Women join Navy ship crew on Sanctuary shakedown cruise
SAN FRANCISCO AP The first Navy ship with a largely female noncombat crew shows women can work at sea though romance surfaces and seasickness crosses gender lines. Forty women join 480 men aboard the hospital ship USS Sanctuary, taking roles from deck hands to corpsmen while most stay in indoor posts.
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Sanctuary
Walter Markworth
Marilyn Tanney
Lisa Tigar
Oxford
N.J
Lisa
Deana Trexler
Sacramento
Calif
Liberty Call
Ens
Rosemary Nelson
Pacific
Ensign Nelson
Lunar Legacy Ends Apollo Moon Mission
The Associated Press recalls Apollo's farewell from Taurus-Littrow as Apollo 11 plaques pled peace for all mankind. Eugene Cernan and the crew leave the moon and Taurus Littrow, reflecting on a 20th century milestone that expanded humanity's reach into space.
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Columbus
Balboa
Magellan
Coronado
Galileo
Einstein
Goddard
von Braun
Earth
Apollo
Ammo Dump Near Saigon Destroyed
Two sappers blew up an ammunition dump southeast of Saigon triggering massive blasts that rocked the capital. Twelve hours later about 1,000 tons of shells bombs and napalm continued to detonate as tall black smoke darkened the sky.
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Saigon
Saigon Command
Parrot's Beak
Cambodia
North Vietnam
North
South Vietnam
U.S
Flap over Yule tree ornament at White House stalls star swap
The national Christmas tree ornament will remain an atom motif rather than a star as Vice President Agnew lights the tree. GE designed a four-ring spherical 500 watt center bulb display representing world unity and hope for peace. The public urged a star but officials say no traditional star has topped the tree since 1964.
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Washington
White House
Spiror T. Agnew
John T. Suter
General Electric Co
Alexandria
Suter
Gazette
National Park Service
Arthur J. Lamb
The
Park Service
Ellipse
Fires Damaged Homes in Decatur and Hartselle Area
Two fires damaged houses in the area with a mother of six entering a burning Hartselle home at 811 Ball St to rescue her children. Neighbors said only one girl remained asleep inside before being helped to safety. In Decatur, Lonnie McLemore’s home at 2017 7th St SE suffered heavy loss after a 3:41 p.m. blaze.
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Decatur
Hartselle
Ball St
Lonnie McLemore
7Th St. SE
Apollo 17 geologic samples spark moon rock excitement
At Apollo 17, 334 pounds of lunar rocks and soil were collected by Schmitt and Cernan. A bright orange soil fragment, possibly from a fumarole, hints at volcanic activity and potential past water on the moon. Core samples are sealed and stored at low temperatures for future study.
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Space Center
Houston
Harrison H. Schmitt
Eugene A. Cernan
Moon
Earth
Séhrhitz
Schmitt
John Wood
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Cambridge
Mass
Cernan
Wood
Taurus-Littrow
Word Oddities and Grammar Notes by Theodore Bernstein
Bernstein discusses the origins of buck as a dollar, standard grammar on different from, and two clause cases with than. He notes evolving usage with different than possibly becoming standard, and coins the term gynarchy from Greek roots as a humorous contrast to anarchy.
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Theodore M. Bernstein
United States
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Seta Tae Te Mene de Tuy Ha
Scranton
Pricilla
St. Bernard
California
C.N. ‘Norton
Salinas, Calif
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