Parachute collapse linked to propellant in Apollo 15 mission
Apollo 15 mission faced a collapsed parachute during splashdown over the Pacific north of Hawaii. Officials cited corrosive rocket oxidizer that can eat nylon, suggesting fuel dump may have caused the chute failure. Astronaut Worden noted the incident during a briefing with Scott and Irwin and emphasized no danger to crew beyond a jolting splashdown.
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Paul Recer
Aerospace Winter Space Center
Houston
Rylon
Apollo 15
Space Agency
Pacific Ocean
Hawaii
Earth
Space Center
Alfred M. Worden
David R. Scott
James B. Irwin
Worden
Scott
Irwin
Lunar
Paul Gast
Spare Center
Earth and Planetary Sciences Branch
Gast
Battle Deaths Are Low in Vietnam War July
The Defense Department reports 66 American battle deaths in Vietnam in July, the lowest monthly total in over six years, with 32 killed in May 1965 as the next lowest. Pentagon spokesman Jerry W Friedham says casualties will continue to drop as troop withdrawals proceed. highest losses occurred in May 1968 with 2,169 GIs killed.
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Washington
Vietnam
Defense Department
Pentagon
Jerry W. Friedham
Friedham
Texas Speaker Named in Big Lawsuit
The FDIC filed a 332,008 suit against Texas House Speaker Gus Mutscher over a $240,000 loan from Sharpstown State Bank, secured by 17,000 National Bankers Life Insurance Co. shares. The action, tied to Sharpstown’s collapse, seeks major interest and fees and follows another suit against Doug Sanders. Mutscher testified before a federal grand jury probing the bank’s failure.
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Houston
Tex
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Texas
Gus Mutscher
Sharpstown State Bank
FDIC
Bolfer
Doug Sanders
Mutscher
National Bankers Life Insurance Co
Frank W. Sharp
Sanders
SEC
Dallas
National Bankers Life
Sharpstown Bank
Bank
Sharp
Sharp Controlled
Securities and Fixchange Commission
Grand
National Bankers Life Insurance
Registration Drive Sails Through Hope Arkansas Week
Deputy County Clerk McCain will visit six county centers Monday and Tuesday to register voters. The drive includes a Wednesday barbecue at Hope Pool for new registrants aged 18 to 21, with 62 registrations already at the Courthouse.
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McCain
Hope Municipal
Fair Park
House
Sex Change Not the Only Problem
A New Jersey music teacher who underwent gender reassignment rejected a school board compromise to resume teaching only if she resigns and earns a state certificate under her female name. Paula Grossman, 52, aims to keep her tenure and her family, challenging the board’s plan to move her from elementary to high school and remove tenure on grounds of incompetence.
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Joe Dileo
Associated Press
Bernards Township
N.J
Paula Miriam Grossman
New York City
Apollo 17 crew named. Apollo 16 mission eyed for Descartes
NASA faces criticism that long time jet pilots influence crew picks as Apollo 17 names are reported by The Associated Press and official confirmation expected. Apollo 16 crew, announced earlier, includes John W. Young, Charles M. Duke Jr. and Thomas K. Mattingly, with Descartes crater area targeted for exploration.
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Air Force
Schmitt
Space Agency
NASA
Associated Press
Navy
John W. Young
Charles M. Duke Jr
Thomas K. Mattingly
Young
Duke
Descartes
Moon
National Aeronautics and Space
Warm Humid Ark Weather With Scattered Thundershowers
A warm humid air mass over Arkansas remains unstable with moisture for scattered mainly afternoon and evening thundershowers through Saturday. Skies will be mostly clear to partly cloudy with weekend highs in the low 80s to low 90s. Overnight lows range mid 70s to low 80s. rainfall reports include Fayetteville .40, Texarkana .01, El Dorado trace.
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Weather Experiment Station
Arkansas
Associated Press
Fayetteville
Harrison
Jonesboro
Pine Bluff
Texarkana
el Dorado
Memphis
Little Rock
Fort Smith
Star to Play Dorothy Parker on Broadway
Opera star Patrice Munsel signed to headline a Broadway musical based on Dorothy Parker. Material from Parker’s estate supports the project slated for next fall despite federal court rejection of plan.
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Dorothy Parker
New York
Patrice Munsel
Miss Parker
Rights group case aims to erode school leaders stance
The report outlines how desegregation battles threaten administrators who implement the law. President Nixon voiced limited support for busing, while Alabama Governor Wallace announced the transfer of a white student 22 miles to a predominantly black school. Wallace urged Nixon to defy court orders if he opposes busing. The commission warned busing is an emotional issue, and the core question is the quality of education at the journey’s end.
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Page One
Wallace
New Hope
Limestone County
Alabama
Povernne
Troy State University
Nixon
George C. Wallace
Montgomery
Obituaries and a Space Flight Debate Chronicle
The page lists obituaries for Rachael Geno of South Bend and H B Marcum of Hope with funeral details and survivors, plus obituaries for William Hutchinson Cowles Angus Dun Rev James F Jones. It also notes an administration stance on sending Schmitt to the moon and a critique of Apollo mission planning.
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Rachael Geno
South Bend
Ind
Hope
Bridgeton
N.J
Freitag Funeral Home
St. Joseph Geno
Frank Geno
H. B. Marcum
Hope and Hempstead County
Oakcrest Chapel
Elbert O’steen
Rayford Marcum
Barney Joe Stanton
Seagoville
Tex
Jesse Marcum
Oscar Marcum
McNab
Ed Marcum
Pleasant Hill
Roland Marcum
Shreveport
Vance Marcum
James Harold Marcum
Spokane
Wash
William Hutchinson Cowles
Cowles Publishing Co
The
Spokane Chronicle
Associated Press
Detroit
James F. Jones
Prophet Jones
Schmitt
Moon
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Albu
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Washington-Old Tavern
Ozan-Matthews
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McCaskill- Wortham’s
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Bank of Blevins
Hal Boyle
Fred
Arnold Palmer
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Timpkins
Yale
Weeks
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Laird
Cantrell Road
Paris
Eiffel Tower
Angus Dun
Mr. Dun
Hope School District
A.D. Brannan
Arkansas School Boards Asso
Cities Service Oil Co
State Department
A.B.E
Louisiana Nevada Transit Co
Jake Honea
Simplex
Time Recorder
W.F. Farmer
Anderson Frazier Insurance Petty Cash-Clearing
J.fred Murphy
N.C.A. Assn
Southwest Ark
Elec
Co-op
Bar
Amount
Poorer
Denver Hornaday
Homer Whitten
Johnny McMurry
John Anderson
H.M. Smith
Luther H. Black
Mary Anne Crabtree
Motor Equip. Finance Co.Ward's
Arkansas Louisiana Gas Co
Bruce Terminix
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