Skylab solar wing repair powers long space walk
Skylab astronauts Conrad Merwin and Weitz completed a space walk to free a jammed solar wing enabling a return to near full power. The crew prepared for a full 28 day mission with lights warmer water and continued freezing temperatures challenged cooling systems. Mission control noted improved energy could sustain a full schedule of experiments.
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Paul J. “Weitz
Space Agency
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Mission Control
Stoday
Inmates Transferred From Overcrowded Holmesburg Prison
Philadelphia AP. A judge ordered 203 inmates moved from Holmesburg Prison to state correctional institutions following the stabbing deaths of Warden Patrick Curran and Deputy Warden Robert Fromhold. Dist. Atty. Arlen Specter had urged moving 290 prisoners. two stabbing suspects, Frederick Burton and Joseph Bowen, have preliminary hearings next Wednesday on murder charges.
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Holmessburg
Jolly
Common Pleas Court
D. Donald Jamieson
Dist. Atty
Arlen Specter
Frederick Burton
Joseph Bowen
Patrick Curran
Robert Fromhold
Meir Accepts German Visit in Historic Israel-Germany Talks
Israeli Premier Meir agrees to visit Germany, first by a top Israeli leader, after two hour talks with Chancellor Brandt in Jerusalem. The surprise invitation signals a new page in relations amid wartime memory and regional tensions. Brandt aims for even handed Middle East policy in forthcoming discussions.
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Willy Brandt
Galda Meir
Germany
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Meir
Israel
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Galilee
Jesus
Bonn
Middle East
McCain Hopes to Fly Again After POW Surgery
Former POW John McCain III, living in Orange Park Florida, plans shoulder surgery and a possible return to flight. He aims to work in foreign service if unable to fly and joins hundreds adjusting to post captivity life after six years as a prisoner of war.
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John $. McCain
McCain
Carol Shepp
Lansdowne
Hanoi
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U.S
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Foreign Service
State Department
Orange Pack
Fla
National War College
Washington, D.C
White House
Richard A. Straton
Palo Alto
Calif
California
Cmdr
Michael Christian
Virginia
Beach
Mike
Christian
Senators push 90 day freeze to curb inflation
Democratic senators plan a floor vote next week on a mandatory 90 day freeze on prices wages rents profits and consumer interest rates. They cite the May Wholesale Price Index rise as evidence Congress must act while the Nixon administration appears inactive.
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Congress
Nixon
White House
First modern safety pin 1849 origin noted in brief
A historical note recalls Walter Hunt patenting the first safety pin in 1849 and selling all rights for 3400. The piece ties to ongoing inflation debates with Deputy Press Secretary Gerald L. Warren and senators Mondale and Jackson proposing measures ahead of deadlines and potential federal action to curb price rises.
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Walter Hunt
New York
Lawmakers Debate Three Month Economic Freeze Plan
Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield backs a three month freeze as a path to an economic package. Earlier efforts failed and a White House meeting with leaders was canceled amid talk of a policy shift on the economy. The New Jersey lottery numbers 274313 and 05032 are noted in the scrambled text.
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Senate
Mike Mansfield
Nixon
White House
Mansfield
New Jersey
Saigon Offers to Sign Joint Cease Fire Appeal
Saigon says it is prepared to sign a joint appeal calling for a Vietnam cease fire. A written understanding detailing measures by four parties is deemed more important. In Paris Kissinger and Tho planned another session to implement the Jan 27 cease-fire accord.
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Tho
Dential
Nguyen van Thieu
U.S
Charles
Republic of Vietnam
Pete
Kissinger
Thor
Grants push desegregation funding under new act
Washington says four grants awarded under the Emergency School Aid Act will finance voluntary metropolitan desegregation plans. Funds support biracial education complexes, bus- ing for Hartford and Farmington, with additional projects in San Antonio and Mobile. The programs aim to reduce racial isolation and attract families to integrated schools.
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Ala
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Equal Educational Opportunities
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High Court
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Chesterfield
Virginia
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Nixon
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Chicago
Rochester
N.Y
Hartford
New Haven
Conn
Macon
FBI Nominates Kansas City Chief Kelley as Potential Director
Senior agents praise Clarence Kelley as a strong FBI director candidate whose Kansas City Police leadership could lift morale and public image. Confirmation hurdles loom as Kelley would succeed J. Edgar Hoover after 47 years, with agents noting his deep FBI roots and broad law enforcement respect amid an agency crisis of confidence.
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Kansas City
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FBI
Kelley
Senate
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Jane
Pye
Kansas City Police
L. Patrick Gray 3Rd
Gray
White House
E. Howard Hunt Jr
Lowell P. Weicker
R-Conn
William D. Ruckelshaus
Bureau
Charles W. Bates
San Francisco
Direcor
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