Astronauts Practice Shade Deployment for Skylab
Cape Kennedy Florida AP astronauts prepare for a first space salvage mission by practicing the installation of a sail shaped sun shade to cool Skylab. The crew Conrad Kerwin and Weitz are set to launch next Friday at 8 02 am CDT to aid Skylab with solar shields after heat and power issues from last week.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Carles Conrad Jr
Joseph P. Kerwin
Paul J. Weitz
Space Station
Conrad
Kerwin
Johnson Space Center
Houston
Weitz
The
Space Center
Skylab
Kissinger, Le Duc Tho Hold Vietnam Ceasefire Talks
Paris AP report says Henry Kissinger met for three hours with Le Duc Tho on the second day of talks aimed at stopping violations of the Vietnam ceasefire agreement.
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Henry A. Kissinger
Hanoi
le Duc Tho
Vietnam
Communist Party
Gif-sur-Yvette
Nixon
North
Nguyen Co Thach
Tho
Kissinger
Thach
Point Mallard Pageant Opens With Scholarships on Offer
Seventeen area girls compete in the Miss Point Mallard Contest for scholarships to seven colleges and a possible Miss Alabama crown. Judges arrived to judge the day-long event at T. C. Almon Recreation Center. Dean Jones hosts the finale and also dedicates the park Aquatic Center with a 10 am ribbon cutting. Admission after 6 pm drops to 1.00 for adults and 0.50 for others.
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T. C. Almon Recreation Center
Dean Jones
Decatur
Jones
McCord Electrifies Hearing With Candid Claims
James W. McCord Jr testified before the Senate Watergate Committee, asserting a White House offer of clemency for silence about the 1972 presidential campaign conspiracy. He spoke in a precise, measured manner, amplifying his charges amid caution from lawmakers about hearsay and admissibility.
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James M. Naughton
New York Times
Washington
James W. McCord Jr
Senate
McCord
Cox Named Special Watergate Prosecutor
Atty. Gen. designate Elliot L Richardson named Archibald Cox as special prosecutor for Watergate. Cox, 61, will choose his staff with Richardson retaining ultimate removal power and will be paid 38000 dollars. Four ex White House aides were asked to testify on CIA roles in Watergate. Symington released CIA memos supporting claims the White House sought to blame the CIA. The Senate panel seeks immunity for Jeb Magruder as part of ongoing investigations.
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Elliot L. Richardson
Archibald Cox
Harvard
Richardson
Senate Judiciary Committee
Cox
United States
Justice and Labor Departments
Harvard University
Wilston
Justice Department
James W. McCord
Senate
White House
Nixon
Ronald L. Ziegler
Ziegler
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Appropriations Subcommittee
H. R. Haldeman
John Ehrlichman
John Dean III
National Security Council
David Young
Vernon A. Walters
Symington
Haldeman
Dean
CIA
Special
Senate Watergate
Jeb Stuart Magruder
Lynching Talk Follows Mass Alday Family Slayings
Sheriff Dan White spoke after six members of the Ned Alday family were killed on their Georgia farm near Reynoldsville. He said lynching crossed minds nationwide and pledged fair trials for four suspects extradited from West Virginia. Local authorities reported an attempted abduction linked to the case and named four escapees among the suspects.
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Donalsonville
Dan White
Ned Alday
Aubrey
Ned
Reynoldsville
Mary Alday
White
West Virginia
Seminole County
Georgia
Seminole
Alday
Aldays
Carl Isaacs Jr
Wayne Coleman
George Dungee
Maryland
William Isaacs
Carl
Slate Creek
Three Suspects Nabbed in Donalsonville Family Slaying
Police captured Friday three men wanted in the Donalsonville Georgia family killing. They were seized near Welch West Virginia. Shown from left are Wayne Coleman, Carl, and another suspect.
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Donalsonville, Ga
Welch
W. Va
Wayne Coleman
Carl
Anne Boleyn Beheaded in London On This Day 1536
On this day in 1536 the second queen of England, Anne Boleyn, was beheaded in London. Weather notes: partly cloudy and warmer with highs near 82 today and 83 Sunday. Ad: Robinson Furniture in Decatur offers appliance service for all makes.
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Henry VIII
Anne Boleyn
London
Robinson Furniture
T Second Ave
Decatur
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