Skylab faces heat problem as 100 degree readings appear
NASA scrambles to salvage three manned missions after Skylab reports 100 degree internal temperatures and a gyro scope fault. Two solar panels failed after launch, halving power, while engineers seek a quick fix and Sunday liftoff remains under review. Local forecast: mostly sunny, warmer, highs mid 70s.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Skylab Space Station
Space Agency
Neil Hutchinson
Charles Conrad Jr
Joseph P. Kerwin
Paul J. Weitz
Skylab
Bra baited theft case leads to court delay
Norma Mc Cafferty’s clothesline bra was stolen and a bell sewn into bright panties used as bait. Police caught Jack Cohen, 50, of East End London, who admitted the theft and faced medical exams and a June 4 hearing after magistrates ordered further proceedings. The Justice Department asked the Supreme Court to strengthen prosecutions of congressional corruption. Bernard Cornfeld faces fraud charges over Investors Overseas Services and will appear before a Swiss magistrate. Joplin reports storm damage totaling 12.8 million dollars.
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Washington
Justice Department
Supreme Court
Geneva
Switzerland
Bernard Cornfeld
Europe
Cornfeld
Investors Overseas Services
Empire
Paris
Practical Nurses Pass State Exam at Neosho County JC
The 12th class of Neosho County Community Junior College School of Practical Nursing passed their state exam. Virginia Hagenbuch said 123 nurses from eight schools took it, with 200 students having taken the course in Chanute. The program now earns 42 transferrable college credit hours for training due to curriculum changes and visual aids.
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Practical Nursing
Neosho County Community Junior College
Virginia Hagenbuch
Kansas Board of Nursing
Hagenbuch
Chanute
NCCJC
Department of Practical Nurse Education
GIs Urge Help as USO Tour Brings Texas Music to Germany
Darrel Brown a 1967 Chanu te High School graduate led a Texas USO tour through Germany to lift morale among US troops. He reports loneliness, distrust of Germans, and limited hobbies among recruits, with some preferring dishonorable discharge. The troupe, directed by Stewart Clark, performed 64 shows in 63 days starting in the Azores, and Brown hopes future tours and more funding will aid troops and counter isolation.
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Brown
University of Texas
Chanute High School
Texas
Hepberg
King Ranch
Germany
USO
CIA
Berlin
U.S
Europe
East Germany
West Germany
University of Kansas
Kansas State Teachers College of Emporia
Azores
Chanute
Common Few
D. Ed Brown
S. Allen
Missing Girl Anne Bowes Feared Drowned After River Raft Attempt
Rescue teams continue near Brown Wells Dam on the Neosho River seeking the body of 20 year old Anne Bowes after a raft incident. Volunteers, police, firemen and sheriffs deputies search along the river from the dam to East River bridge as dragging resumes with river levels down.
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Brown Wells Dam
John Redmond Reservoir
Anne Bowes
Sheriff's Department
East River
Matlock
Miss Bowes
CIA Misuse Alleged in Watergate Coverup Probe
CIA Deputy Director Vernon A. Walters testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee that Haldeman Ehrlichman and Dean were heavily involved in attempts to misuse the CIA for a Watergate coverup. The testimony aligns with L. Patrick Gray III statements about the FBI. Gray said Walters had the FBI postpone interviews with two witnesses.
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Washington
Central Intelligence Agency
White House
H.R. Haldeman
John D. Ehrlichman
John W. Dean III
CIA
Vernon A. Walters
Senate Armed Services Committee
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Walters
Haldeman
Ehrlichman
Dean
FBI
L. Patrick Gray III
Senate
Associated Press
Gray
Intercepted Letter Criticizes London Thief
Letter from Nute criticizes a London thief, calling for lifelong imprisonment and stating there is nothing wrong with theft. The note targets a person addressed as Cha with harsh moral judgment.
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London
Yeurs
Nute
Chanute High School hosts student activities and events
Parents of Royster Junior High ninth graders are invited to a Chanute High School meeting at 7 p.m. to discuss the Chanute Plan and its impact on curricula and schedules. The Future Business Leaders of America banquet, scholarships, the Drum and Bugle Corps spring program, and campus concerts are on this week’s schedule. Final exams run Wednesday through Friday, summer school enrollment is May 30, and classes start May 31. The Thespians head to Kansas City to see Gypsy.
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Royster Junior High
Chanute High School
Six Bulls
NCCJC
Portland man killed by FBI marksmen at airport fuel tank
In Portland a 25 year old William H Abernathy with two guns and companions threatened to blow up a 840000 gallon fuel tank at Portland International Airport. FBI agents shot him dead one minute before the noon deadline. One other man escaped earlier and the remaining man was unharmed.
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Portland
Ore
FBI
William H. Abernathy
Portland International Airport
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Cox
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East End
Cohen
Department
Congress
John Dowdy
D-Tex
Napoleon
Joplin
Robert Metzinger
Civil Defense
Lea Kungle
By Jane Blades
Texas Hatters
Lyndon Johnson
Old Guard
Stewart Clark
Clark
Neosho
Lige Matlock
Police Department
Nixon
Cha
Kansas City, Mo
Limelight Theatre
Managua
Nicaragua
William P. Rogers
Mexico
Venezuela
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