Comet Kohoutek Sparks Lively Cruise Boom and Plans
The three day sold out voyage featuring discoverer Kohoutek will give way to January longer cruises on QE2 and S S Rotterdam with stars like Buzz Aldrin Carl Sagan Burl Ives and Dr Lloyd Motz aboard. Prices run 695 to 1960 per person for 14 days.
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Flooding prompts evacuations in Limestone County Alabama
Heavy rain in March triggered extensive floods across the Tennessee Valley with Limestone County evacuations along Alabama 72. TVA officials monitor Dentur and Guntersville while Decatur river levels could rise four more feet. Spillways at Guntersville Dam discharge up to 120000 cfs, possibly 140000 cfs by night.
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Soyuz and Skylab in Orbit Signal Cold War Space Rendezvous
American astronauts aboard Skylab 3 and cosmonauts in Soyuz orbit simultaneously mark a historic co flight. Tass reports Soyuz 13 landed near Karaganda in Kazakhstan, the second Soviet manned flight in three months after Soyuz 11 fatalities prompted redesigns. The U.S. notes an unannounced Salyut space station launch on Nov 30 and possible link up, though Russia gave no official confirmation.
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Rent Control Passed in Miami Beach
Miami Beach council voted unanimously to approve a rent control ordinance on December 19. Rents will roll back to October 1 levels on January 1 and stay frozen for 16 months. The rent control office, overseen by City Manager Frank Spense, will grant increases only in limited cases with director Stanley A. Kaufman, a former New York rent control lawyer, to lead. The move aligns the city with New York Boston Cambridge and Berkeley in curbing rents.
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Astros extend spacewalk record amid Kohoutek watch
On day 41 of an 84 day mission Carr and Pogue logged seven hours outside to surpass the 6 hours 33 minutes mark set by Skylab 3. They photographed Kohoutek with two cameras though the comet was sunwashed from their angle and plan another walk to capture further data.
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Testimony Disputed Over Nixon Wiretap Allegations
A confidential FBI report appears to contradict L Patrick Gray III about knowledge of nearly 20 national security wiretaps ordered by President Nixon on journalists and administration officials. Gray testified to the Senate Judiciary Committee that he found no such record.
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We the People and the Language of Ownership
A letter to the editor about using We the People as an employer and about ellipses in ownership phrases. Bernstein notes common English usage flaws in corporate stock notes and defines uxorious as a rarely used word for excessive wifely subservience.
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Bronze Star Awarded to Langston Elliott Jr in Thailand
Oklahoma City area service personnel highlight Sergeant Langston Elliott Jr for meritorious service while stationed at Korat Royal Thai Air Base. Elliott, a communications equipment supervisor with the 483rd Electronics Installation Squadron, received the Bronze Star at Oklahoma City Air Force Station.
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Airman Isabella Yarbrough Graduates Supply Specialist Course
Isabella Yarbrough daughter of Ona L. Yarbrough of Decatur has completed the U S Air Force supply inventory specialist course at Lowry AFB Col She will be assigned to Travis AFB Calif with a Military Airlift Command unit A 1973 Decatur High School graduate
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Sao Paulo Biennial Sparks Intense Debate Over Art
The Sao Paulo biennial, Latin America's leading art event, set attendance and sales records but sparked broad controversy. General coordinator Mario Wilches defended the show as a renovation driven laboratory rather than a tranquil museum, pleasing younger audiences while angering many traditional critics.
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Drilling Start Eyed in Chad Oil Rig Rush
A C 130 cargo mission moved 5080 tons of drilling components into DOU ALA Cameroon’s international airport for an oil rig bound for Chad. The $15 million operation aimed to begin exploratory drilling in Chad later in December, moving goods by air road and rail.
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Continental Oil Eyes Africa for New Petroleum Sources
Continental Oil Co based in Stamford Connecticut notes its global reach extends to many parts of black Africa as nations and independents seek new petroleum supplies amid the world energy crisis.
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Playwright Mary Parmly Kones Sachs Dies at 91 in Hanover
Mary Parmly Kones Sachs a poet playwright and author died at her Hanover New Hampshire home. She was 91 widow of Dr Ernest Sachs a St. Louis neurosurgeon whom she wed in 1913. A 1912 Smith College Phi Beta Kappa graduate she translated gospels and wrote The Twelfth Disciple her best known play. Her later book Echoes collects poetry from 1898 to 1966.
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