Shenandoah dirigible sighting over High Point confirmed
A reader recalls a Sunday afternoon memory of the Shenandoah flying over High Point around 10 p.m. on October 7, 1924. Local observers heard engines and saw cabin lights as the huge airship passed southward from Lakehurst, New Jersey, to the West Coast, prompting radios and backyard chatter.
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Los Angeles Macon
Jim Tucker
Winston-Satem
Enterprise
Lakehurst
New Jersey
Jamus Wood
Caldwell
Ohio
Cmdr
Zachary. Lansdowne
Jong
Earth
Marnhing
Apollo 14 Docking Trouble Casts Moon Landing Doubt
Apollo 14 astronauts Shepard Mitchell and Roosa struggle to dock the command ship with the lunar lander using hand operated latches after a malfunction threatens Friday's planned landing on Fra Mauro. Mission control reports no safety risk. experts consider an orbital option if docking fails.
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Houston
Fra Mauro
Alan B. Shepard Jr
Edgar. D.' Mitchell
Stuart A. Roosa
Lunar
Roosa
Shepard
Mitchell
Ing
Sigurd Sjoberg
Moon
Sjoberg Exid
Mission Control
Sjoberg
Roo
Gambrell Named To Senate By Carter In Atlanta
Gov. Jimmy Carter announced Atlanta lawyer David Gambrell, a Democrat and former Georgia State Bar president, as successor to the late Sen. Richard B. Russell. Gambrell will occupy the Russell seat for the remaining two years of the term and is expected to seek a full six-year term in 1972. Carter and Gambrell planned to fly to Washington for the oath.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic Party
David Gambrell
Senate
Richard B. Russell
Carter
Capitol
Gambrell
Washington
Russell
Jain
Je Gambrell
Russell Gambrell
Georgia State Bar
Nixon pledges more jobs and strong anti inflation plan
President Nixon sent Congress a 1971 economic program aiming for full prosperity without war or inflation. He rejected price wage controls but signaled use of government powers to bolster anti inflation efforts. The plan forecasts unemployment to fall to about 4 percent by mid 1973 and inflation near 3 percent by mid 1972, with GNP at $1.065 trillion in 1971 and a $229.2 billion budget to spur growth despite a large anticipated deficit.
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Nixon
Congress
Council of Economic Advisers
Berliners Reconnect by Phone After Silence of 19 Years
Berlin and East Berlin operators resumed long distance calls across the wall for a second day. Potsdam linked lines handled about 10 lines in 1052 with nearly 4 000 planned contacts. By Sunday 1 336 calls completed. tears and reunions marked the exchanges as families spoke in mixed Berlin dialects before the wall returned to vacancy.
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Berlin
Berlin Wall
Potsdam
Teast
West Berlin
East Berlin
Apollo 14 Docking Trouble Delays Moon Mission
Apollo 14 astronauts faced a docking hiccup as the command ship Kitty Hawk failed to capture the lunar module Antares via the drogue. Roosa retracted the probe and used thrusters to push the two craft together, allowing a temporary linkup before planned inspection and retry.
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Bill Stockton
Science
Space Center
Houston
Stuart. A. Roosa
Roosa
Mission Control
Muskie Leads Nixon In Harris Poll For 1972 Race
Sen Edmund Muskie tops President Nixon by 43 percent to 40 with Gov George Wallace at 11 as a third party. The Harris survey shows Muskie ahead in a trial heat for the White House race, with questions about voters’ choices if the election were held today.
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Edmund Muskie
Nixon
George Wallace
White House
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Alabama
Wallace
Edmund Muskin
Richard Nixon
Gov
Muskie
Nixon Muskie Wallace
Rena Han
Sen. Muskie
Sea Muskie
N C Teachers urged to consider sanctions action
North Carolina educators group leaders urged local units to weigh sanctions against the public school system in protest of Gov Bob Scott proposed budget cuts affecting teacher raises and school programs. Dr A C Dawson executive director of the 46 000 member NCAE framed the action as a protest measure. Local units were advised to consider steps in response to the budget plan.
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Raleigh
N.C
North Carolina Association of Educators
A. C. Dawson
NCAE
Bob Scott
NCAE Assembly Could Recommend Sanctions On Schools
Dawson said the NCAE plans an April 12 Charlotte meeting of the Representative Assembly to consider sanctions on the public school system. A two thirds membership vote would be needed to impose any sanction. NCAS includes about 55,000 teachers and staff eligible for membership. State officials were not immediately available for comment.
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Charlotte
Dawson
North Carolina
NCAS
Scott
Craig Phillips
NCAT
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