Apollo 10 astronauts face venting issue before moon approach
Apollo 10 crew Col. Thomas Stafford and Cmdr. Eugene Cernan overcome an oxygen vent problem in the LEM tunnel and monitor a potential docking collar slip as they prepare to undock from the command ship and skim the lunar surface in a perilous eight hour separation.
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Mission Control Center
Navy
John W. Young
Stafford
Cernan
Young
Mission Control
Enemy losses pass 500000 mark in Vietnam week
North Vietnamese and Viet Cong casualties topped 500 000 for the war since 1961 as allied forces reported 5 686 enemy deaths last week an 84 percent rise. American fatalities reached 430 with 2 185 wounded the week ending.
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Saigon
United States
U.S
Doss Opposes City Liquor Referendum Bill
Morgan County representatives oppose the liquor option measure while the bill advances in the Legislature. Rep. Leslie Doss predicts passage unlikely or veto by Gov. Brewer, citing past votes and county line as preferable. Senate delay may occur due to a crowded summer calendar. The measure has backing from the Alabama League of Municipalities and the group Citizens Who Care in Florence.
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Montgomery
House
Judicial Committee
Morgan County
Cullman
Tom Drake
Albert Brewer
Senate
Senate Building and Grounds Committee
Alton Turner
Leslie Doss
Doss
Ralph Slate
Slate
Alabama League of Municipalities
Citizens Who
Florence
Nixon selects Warren Burger as chief justice nominee
President Nixon names Warren E. Burger, a 61 year old circuit judge, as chief justice candidate. Burger is a strict constructionist praised by conservatives and would succeed Earl Warren if confirmed swiftly. He cited government aims to protect citizens and property and thanked judges nationwide for administering justice.
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Washington
Nixon
Law and Order
Warren E. Burger
Earl Warren
United States
U.S
Burger
Warren
Supreme Court
Fred M. Vinson
Harlan F. Stone
Charles Evans Hughes
White House
Ripon College
April price rise fuels decade's sharpest inflation pace
Washington reports a six tenths of one percent rise in consumer costs for April, marking the sharpest inflation since the early 1970s. The report comes as Alabama moves on fiscal measures and dock oversight. In Montgomery, the Senate bypassed a filibuster and advanced a consumer credit bill aimed at curbing high interest rates on small loans, while a House bill proposes a Mobile Docks commission and another measure requires prevailing wages on state funded projects.
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Washington
Labor Department
Montgomery
Ala
State Senate
State House
Mobile
Markets At A Glance In Active Trading
Markets New York show stocks lower in active trading. Cotton and wheat lead declines while corn and oats slip. Soybeans mixed with light trade. Butcher hogs rise 25 to 50 cents with receipts around 3,500 and top price near 26.25. Slaughter steers scarce, not enough on hand to test market.
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Chicago
Women Astronauts Prove Most Daring in Lunar Close Call
Decatur residents weighed moral risk as Tom Stafford and Eugene Cernan neared 9.3 miles of the moon. Women such as Mrs. Garland Carpenter favored taking the risk while several men said they would follow orders or seek safety.
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Tom Stafford
Eugene Cernan
Clearview St. SW
Decatur
Jerry Gilbert
Westmeade St
Paul Cagle
Servicemen in Vietnam Remembered Twice a Year
The Decatur Daily announces a June 15 list of area servicemen and their addresses to be published for remembrance on July 4 and near Christmas. Readers with relatives serving in Vietnam are asked to mail names addresses and serial numbers by June 10 to Servicemen Address P O Box 1527 Decatur Alabama 35601.
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Decatur Daily
Vietnam
P. O
Decatur
Ala
Almon White Named Morgan County Outstanding Officer
Almon White, Morgan County Outstanding Law Enforcement Officer of the Year, was selected by American Legion Post 15 after being named Decatur's top policeman in February. Deputy Patterson is runner-up. awards are tentatively set for June 27 with cash and certificate prizes for each.
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Almon White
Decatur
Morgan County
American Legion
Pearth
T. A
Pat) Patterson
Bill Falls
Bert Unpingco
Patterson
White
Third Circuit Judge Seat Sought for Morgan Limestone Counties
A bill to create a third judgeship for the Morgan Limestone County Circuit will be introduced this session. Sen Bob Harris said the two counties agree a third judge is needed, and the Limestone County Bar Association backed the move.
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Morgan-Limestone County
Bob Harris
Harris
Limestone County Bar Association
Limestone
Limestone County
Albert Bréwer
Newton Powell
R. L
Dick) Hundley
Decatur
Hundley
Morgan County
C. Bennett McRae
Train Strikes Lawman’s Fugitive In Alabama
James W. Venable, a Stevenson grocer sought across the Southeast for murder and kidnapping, was struck and killed by a freight train in Jackson County. The engineer said Venable walked along the tracks in front of the train as horn warnings were ignored, about 30 minutes after he fled.
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Scottsboro
Ala
Jackson County
W. R. Collins
James W. Venable
Venable
Collins
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Second Avenue
Downtown
House and Labor Committee
New York
Dan Blizzard
Lee Sentell
Almon
Bill
McRae
Athens
Handley
James N. Bloodworth
State Supreme Court
Bloodworth
Lee Harris
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