Skylab 2 Astronauts Fly to Cape Kennedy for Launch Preparations
Skylab 2 astronauts Alan Bean Owen Garriott and Jack Lousma fly from Texas to Cape Kennedy to stage a 59 day space mission launch set for Saturday. The crew undergoes final simulations and rehearsals in preparation for rendezvous maneuvers and potential aborts with Saturn IB booster. Edits include medical monitoring due to extended flight and involvement of families watching the lift off.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Texas
Alan L. Bean
Owen K. Garriott
Jack R. Lousma
Johnson Space Center
Houston
Johnson Center
Orbiting Laboratory
Control Center
Bean
Garriott
Lousma
Skylab
Titusville man wounded in accidental gun incident
Leon A. Sopher was shot in the thigh by a .22 rifle while working on its scope at his Spring Creek Road home near Titusville. He drove to Titusville Hospital and was in satisfactory condition. police ruled the wound an accident, noting he had not checked the firearm before proceeding.
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Titusville
Titusville Hospital
Corry
Leon A. Sopher
Spring Creek Road
Sopher
Corry Hospital Adds Blood Processing Charge Explained
Corry Memorial Hospital and Red Cross officials reassure residents that a new blood processing charge on bills costs patients nothing. Insurance or Red Cross coverage will pay the charge, replacing the former Red Cross funded deduction from United Fund gifts. Hospital participation aims to lower Red Cross expenses and improve insurance value, while blood is still provided free. Also notes a burglary at Pine Woods Inn with entry via rear window, no theft reported.
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Corry Memorial Hospital
Hospital
Corry
Red Cross
United Fund
Thomas Grice
Grice
Antrim
Buffalo Region
Hearing Starts Today Nixon Will Not Yield Tapes To Committee
The Senate Watergate committee voted unanimously to sue to compel President Nixon to surrender tapes and Watergate related documents. Chairman Sam Ervin said litigation is essential to test if the President is above the law. Nixon suggested he might turn over specific documents, but Ervin rejected the idea as impractical amid ongoing disputes over executive privilege.
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Nixon
Washington
Senate Watergate Committee
Sam J. Ervin Jr
Tan.c
Howard H. Baker Jr
R-Tenn
Ervin
Watergate
Sion
White House
United States
John W. Dean II
Ehrlichman says Mitchell and Hoover knew of plumbers probe
John Ehrlichman testified that former Attorney General Mitchell and J Edgar Hoover were aware the White House plumbers planned an independent probe into the Pentagon Papers. He cited the 1971 burglary as part of that effort and defended it as a national security action. He noted pressure from Nixon to obtain results.
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Washington (Ap
John D. Ehrlichman
Atty
John N. Mitchell
PBI
J. Edgar Hoover
White House
Daniel Blisberg
Ehrlichman
Nixon
Mitchell
Hoover
FBI
Louis Marx
Elisberg
Marx
Lowell P. Weicker Jr
R-Conn
Police Quiet Rowdy Youths and Vandalism Probe
Police quieted several rowdy youths across the city on four calls while investigating a criminal mischief incident at the former Aero-Flow Dynamics building on West Main Street. Security guard Frank Messina reported 14 railroad ties stolen and 49 warehouse windows broken, estimating $325 in damages. He said the damage occurred after he left at 5 p.m. Tuesday and that removing the ties likely required two large men and a truck. Police are pursuing charges if suspects are caught.
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Aero-Flow Dynamics
West Main Street
Frank Messina
Messina
Government Appeals Bomb Halt Ruling in Cambodia Case
The government filed a notice of appeal to overturn a ruling that declar ed the U S bombing of Cambodia unconstitutional and halted. Attorney Morse said a stay and Supreme Court appeal are planned as the order takes effect Friday. Rep Hollaman hailed the decision as reasserting Congress approval and limits on American military actions.
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New York
U.S
Cambodia
U.S. Atty
Robert A. Morse
Supreme Court
Washington
White House
U.S. Dist
Orrin G. Judd
Elizabeth Hollaman
D. N.Y
Air Force
Judd
Congress
Holtzman
Nixon
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Pine Woods
Route 6
Union’ City
Thomas H. Kysor
R.D. 3
Select Committee
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W.K. Shindledecker
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Mary Sprovers
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Weicker
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