Apollo 16 Prepares For Moon Landing Mission
Apollo 16 astronauts John W. Young Charles M. Duke Jr and Thomas K. Mattingly II rest and review flight plans as mission director Chester M. Lee confirms a go for launch at 12 54 p m EST Sunday. The crew trains on simulators and in jet planes while ground crews prepare the Saturn 5 rocket and fueling for a 73 hour stay on the moon in the Descartes region with a four wheel lunar rover to cover about 15 miles.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
John W. Young
Charles M. Duke Jr
Thomas K. Mattingly II
Chester M. Lee
Ments
Moon
Young
Duke
Mattingly
Central
South
Florida
Descartes Mountains
Cayley Plain
Nixon signs Great Lakes cleanup plan with Canada
President Nixon concludes a 40 hour Ottawa visit by signing a cooperative blueprint to clean the Great Lakes along the U S Canadian border. The plan calls for $2.5 billion plus in outlays and sets completion or under way targets by December 21 1975.
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Ottawa
Nixon
Canada
Great Lakes
Suit Accuses Networks of Monopolizing Prime Time
LA AP A major antitrust case accuses Columbia Broadcasting System NBC American Broadcasting Co and Viacom of monopolizing prime viewing time. The suit seeks to curb network control over evening programming while preserving news public affairs sports and some existing programs. Advertising executives defend the networks saying viewers would lose if the suit succeeds.
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Los Angeles
Justice Department
Columbia Broadcasting System Inc
National Broadcasting Co
American Broadcasting Co
Viacom International Inc
CBS
Edward N. Ney
Young & Rubicam International Inc
Viet offensive rages across Vietnam central highlands
North Vietnamese human wave assaults push South Vietnamese forces from the first base in the central highlands. An Loc is bombarded again as tanks break through near the city. Rockets and mortars hit Sai Gon and Da Nang. at least 51 Vietnamese killed and 48 wounded. 20 American aircraft damaged. one crewman killed and two wounded on a C130 in An Loc relief mission. Overall U.S. casualties rise with 14 dead, 24 missing, 72 wounded plus 20 aircraft shot down or damaged.
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Saigon
Central Highlands
An Loc
da Nang
U.S
Highlands
An Khe
Charlie
Spaceports Retain Top Status for Shuttle Era
Cape Kennedy and Van denberg Air Force Base California will remain major U S spaceports into the century as bases for the manned space shuttle. About 50 launchings are planned yearly in the 1980s with roughly half from the West Coast on secret missions. The shuttle is a reusable rocket plane about the size of a DC9, carrying up to 12 people and payloads or two astronauts with 65 000 pounds of satellites.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Calif
America
West Coast
Earth
Fractions in North Carolina Delegate Split Debated
North Carolina faces a fractional delegate issue in the May 6 Democratic primary as 64 delegates are apportioned by percentages. With top four candidates over 15 percent, fractions like 26.88 14.72 12.80 and 9.60 may arise and pose a method question. Officials say they will handle it mathematically when certifying the vote.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Alex Brock
Board of Elections
Brock
Shih Ping-lin Wins Debut at Detroit Table Tennis
Shih Ping-lin aged 21 of the Chinese table tennis team beat Judy Bochenski 16 of Eugene Oregon in the opening match at Cobo Arena Detroit before a sellout crowd of 11 000. Shih claimed both games.
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Shih Ping-lin
Judy Bochenski
Eugene
Ore
Detroit
Cobo Arena
Miss Shih
Officials Hedging On Enemy Success
Washington officials gauge the North Vietnamese spring offensive as still tentative with no decisive turning point yet. They note Hanoi’s tanks in danger near An Loc and view a Hue push as possible, aided by weather opening air strikes and long supply lines. The administration remains cautious but hopeful for South Vietnam’s resilience.
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Washington
Nixon
Vietnam
State Department
An Lo Tay Ninh
North Vietnam
Cambodia
Laos
South Vietnam
An Loc
U.S
Youth Convicted in Hickory Bank Robbery Attempt
In Newton North Carolina an 18 year old Hickory high school senior was charged with common law robbery after passing a note demanding 3000 dollars. He fled when teller Durane Bowman asked him what else. He was convicted and given a suspended two year sentence and five years probation.
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Newton, N.C
Durane Bowman
Hickory
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Peter Arnett
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