Astronauts Erect Sunshade During Skylab Spacewalk
Two astronauts Jack Lousma and Owen Garriott floated 271 miles above Earth to install a 22 by 24 foot sunshade on Skylab and load film for telescope cameras. Commander Alan Bean remained aboard to assist as needed. The spacewalk faced delays from motion sickness and equipment issues while inspecting potential short circuits, steering rockets leaks, and a radiator for coolant.
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Alan L. Bean
Mission Control
Garriott
Lousma
Orbiting Lab
Apollo
Informer Testifies Against Veterans In 1971 VVAW Meeting
William Lemmer, a former Special Forces trooper and Vietnam Veterans Against the War member, testified that Scott Camil, then Florida coordinator for VVAW, told him at a 1971 meeting he was organizing the squads.
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William Lemmer
Special Forces
Vietnam Veterans Against the War
Scott Camil
Florida
VVAW
Gainesville informant links alleged political assassination training
Lemmer testified that during a 1971 Gainesville meeting the defendant described a program of political assassination training on a farm with squads. He said the group traded drugs for weapons to equip their men. Defense sought a mistrial, but the judge ruled the material necessary to show intent.
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Gainesville
Fla
Lemmer
PBI
Kansas City
Camil
Tallahassee
TNS
Inoenix
No Legal Precedents For Tapes
A top Justice official said no legal precedents require Nixon to turn over White House tapes even if evidentiary in prosecutions. Dixon noted executive privilege claims lack firm support as Cox deadline looms for Nixon to justify refusal. White House will respond to Sirica by 10 a.m. Tuesday on requests for nine presidential conversations and related documents. Senate panel also subpoenaed tapes and was denied.
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Washington
Justice Department
Nixon
White House
Asst. Atty
Robert G. Dixon Jr
American Bar Assn
Dixon
Watergate
Archibald Cox
U.S. District Court
John J. Sirica
Cox
Senate Watergate Committee
Largest marijuana haul in Wayne County history uncovered
Deputies found about 100 pounds of marijuana valued at 32000 in two burlap bags and a pillow case in a car along U S 52 near Genoa. Gregory P Murphy of Warwick Rhode Island and a 1 year old Arizona girl were jailed after a preliminary hearing was planned. a North Carolina man fled during the incident.
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Wayne
North Carolina
Wayne County
Gregory P. Murphy
Warwick
R. I
Arizona
Keith Ray
U. S. 52
Genoa
Ray
James Hundley
Delmar Meddings
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Hale Street
Wares
Gazette
Lawrence Pierce
Lee Street
Oldsmobile
Fisher
Olds
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