Pony Round-up Time at Chincoteague Island Virginia
Reported annual Pony Penning Day occurs on July 31 with the last Thursday roundup from Assateague ponies crossing to Chincoteague for auction. Ponies, descendants of historic horses, are taller than Shetlands and come back if not sold. Also notes on Swiss MS treatment inquiries, Cape Canaveral tours, flexible mirror materials, and magnolia pruning tips.
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Chincotegue Island
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Assateague Island
Chincoteague
United States
Cape Canaveral
John F. Kennedy Space Center
Kennedy Airport
NASA
PAEPB
John
Kennedy Space Center
Florida
The
Space Center
U. S
Spaceport
Fred Yoder
Apollo 9 astronauts map earth from space
Apollo 9 astronauts McDivitt Scott and Schweickart test prospecting with ground target cameras from over 100 miles up. They encounter autopilot error prompting manual flying while Mission Control fixes the setup and plans next passes over Houston.
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David R. Scott
Russell L. Schweickart
American Southwest
McDivitt
Mission Control
Surtax Cutback Talked in Congress Action Plan
Washington AP report says a plan to cut the 10 percent surtax in half and enforce a new 6 billion dollar federal spending clampdown is gaining ground in Congress. Senator William Proxmire notes witnesses, except Nixon officials, support expenditure cuts as anti inflationary. He quotes a spending lid reducing about 11 billion from Johnson's 195.3 billion budget.
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Congress
William Proxmire
Dwis
Senate House Economic Committee
Nixon
Proxmire
Proxmite
Stock Theft Tied to Organized Crime in Wall Street
AP News reports rising stock and bond thefts as investigations probe losses possibly reaching millions yearly. Informants say $50 million in securities circulate in the underworld with organized crime involved in peddling and masterminding thefts. Banks seek tighter security amid a paper chaos driving back-office delays.
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Robert W. Haack
New York Stock Exchange
11 Families Escape Fire In Apartments
Fire crews fought a stubborn blaze at Oakwood Court Apts for hours on Saturday saving the occupied interior. Eleven families or about 30 people escaped. there were no injuries. The fire started on the second floor back porch of Apt C likely from children playing with matches or smoking, spreading to the attic through the ceiling. Firefighters chopped holes in ceilings to reach the flames and confined the fire to the attic area while tarps protected personal property below. The building was sealed after cleanup.
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Don Follmer
Enterprise Star
Oakwood Court Apts
English Road
Oakwood Court
Charlie Jester
Apt. C
Jester
Faculty Group Seeks UNC Strike Resolution
A group called Concerned Graduate Students urged delaying classes off campus or substituting informal discussions until cafeteria workers' demands are met and police leave UNC campus. Troopers remained on campus Saturday amid ongoing picket lines as Floyd McKissick backed the workers and a silent vigil on Franklin Street was planned.
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Chapel Hill
N.C
University of North Carolina
Lenoir
Bob Scott
Manning Hall
Floyd McKissick
Law
UNC
Law School
McKissick
Institute of Government
Nixon faces Senate backlash over Sentinel antiballistic system
An Associated Press poll shows 47 of 100 senators oppose funds for Sentinel sites, 24 support, 29 undecided as Nixon studies ABM options. Several former supporters have flipped, while many newcomers oppose or hesitate. Nixon, in Florida, says he will decide early in the week whether to continue scrap or trim the Sentinel program.
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Carl P. Leabsdorf
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Nixon
Sentinel
ABM
Florida
Johnson
Viet Cong Increase Attacks Across Saigon Area
AP dispatch reports Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces intensified ground assaults and shelling, signaling a possible second phase of the offensive. At a U S 1st Air Cavalry Division landing zone near Saigon, about 590 enemy fighters attacked, 154 were reported killed, while U S casualties totaled 1 dead and 30 wounded. Other units faced mortar and ground attacks with seven Americans killed and nine wounded.
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Saigon
U.S. 1St Air Cavalry Division
U.S
Big Day for Miss Glenn on 103rd Birthday
Laya na Glenn celebrated her 103rd birthday in Atlanta with congratulations from President Nixon and Mrs. Nixon. The former missionary born March 8, 1866, retired in 1934 after 40 years in Brazil, writes weekly columns for Rockdale County Citizen and Covington News, and has an autobiography due June publication.
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Layana Glenn
Miss Glenn
Brazil
Rockdale County
Conyers
Covington, Ga
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