Skylab Rescue in Trouble as Docking Fails
Three American astronauts fail to redock with the crippled Skylab space station after attempts to deploy a broken solar panel. Commander Charles Conrad Jr. and crewmates Paul Weitz and Joseph Kerwin faced repeated failures and a perilous EVA as Cape Kennedy launched the mission, marking a 72 hour chase to reach Skylab.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Skylab Space Station
Orbiting Laboratory
America
Space Station
Charles Conrad Jr
Mission Control
Conrad
Paul J. Weitz
Joseph P. Kerwin
Weitz
Pete
Gold Panning Just a Hobby By Dick Cowden
Kirk Erickson a former resident of Chanute spends spare time panning for gold in his California backyard. He has found about an ounce in four years though he prefers fishing or bear hunting. He notes gold prices would need to rise to 150 dollars an ounce for mining to resume, and he keeps any finds as money.
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Kirk Erickson
Chanute
Erickson
California
Douglas City
Calif
Reading teachers urge parents to foster preschool readiness
Reading specialists and Dr. Jerry Steele urge parents to read aloud, talk with children, and verbalize thoughts. They advise using left to right page tracking, finger following, patterning objects, and asking why events happen to strengthen attention, memory, and imagination after reading.
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Jerry Steele
Unified School District 413
Barbara David
Steele
David
Jo Ann Steele
Confused Jacksonville Kidnaping Ends With Escape
Three teenage brothers pick up a hitchhiker in Jacksonville. The kidnapper orders ransom notes, moves the youths to isolated spots, but the boys free themselves. Robert Fultz, 35, is arrested for kidnapping after detectives link tips and a composite sketch. In Oklahoma City, Gov. Hall signs a bingo bill legalizing nonprofit jackpot games with no immediate effect due to no emergency clause.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Matt Touchton
Martin Stein
Robert
Richard Stein
James Dent
Stein
Robert Fultz
Fultz
Oklahoma City
David Hall
Guard Set for Riley
Gov. Robert Docking announced Kansas Army National Guard training will move to Ft. Riley for the summer to conserve fuel. The switch aims to save tens of thousands of gallons as a predicted fuel shortage looms before Army approval on May 29. The 69th Brigade trains July 19-28 and the 130th Field Artillery August 11-25.
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Topeka
Kan
Robert Docking
Kansas Army National Guard
Ft. Riley
Ft. Chaffee
Ark
Docking
Kansas
Japan
U.S. Department of the Army
69Th Brigade
130Th Field Artillery
Area Forecast Showers and Cooler Weekend Ahead
Showers and thundershowers developing today continue into Sunday. Turning cooler tonight and Sunday. Highs today mid 70s to low 80s, lows 50s. Sunday highs upper 60s to mid 70s. Winds 15 to 35 mph.
Dear Cha A Fool and His Gold Are Soon Parted
A brief personal note uses a familiar proverb about gold and trust. It conveys a lighthearted farewell with a playful reminder that folly leads to loss. No additional names or concrete actions are present.
Reading classes in Unified School District 413 show success
District 413 reports substantial gains from its special reading program begun in Chanute in 1965. Reading levels fell 26 percent below grade in 1965, 12 percent in 1972, with reading achievement up 25 percent since the program started.
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Unified School District 413
Jerry Steele
Chanute
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Aimee Guinette
S. Highland
Sheila Penner
S. Central
Tim Fairchild
W. 5Th
Dick Cowden
Oregon
Kelly Erickson
N. Washington
Kile Erickson
S. Lafayette
Cynthia Erickson
Evergreen
Flag
Avenue of Flags
Memorial Park
American Legion
Post Home
Oklahoma
Riley
New York
U.S. Air Force
Asia
Cambodia
Air Force
United States
Far East
Cha
Yours
By Jane Blades
Alcott
Elizabeth Cooper
Murray Hill
Hutton
Stanford
University of Kansas
Cooper
Alcott School
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