Apollo 14 prepares for Sunday moon launch
Apollo 14 astronauts Shepard Mitchell and Roosa study flight plans as the countdown nears liftoff. Liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen are loaded into the command ship fuel cells, a critical milestone after the Apollo 13 incident, with milestones set for stages of fuel loading and orbital tests before liftoff at 3 23 p m EST.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Alan B. Shepard Jr
Edgar D. Mitchell
Stuart A. Roosa
Walter Kapryan
Kapryan
Roosa
Descartes
Moon
Shepard
Mitchell
Fra Mauro Highlands
Win A Few Lose A Few
Raleigh AP report notes a legislator and attorney Rep Sam Johnson argues committee attorneys are not in sallable He cites a client calling from jail to illustrate the legal limits.
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Raleigh
Legislative Suc‘committee
Sam Johnson
Reagan Plans To Back Nixon At 1972 GOP Convention
California Governor Ronald Reagan says he will lead California's delegation to the 1972 Republican National Convention pledged to Richard Nixon. Reagan notes a close relationship with Nixon and Agnew and denies personal designs on the White House despite past welfare and health policy criticisms. He previously ran as a favorite son in 1968 but finished behind Nixon on the first ballot.
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Sacramento
Calif
California
Ronald Reagan
Nixon
White House
Reagan
Sun Valley
Agnew
Haalth, Education and Welfare Department
Office of Economic Opportunity
Miami Beach
GM 1970 Earnings Fall Amid Strikes and Slow Economy
General Motors posted a $135 million loss in the fourth quarter of 1970, ending the year with $609 million in earnings. Officials cited the 67 day United Auto Workers strike and a broader slowdown in U S and Canadian economies as factors. Full year earnings totaled $2.09 per share, down 65 percent from 1969's $1.7 billion or $5.95 per share, and the company faced consecutive quarterly losses for the first time since 1932.
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Detroit
General Motors Corp
United Auto Workers
U.S
James Roche
Edward N. Cole
Governor seeks funds to extend North Carolina school bus service
Governor Bob Scott asked the Advisory Budget Commission to approve 1.9 million to continue urban school bus transportation for city children through the term. Funds may come from a likely public schools budget surplus. legislature to be asked to appropriate 3.6 million for two fiscal years.
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Raleigh
Bob Scott
Advisory Budget Commission
North Carolina
Mecklenburg County
Scott
State Board of Education
State Supreme Court
Nixon asks Congress to end conscription by 1973 with pay boost
President Nixon seeks a two year extension of draft authority to July 1 1973 while pushing a 1.5 billion pay raise and incentives to build an all volunteer military. He targets May 1 1971 for pay increases totaling 2.7 billion in added manpower investment.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
John Stennis
Senate Armed Services Committee
Mississippi
Manson Insults Judge and Attacks Lawyer in Court
In a volatile penalty phase, Charles Manson insulted Judge Charles Older and punched his attorney Irving Kanarek before eviction. Testimony included Bernard Crowe supporting a claim of violence prior to the Tate killings and motions over insanity pleas and juror conduct.
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Los Angeles
Charles Manson
Sharon Tate
Manson
Superior Court
Charles Older
Irving Kanarek
Tate
Manson Clan
Charles
Tex
Watson
Crowe
Irving
Kanarek
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Volunteer Army
Judge
Susan Atkins
Bernard Crowe
Lotsapoppa
Williams
South Main Street
High Point
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Penney
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