Skylab 3 Crew Start Long Research Mission
Skylab 3 astronauts Gerald Carr William Pogue and Edward Gibson begin nearly three months of science aboard the orbiting lab after a docking hiccup. Ground control delayed entry to Mars space station to ensure rest and safety. Cadets faced motion sickness and a docking retry before securing the connection.
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William Stockton
Space Center
Houston
Mission Control
Gerald P. Carr
William R. Pogue
Edward G. Gibson
Carr
Space Station
Pogue
Gibson
Air Force
Florida
America
Nixon press conference to focus on Watergate
President Nixon faces editors at Disney World for an hour long news conference broadcast nationwide. Watergate questions dominate as Nixon seeks to restore credibility after private meetings with Republicans and Southern Democrats.
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Watergate
Nixon
Frank Cormier
Associated Press
Key Biscayne
Fla
Associated Press Managing Editors Association
Ronald L. Ziegler
Disney World
Orlando
White House
Washington
Congress
APME
Florida
Robert Packwood
R-Ore
Kissinger Back Studies Mideast
Secretary of State Kissinger, after a 12 day, 25 000 mile tour through 10 nations, focuses on a second step toward a permanent Middle East settlement. He plans White House work, calls Nixon, and discusses progress with Dobrynin. Officials say the cease fire remains fragile without broader Arab Israeli negotiations.
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Washington
Henry A. Kissinger
Middle East
Kissinger
White House
State Department
Nixon
Florida White House
Anatoly Dobrynin
United States
China
America
United
ECU Med School Plan Recommends No ECU Expansion
CHAPEL HILL AP The UNC Board of Governors approved a $30 million medical education plan without expanding East Carolina University's medical school. It creates Area Health Education Centers and more resident spots, with ECU students able to spend a year at ECU then transfer to UNC-Chapel Hill. The board rejected ECU expansion amendments, disappointing ECU chancellor Leo Jenkins.
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Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina Board of Governors
East Carolina University
ECU
Unc-Chapel Hill
Martial Law Declared in Greece Amid Riots
President George Papadopoulos imposed martial law in Greece to restore order after deadly clashes between students and police. Four killed, hundreds injured as Athens police and soldiers cleared the city, with curfew and military tribunals, press censorship, and bans on gatherings.
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Philip Dopoulos
Associated Press
Athens
George Papadopoulos
Greece
Papadopoulos
Athens Polytechnic Institute
Polytechnic Institute
Dairy Gift Probe Ties Milk Coop to Nixon Fundraiser
Federal investigators probe whether Associated Milk Producers Inc. used corporate funds for a $100000 gift to Nixon fundraiser Herbert Kalmbach in 1969. Kalmbach and an M P lawyer deny corporate treasury involvement while a courier recalls delivering cash in a briefcase for political funding ahead of 1970 races.
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Brooks Jackson
Associated Press
Washington
Herbert W. Kalmbach
Kalmbach
Associated Milk Producers Inc
Hubert H. Humphrey
Nixon
Milton P. Semer
Edmund S. Muskie
John N. Mitchell
Semer
Robert Lilly
Newport Beach
Calif
Tor
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Wallace
Jake Jacobsen
Austin
Tex
Senate Watergate Committee
Milk Producers Political Fund
Signed Congressmembers witness Nixon Alaska Pipeline signing
The signing ceremony at the White House shows Nixon placing the Alaska Pipeline Bill on his desk with lawmakers including Mike Gravel Henry M Jackson Ted Stevens and others present. Report cites details on campaign fund donations tied to milk producers fund and alleged illegal corporate gifts to Nixon's campaign.
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Congress
Nixon
White House
Mike Gravel
Alaska
Henry M. Jackson
Kennedy's Son Faces Leg Amputation for Bone Cancer
Edward M. Kennedy Jr., 12, was scheduled for surgery to amputate his right leg above the knee after tests revealed a malignant bone cancer. The Senate family's day included the Kennedy wedding and President Nixon's supportive call to the hospital.
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Washington
Edward M. Kennedy
Edward M. Jr
Kathleen Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy
Nixon
Georgetown Hospital
Dick Drayne
Edward
Hooton
Peace Talk Premature Meir Says December Conference Premature
Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir said negotiations toward a Middle East peace agreement must occur but a December peace conference is premature. She spoke after welcoming 28 Israeli POWs in the second day of exchanges with Egypt, with about 1,400 freed so far of 8,221 held. Egypt freed 54 Israelis. Syria’s POWs remain. Cairo reports international pressure to retreat to Oct 22 lines, with a generals meeting on the Cairo Suez road postponed pending results.
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Associated Press
Golda Meir
Middle East
U.S
Shalom
Tel Aviv
Cairo
Israel
Suez City
Egypt
Red Cross
Meir
Syria
al Akram
Cairo-Suez
Blacks Face Higher Blood Pressure In Black Health Study
Dr Richard A Williams heads a symposium on hypertension and Black related diseases noting blacks have twice the hypertension rate of whites and higher death rates under 50. He urges routine screening and broader awareness of conditions like G6PD anemia sarcoidosis certain cancers lead poisoning and drug risks.
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Williams
John Beauregard Johnson
Jeremiah Stamier
Chicago
United States
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial General Hospital
Los Angeles
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ECU Med School
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Greenville
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Laurinburg
Leo Jenkins
Sen. Kennedy
Eunice Shriver
Pat Lawford
Joseph P. Kennedy III
Kennedy
Claude Hooton
Richard Saltus
Richard A. Williams
Johnson
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