Apollo 17 Off Course But Performing Smoothly En Route to Moon
Apollo 17 on a 132000 mile voyage to the moon nears midway point as ground controllers plan a brief one second thruster burn to correct course. Astronauts Cernan Evans and Schmitt slept through most of Thursday while Schmitt described earth weather and Houston from space.
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America
Challenger
Lunar
Mission Control
Apollo 17
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Moon
Space
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Houston
Cernan
Strikes Lurk Over Pennsylvania Garbage Service
The Refuse Disposal Association of Pennsylvania mulls a Christmas week strike that could disrupt waste pickup in Mennville and western Crawford County. Superior Refuse Co. of Pittsburgh, serving Corry, says it will not join or halt service. RDAP chief Ronald Neilson and Aardvark Association vow possible participation. a Dec. 19 meeting with DR Environmental Resources head Maurice Goddard will shape next steps.
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Refuse Disposal Association of Pennsylvania
Corry
Superior Refuse Co
Pittsburgh
Superior
Superior Firm
Mennville
Crawford County
RDAP
Carlisle
Ronald Neilson
Aardvark Association
Meadville City
Aardvark
Neilson
Maurice Goddard
Department of Environmental Resources
Robert Henry
Henry
Linesville
Conneautville
Springboro
Conneaut Lake
Corry Drivers Sure Know This Corry Drivers Sure Know This
State Transportation Secretary Jacob Kassab says Pennsylvania road maintenance is only 40 percent funded, forecasting resurfacing at 2 percent annually and 8,000 miles a year. He warns road surfaces and beds may need replacement within a decade, noting Pennsylvania’s 4,200 state maintained miles exceed neighboring states.
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Pittsburgh
Jacob Kassab
Kassab
Pennsylvania Asphalt Paving Association
Reporter's Right To Keep Source Confidential Upheld
A Second Circuit decision affirms a journalist’s right to withhold a confidential source in the Balk case. Judge Kaufman notes a paramount public interest in a vigorous independent press and asserts freedom of the press guards speech and press rights. Balk refused to disclose the source of a 1962 Saturday Evening Post article about Chicago real estate racism and profits from prejudice.
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New York
United States Court of Appeals
Second Circuit
Alfred Balk
Columbia Journalism Review
Irving R. Kaufman
J. Joseph Smith
William H. Mulligan
Court of Appeals
Villa
Kaufman
Saturday Evening Post
Chicago
Balk
Norris Vitchek
American professor halts Ethiopian jet hijack with grenade toss
Prof Roderick Hilsinger of Temple University leapt to grab a live grenade dropped by a panicky hijacker aboard an Addis Ababa bound Ethiopian airliner. Security guards shot dead seven hijackers including a woman. ten hijackers total involved and three arrested. Hilsinger, slightly wounded, helped foil the attack that damaged an engine and rudder but allowed a safe landing.
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Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
U.S
Roderick Hilsinger
Temple University
Philadelphia
Hilsinger
Eritrea
Asmara
Richard Wylie
Life Magazine to Fold in December After 36 Years
Life magazine will discontinue publication with the December 29 issue Time Inc announced. The closing follows persistent losses through the early 1970s and a grim staff meeting on the eighth floor of the Time-Life Building. Life, founded in 1936 by Henry Luce, outlasted rival Look but suffered substantial deficits in 1969 70 and growing losses projected for 1973 74.
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NW York
Life Magazine
Time, Inc
Henry Luce
Life
Time-Life
Sixth Avenue
50Th Street
Look
Hedley Donovan
Andrew Heiskell
Boom year for Corry building boom in 1972
1972 saw a surge in Corry building with 83 permits totaling 2 153 375 dollars up from 62 permits worth 414 855 the prior year. Real estate transfers rose to 318 in Erie County with major projects including East Columbus avenue and Sciota street for Associated Spring Corp 170 000 dollars Medical Arts Building 160 000 Viking Plastics 108 000 and Means Lumber 55 000. Home construction rose to 13 new houses worth 302 194 dollars with 36 remodeling projects totaling 60 859 and three new swimming pools including a 3 500 dollar pool.
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Corry
Erie County
East Columbus Avenue
Sciota Street
Associated Spring Corporation
Medical Arts
Viking Plastics
Means Lumber Co
Connie's
U S Unemployment at Two Year Low in November
U S unemployment fell to 5.2 percent in November, the lowest in 27 months, with unemployed down by over 200000 to 4.2 million. Employment stood at 82.7 million while average hourly earnings held at 3.73 dollars. weekly earnings slipped to 138.01 dollars as hours worked decreased.
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Washington
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Doctor Concerned Truman Heart Shows Stress
Kansas City AP reports that former President Harry S Truman remains on the critical list at Research Hospital and Medical Center. Dr Wallace Graham said the heart shows considerable irritability and stress, while noting some improvement in other areas. Truman, 88, was brought from his Independence home with lung congestion and a weakened heart. He was first listed on the critical list Wednesday night and had a temperature around 100.2 degrees with fluctuating readings. pulse and blood pressure were stable at 10 am.
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Harry S. ‘Truman
Research Hospital
Wallace Graham
Truman
Graham
Independence
John Dreves
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