Nighttime Apollo 17 launch offers amateur photographers rare night shot
An AP report describes a nighttime Apollo 17 liftoff at Cape Kennedy with Saturn V illumination. It notes 72 twenty kilowatt searchlights, 225 foot candles on the pad, 7,500 foot candles at liftoff, and a two minute thirty second peak visibility, guiding amateurs on exposure and tripod use for dramatic long shots.
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Moon fever fuels global Apollo 17 souvenir boom
Apollo 17 memorabilia sales surge worldwide with mail orders from Russia to England, Canada, Australia and Japan. Items range from 30 cent decals to $150 framed patches and $35 emblems as Cape Kennedy firms warn the last manned moon flight draws broad interest and future space trinkets.
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Pope Pledges Catholic Church to Ugandan People
Pope Paul VI assured President Idi Amin that the Catholic Church in Uganda is totally dedicated to the well being of the Ugandan people and ready to help spiritually and materially. The letter followed Amin’s order that religions become Africanized and after expulsion threats against 55 missionaries.
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