Fiery Night Launch Ends Current Apollo Missions
Apollo 17 blasts off from Cape Kennedy at 9 53 p m in a fiery display. Astronauts Eugene Cernan Ronald Evans and Harrison Schmitt prepare for a 13 day lunar voyage amid cautious weather forecasts and strong public interest. The mission marks the last of the manned moon landings for now with plans for an earth orbiting laboratory crews and a space shuttle in the late 1970s. Cernan and Schmitt will land near Taurus mountains and Littrow crater to study rocks from the moon's 4.6 billion year history.
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Cape Kennedy
Fia
America
Eugene A. Cernan
Ronald E. Evans
Harrison H. Schmitt
Schmitt
Adm
Alan Shepard
Astronaut Office
Cernan
Evans
Ceman
Taurus Mountains
Littrow
Moon
Space Agency
Mead Park group seeks flood site for skating pond
The Mead Park association, blocked in its plan to flood Mead Park pond this winter, proposes a new flooding site near the hobby shop and parking area. Councilman Downey notes confidence the ground will freeze to hold water, with the Girl Scout building at Wie park slated as a skating lodge if plans pay off. The pond will be dredged next summer by Corry Bog Co after a weather delay.
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Mead Park Association
Mead Park
Jack Downey
The
Park Association
Girl Scout
Wie Park
Corry Bog Co
Nixon Son In Law Passes Bar Exam
Edward F. Cox, son in law of President Nixon, passed the written New York State bar examination. The State Board of Law Examiners said Cox and 2,000 other passers must still appear before a character and fitness committee.
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Nixon
New York
Edward F. Cox
State Board of Law Examiners
Cox
Huge Larceny Stuns City In Fourth Ward Case
Police investigate a grand larceny involving a one ton steel beam stolen from a house on Third Avenue in the Fourth Ward Urban Renewal Project. Witnesses describe a car wrecker pickup loading the beam, with no clear whereabouts or suspects yet, prompting questions about how the structure remained standing.
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Fourth Ward
Third Avenue
Small Budget Increase From Hidden City Expenses
Corry's 1973 budget shows a $70,000 rise, aided by federal revenue sharing delaying tax hikes. Obscure line items include $250 more for the Airport Authority and a $700 replenishment for police riot equipment, with tear gas canisters noted as a factor though not decisive.
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City of
Corry
Airport Authority
Lawrence
Heaviest Saigon Rocket Attack Since Tet 1968
Viet Cong and North Vietnamese gunners launched more than 50 rockets into Tan Son Nhut Air Base and surrounding areas in the heaviest strike on Saigon since the Tet offensive. Ground fighting followed near Tam Binh Village as about 1,500 government troops pressed a pincer move with armored units, helicopters, and fighter-bombers. Nine killed and 54 wounded in the rocket attack, including one American, while air strikes continued into the evening. casualties among Vietnamese civilians were high.
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Saigon
Tan Son Nhut
Tam Binh
Weather Parachute Found Near Buells Corners
A weather parachute from the U S Weather Service reportedly went off course and failed to report to the Cleveland station. Spar ta area residents alerted State Police troopers, leading to Trooper John Evanko locating a red parachute with instruments in a tree near Buells Corners and identifying the transmitter home base. The runaway chute is en route to Cleveland and officials expect weather reports to normalize.
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United States Weather Service
Cleveland
Corry
Sparta Area
Buells Corners
John Evanko
Samuel Messina
R.D. 2
Spartansburg
Betty Schley
Hatchtown Road
RD. 2
Sparta
Evanko
Messina
Unlawful Entry Case In Corry Man Held In County Jail
A Corry man awoke to a possible intruder at 2 50 am and detained Dennis Consolo 20 of 318 West Church Street. Consolo was taken to the State Police substation and arraigned before District Justice Porter Auer. Unable to post 500 bond, he was jailed in Erie County awaiting a hearing with no date set.
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Corry
Wiie
James G. Miller
R.D
Dennis Consolo
West Church Street
Consolo
Porter Auer
Erie County
Fischer Hopes To Meet Spassky Here
Los Angeles AP Bobby Fischer says he hopes to defend his world chess title in the United States against Boris Spassky. He notes Spassky would not have much chance, but says he would play him if the money is good enough and that Spassky is still his best opponent.
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Los Angeles
Bobby Fischer
United States
Boris Spassky
Fischer
Spassky
Reykjavik
Iceland
Fisher
Beverly Hills
Stanley Rader
U S Accepts Most Of Hijacking Deal With Cubans
Washington reports that the United States accepts a major portion of a Cuban plan to curb hijacking including keeping anti Castro refugees from harassing Cuba and an extradition option for hijackers. Volpe orders new air security measures to screen passengers and luggage.
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Washington
United States
William P. Rogers
Cuba
Silvio Masnata
Havana
State Department
Transportation
John A. Volpe
Doctor Says Harry Truman's Condition Serious
Former president Harry S. Truman, 88, was assessed as seriously ill at Research Medical Center for pulmonary congestion. Hospital officials noted vital signs may be unstable and planned a briefing at 11:30 a.m. EST after a night spent with Mrs. Truman.
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Harry Truman
Kansas City
Wallace Graham
Harry S. Truman
Research Medical Center
Truman
John Creeves
Graham
Creeves
Kissinger And Tho Meet In Paris For Fifth Session
Henry Kissinger and Le Duc Tho held a five hour third Paris meeting with no public statement. The session followed two earlier talks and a 24 hour pause, while Nixon urged new instructions. The talks occurred at a house in a park, with reporters noting a long handshake as officials departed.
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Paris
Henry A. Kissinger
le Duc ‘Tho
Kissinger
Tho
Nixon
White House
Amaud Clerc
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Ron Evans
Jack Schmitt
Gene Cernan
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