidency
Retired Gen Duong Van Minh, 56, becomes the third man to announce a bid for the South Vietnamese presidency. He conditions his candidacy on a fair Oct 3 election and says he would seek the people’s pardon to withdraw if the vote is not clean.
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Saigon
Duong van
Big” Minh
South Vietnam
Ngo Dinh Diem
Nguyen van Thein
Oil spill from sewer project kills fish in Rock Creek
Police investigate oil drainage from a Hill Park construction site in Independence Missouri. Oil from shale excavating in a sewer project covered Rock Creek in several spots with unknown fish fatalities. Three youths reported the dead fish to authorities.
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Independence, Mo
Hill Park
Rock Creek
Medina jury selection opens in My Lai case
Jury selection begins in McPherson for the trial of Capt. Ernest Medina charged with assault and murder of 102 Vietnamese civilians during the My Lai operation on May 16, 1968. Medina, from Montrose Colorado, commanded Charlie Company of the Americal Division.
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FT. Mcpherson, Ga
Ernest Medina
My Lai
Medina
Montrose
Colo
Charlie Company
Americal Division
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Lee Wilkins
Jim Woods
Chanute Legion
Israel M. Augustine Jr
Rand
Switzerland
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Cha
Union of Concerned Scientists
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Jan A. Forbes
Lowell Institute of Technology
Daniel F
Ford
Harvard University
Henry W. Kendall
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
James J. MacKenzie
Transport Authority
Cape Town
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Adrian Herbert
Jackson Gunga
Barnard
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