Green Laser Test Delights Skylab Crew Over Earth
Skylab astronauts photographed a bright green laser spot from Earth during a 16th day in space, prompting hopes the beams could guide future spacecraft. Commander Gerald Carr and crewmates William Pogue and Edward Gibson observed the light as Goddard scientists guided the test from Greenbelt Maryland while continuing earth resource and weather studies.
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Paul Recer
Aerospace Winter Space Center
Houston
Skylab
Earth
Skylab 3
Gerald P. Carr
Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt
Space Station
Carr
William R. Pogue
Edward G. Gibson
Space
California
Brazil
New Mexico
Colorado
Texas
Apollo
Skilab
Mission Control
Rebels Overrun Second Outpost In Cambodia
Associated Press reports insurgents overran a second government outpost in Cambodia within days, causing heavy losses with no immediate casualty count. Bor Yeap, 28 miles west of Phnom Penh, withstood a two hour attack before retreating. The event follows the earlier fall of Vihear Suor and marks ongoing clashes along a 400 mile supply route from near the demilitarized zone to Loc Ninh.
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Matt Franjola
Associated Press
Phnom Penh
Bor Yeap
Vihear Suor
Srang
Tram Khwar
Saigon
Bu Song
Demilitarized Zone
Loc Ninh
Joint Military Commission
Viet Cong
Commander of U S Sub Lost At Sea
Cmdr Alvin L Wilderman 36 commanding officer of nuclear attack submarine USS Plunger washed overboard and lost in heavy seas near the Golden Gate Bridge during sea trials. Coast Guard search suspended due to rough seas. Wilderman from Greenville Illinois had moved to Coronado California with his wife and two children.
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San Francisco
Plunger
Navy
Alvin L Wilderman
Coast Guard
Golden Gate Bridge
Mare Island Naval Shipyard
Donald Moses
Wilderman
Greenville
Ill
Coronado
Calif
Three Killed As Train Strikes Truck
A log truck collided with a 154 car freight train ten miles south of Wilson North Carolina killing a man his wife and their young son Rescue squads rushed to the scene after nine oclock Sunday morning and a train crew member suffered minor injuries The victims were Bobby C Crocker 24 Lillie Hardy Crocker 21 and Bobby C Crocker Jr 1 The body of the child was not recovered until mid afternoon The Wilmington bound Seaboard Coast Line Railroad train derailed with 17 cars involved and four engines derailed
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Wilmington
N.C
Gas shortage closes many North Carolina stations
North Carolina gasoline dealers keep Sunday closures as fuel supplies dwindle. 70 to 80 percent of stations may shut, not solely due to Nixon's request but due to actual scarcity. State patrol plans intensified Sunday traffic checks. emergency vehicles will receive fuel from patrol or highway stations.
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van Vanuch
Associated Press
North Carolina
North Carolina Service Station Association
Avery Upchurch
Raleigh
Nixon
Upchurch
Col
E. W. Jones
State Highway Patrol
Jones
N.C. State Motor Club
Bill Hensley
Bryan Davis
North Carolina Independent Garage Owners Association
John J. Tolson III
Military and Veteran Affairs
Cue Squad
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Jeo
Piin
Wuung
Prin
Pia
Scarlatti
New York
Carnegie Hall Corp
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Domenico Scarlatti
Valenti
Motor Inns
Danville
U.S. Post Office
Downtowner Motor Inn
Cheipt Sribal Monogram
Jewelers Inc
Franklin Kent
Schewels
Craghead
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