Astronauts Plan Reunions After Apollo 16 Mission
Apollo 16 crew John Young Charles Duke and Thomas Mattingly return to Houston after splashdown 1500 miles south of Hawaii aboard the USS Ticonderoga. They bring moon rocks soil samples and film for analysis while doctors report good health and note radiation exposure from a solar flare.
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Uss Ticonderoga
Houston
John W. Young
Charles M. Duke Jr
Thomas K. Mattingly
Hawaii
Hickam Air Force Base
Ellington Air Force Base
Manned Spacecraft Center
Tex
Ticonderoga
Moon
Descartes Highlands
Young
Duke
Mattingly
Pacific
Charles A. Berry
NASA
Life Sciences
David R. Scott
James B. Irwin
Alfred M. Worden
Irwin
Scott
Apollo
Berry
North Vietnamese siege tightens as Hue defense clamped
North Vietnamese forces press south from Quang Tri with the provincial capital under siege while a Hue fire base falls. Highway 1 is cut, U S helicopter losses rise, and an air corridor is sought to resupply the besieged defenders as South Vietnamese troops mount limited countermeasures.
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Saigon
Quang Tri
Hue
South Vietnam
Highway 1
Associated Press
Holger Jensen
U.S
Bastogne
Bong Son
Binh Dinh
Lynn C. Newland
Signs Of Retreat Near Quang Tri After Heavy Fighting
Reports from Quang Tri Province describe a retreating situation along Highway 1 with barricades, refugees, and heavy shelling. U.S. and South Vietnamese forces contend with advancing North Vietnamese troops while evacuation options remain blocked. Casualties mount as bases fall and air losses increase.
Price Commission Halts Can Makers Price Increases
The Price Commission suspended 4.3 percent increases for American Can Co and 4.2 percent for Continental Can Co to study can price effects on food costs. National Can Co seeks 4.27 percent, with action delayed. The agency also awaits quarterly reports from 641 large firms due Monday.
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Washington
The
Price Commission
American Can Co
Continental Can Co
National Can Co
America
Daylight Saving Time Begins Nationwide Sunday
Most of the United States will advance clocks one hour at 2 a.m. Sunday as Daylight Saving Time takes effect until October 29. Hawaii Arizona Michigan and eastern Indiana stay on Standard Time. An amendment allows six states to exempt parts from observing daylight time. San Francisco school board allocates 2306.82 to pay eight workers overtime to move clocks in city schools.
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Hawaii
Arizona
Michigan
Indiana
San Francisco
Midwest drought deepens as crops face tough year
A 20 year drought grips the Great Plains from Nebraska to Texas with wheat yields fading and ponds shrinking. Oklahoma climatologists warn the drought may worsen through 1976, while lawmakers push a 35 million dollar four year rainmaking plan. Local cloud seeding efforts begin in southwest Oklahoma as rains arrive unevenly and farmers fear further losses without timely moisture.
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Altus
Okla
Bill Curry
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Texas
New Mexico
Colorado
Missouri
mid-America
Alan Haws
Walter C. Roberts
National Center For Atmospheric Research
Boulder
Colo
Great Plains
Henry Bellman
R-Okla
Plains States
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
Tenth Planet May Exist
LIVERMORE Calif AP Intolerable errors in the predicted timetable of Halley’s Comet have led a University of California scientific team to be reevaluating the possibility of a tenth planet existing beyond Pluto in the solar system.
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Livermore, Calif
University of California
Planet X Proposed as Distant Ninth Planet
Three researchers from Lawrence Livermore Laboratory at the University predict a distant planet beyond Pluto. Led by Joseph L. Brady the team argues Planet X would be about 300 times Earth’s mass, six billion miles from the sun, with a 512 year orbit and a highly inclined path.
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Pluto
Solar System
Lawrence Livermore Laboratory
Joseph L. Brady
Earth
Soviet youth official criticizes U.S. students
Levin G. Saakyan, a Soviet youth official touring U.S. colleges, says American students fail to use top educational resources. He cites lax discipline and insufficient responsibility among students and university leaders. He urges more collective work experiences to foster social responsibility.
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Salt Lake City
Levin G. Saakyan
Saakyan
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Lawton
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Tipton, Okla
California
Lawton Lakes
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