Apollo 15 Splashdown Ends Moon Mission Return
Apollo 15 returns to Okinawa greeted by music and cheers aboard the recovery ship. Scott Irwin and Worden recount a busy, 67 hour moon surface mission with Hadley Base explorations and a 18 minute spacewalk, while a chute malfunction prompted NASA to review landing procedures for future flights.
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Otal
Scott
Irwin
Hadley Rille
Apennines
Worden
Moon
Endeavour
Lunar
Earth
Hadley Base
Rover
Mission Control
Antigun Debate Revisited on Crime and Ownership
An anti gun viewpoint argues for stricter laws citing rising crime, while supporters insist the 1968 Gun Control Act failed to curb crime. The author notes gun owners include police, guards, families, and criminals who often obtain weapons via theft or the black market, challenging the effectiveness of new controls.
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Robert L.F. Sikes
Associated Press
Washington
Military pay raises trimmed in compromise plan
Draft continues on page one detailing a $300 million cut to military pay raises. Recruits gain $1,707 base pay, but most officers and sergeants see smaller increases due to off base quarters and base pay structures. Generals receive little boost while sergeants first class would rise to $9,160 yearly.
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House
Senate
Apollo mission chutes fail in three chute deployment
Doctor Rocco Petrone notes learning from the failed deploys as all three chutes did not deploy in 10 Apollo missions eight manned two unmanned. Jim McDivitt says recovery picked up one chute while two sank and crew focus on astronauts first. Parachutes in water are dangerous and recovery uses grappling hooks to clear the area.
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Okinawa
Scott
Irwin
Worden
Earth
Clarence Jernigan
Space Agency
United States
Pacific Ocean
Dale Myers
McDivitt
Rocco Petrone
Petrone
Pacific
Joseph P. Allen
Mission Control
Allen
Rover
Falcon
Hadley Rille
Hadleyville
Deneavour
Moon
Orbit
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