Apollo astronauts return from space mission aboard USS Ticonderoga
Commander Conrad Joseph Kerwin and Paul Weitz walked unassisted to a medical trailer after splashdown near the Ticonderoga ending an 11 million mile, four week weightless voyage. Doctors expected possible reactions to gravity but noted they were in good shape and saluted from the deck.
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Ticonderoga
Charles Conrad Jr
Joseph P. Kerwin
Paul J. Weitz
Conrad
Apollo
Pacific
Kerwin
Weitz
Clock Repair Hobby From Germany Findings Of Grayson
Jimmy Grayson, a Kansas Highway Patrol dispatcher and Air Force retiree, runs a pendulum clock collection begun after two Germany tours. He owns about 50 clocks, 20 running, with 70 to 80 year old pieces needing parts and reconditioning. Grayson stores and ships clocks during moves, improvises parts, and refinishes wood cases while noting hazards in pendulum work.
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Jane Blades
Jimmy Grayson
S. Highland
Germany
Grayson
Air Force
Kansas Highway Patrol
Omaha
Neb
Chanute
Delinquent Juvenile Case Stalled in May Slaying
Erie Judge Alberta Gough of Neosho County reports no movement in the delinquency case of a juvenile charged in the May 22 slaying of 71 year old Robert B. Ehler of Parsons. The juvenile remains jailed and no hearing date is set.
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Erie
Alberta Gough
Neosho County
Robert B. Ehler
Parsons
Gough
Summit Pact Cuts Nuclear War Risk
Nixon and Brezhnev sign a landmark pact to reduce the risk of nuclear war. The bilateral agreement aims to prevent dangerous provocations and forbids threats or use of force against each other and allies, with implications for other nations. a Moscow summit in 1974 targets formal limits on arsenals.
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Washington
Nixon
Leonid I. Brezhnev
White House
California
Brezhnev
Moscow
City Advocates Incentive Plan for Cheaper Homes
Everett Tomlin of the Office of Economic Opportunity outlines a plan tested statewide where a city or county funds labor for new homes and gains from resulting property taxes over a decade. Example shows 10 houses yearly returning about 340 dollars per year in taxes, totaling over a million in 20 years with an initial investment around 250 thousand dollars. The approach requires local government to apply through SEK CAP for manpower training funds and cover trainer salaries.
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Tomlin
Chanute
Chanute Housing Authority
Ralph Burdett
Court narrows obscenity test in porn case ruling
Supreme Court majority redefines obscenity to allow local standards and the concept of a serious work. The ruling limits expert testimony and signals tougher enforcement, while dissent warns the standard could suppress presses and publications.
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Topeka
Kan
Vern Miller
U.S. Supreme Court
160 to Perform for Jesus Music Festival at Royster Stadium
The Jesus Music Festival at Royster Stadium Saturday runs 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. featuring 160 singers in 11 groups. Five speakers address attendees with parking guidance, concessions, and a religious bookstore available. Schedule changes move The Living Truth to 8:35–9 p.m. and The Super Soul Singers to 5:50 p.m., ending with a candlelight service at 9 p.m.
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Royster Stadium
The
Living Truth
Tulsa
Super Soul Singers
Yates Center
Deane Endicott
Grant Avenue Baptist Church
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha
A brief intercepted letter to Cha notes dogs are unfit for jump rope play as they are too short to twirl the rope. The writer signs off with a casual closing.
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Ray Sutherland
Fred Jordan
Erie
Cha
Texas poultry growers destroy baby chicks over price freeze
In Dallas a South Texas producer warns 200000 chicks will be destroyed by week’s end as growers quit broiler raising. T C Moore of Home Foods Nixon says losses reach 72000 dollars last week while broilers cost 45 to 50 cents a pound to raise and bring 40 to 41 cents at market.
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Dallas
Tex
Texas
South Texas
T. C. Moore
Home Foods
Nixon
Moore
Senate Finance panel approves 5.5% Social Security boost
The Senate Finance Committee voted 11 to 2 to add a 5.5 percent cost of living increase for 28 million Social Security beneficiaries, effective next January, with broad support in both chambers despite Nixon administration objections. The measure was attached to a debt limit extension bill.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
House
Two Pilots Face Misconduct Charges For POW Camp Actions
Pentagon sources allege Navy Capt. Walter E. Wilbur, 43, of Columbia Cross Roads, Pa., and Marine Lt. Col. Edison Wainwright Miller, 41, of Tustin, Calif, engaged in misconduct during their years in North Vietnamese POW camps.
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Washington
Pentagon
Navy
Walter E. Wilbur
Columbia Cross Roads
Edison Wainwright Miller
Tustin
Calif
De Valera to retire after decades of Irish leadership
Dublin watches as Eamon de Valera, born Brooklyn, ends a 14 year presidency and over fifty years shaping Irish affairs. His retirement marks the close of an era in Phoenix Park on Sunday. The report contrasts his long influence with the shifting political scene.
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Dublin
Phoenix Park
Brooklyn
ICJ Urges France to Halt Pacific Nuclear Tests
The International Court of Justice at The Hague called on France to refrain from further nuclear testing in the South Pacific pending a final ruling on legality. Australia and New Zealand sought an injunction, warning ongoing tests pose health and environmental risks to local populations.
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the Hague
International Court of Justice
France
South Pacific
Australia
New Zealand
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