Looking Ahead to the 1970s Predictions and Shifts
A Savannah morning news column cites U S News & World Report forecasts for the late 1970s, including income rises to 15 500 for a family, population up 22 million, 35 million more vehicles, rapid transit gains, cleaner air, and slower growth in government spending. It notes urban renewal, education gains, and a possible Vietnam end. A Greenville SC note says truth in lending will have little effect on consumer buying. A Wichita Falls minister vacations in a wheat-field combine, calling it refreshing and a different world.
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U.S. News & World Report
Vietnam
Congress
Savannah
Greenville
S.C
Apollo 11 to bring TV camera for mood moonwalk
Apollo 11 astronauts Armstrong Collins and Aldrin plan to televise their moon approach with a television camera as they enter the lunar module. Mission control approved carrying the camera into the LM, and the crew described the TV feed as a substitute for words. The telecast is slated to start at 7:32 p.m. EDT, with potential earlier start after lunar module checkout.
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Harry F. Rosenthal
Associated Press
Space Center
Houston
Astronaut Corps
Neil A. Armstrong
Michael Collins
Edwin E
Buzz” Aldrin Jr
Collins
Hme
Armstrong
Mission Control
Aldrin
Goldstone
California
Clifford Charlesworth
Charlesworth
Rowboat Crosses Atlantic toward landfall
British voyager John Fairfax paddled his orange shoe shaped rowboat up the Gulf Stream toward a possible landfall in the Miami area as winds and currents favored. Fairfax left the Canary Islands six months ago on a 4,000 mile row aboard the 24 foot Britannia and was 120 miles south of Miami when spotted.
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Miami
John Fairfax
Gulf Stream
Coast Guard
Fairfax
Fie
Fort Lauderdale
Canary Islands
Atlantic
Did I Do the Best I Could Asks One Who Built Apollo 11
Bill Rooney, a Grumman welder who soldered pipes on the Apollo 11 lunar lander, expresses pride and worry about the moon mission. He recalls long overtime, early life, and the impact on his three children while noting the project’s broader national significance and Kennedy era ambitions.
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Lisa Cronin
Rockville Centre
N.Y
Bill Rooney
Grummain
Space
Bethpage
Long Island
Cape Kennedy
Fkt
Rooney
Kennedy
Nechinie
Air National Guard
Grumman
Isabel
Mike
Billy
Apollo 11 Reaches Lunar Orbit
Apollo 11 nears lunar orbit as Armstrong Aldrin and Collins prepare for a controlled engine burn at 126 p.m. EDT to enter the Moon’s sphere of influence. NASA notes Luna 15’s separate path. if all goes well, Eagle will detach and land in the Sea of Tranquillity with Armstrong descending first.
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Earth
Soviet Union
United States
Luna
Frank Borman
Houston
Armstrong
Aldrin
Collins
Eagle
Moon
Moltke
Cuba to greet first Soviet naval visit in Havana
Havana prepares a massive welcome for eight ship Soviet squadron arriving Sunday morning marking the first Soviet naval visit to Cuba since the missile crisis era. Thousands expected along the seawall as observers say the move responds to President Nixon's trip to Romania.
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Havana
Havana Harbor
Cuba
United States
U.S
Nixon
Romania
Europe
CBC Changes Meeting Date
The Century Bible Class meeting scheduled for this Sunday has been postponed until Sunday July 27 per Arch Wylie. The event was to cap a fellowship and membership drive won by the Nashville Men's Class, with Arkadelphia Men's Class and the BC of Hope hosting.
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Century Bible
Arch Wylie
Nashville
Arkadelphia
Thebc of Hope
Population Explosion Affects Child Health Care 1975
Mary Anita Laseter notes that by 1975 the U S population will reach about 76 million children, rising every 102 seconds. Pediatricians warn of a nurse shortage and urge rapid training of workers, including working mothers, retirees, and new aides, to support child health care delivery.
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Mary Anita Laseter
Hershel Bentley
University of Arkansas
Fayetteville
Oil Industry Faces New Tax Squeeze
Washington AP The House Ways and Means Committee drafts tighter tax rules for oil firms aiming to curb current legal tax tricks. Proposals would reclassify certain ABC transactions as loans to cut depletion benefits while testing cuts to the 275 percent oil depletion allowance.
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Edmond Lebreton
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
House
Ways and Means
ABC
Youngstown Racial Riots Prompt National Guard Numbers
National Guardsmen aided police in Youngstown Ohio as scattered clashes touched the South Side over two nights leaving 6 people injured and 35 arrests. Curfew violations accounted for 27 arrests while authorities reported no serious fires or sniper activity. The disturbances followed a Tuesday night gathering near a dairy store after a prior complaint of a Black woman being kicked by a White owner. Maj. Gen. Sylvester Del Corso planned to pull guardsmen back to Columbus if stability held.
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Youngstown, Ohio
Anthony B. Flask
Sylvester del Corso
Ohio National Guard
Columbus
Britons Question Apollo Moon Mission Value
London AP dispatch reports Britons remain eager about Apollo 11 while voicing criticism over cost and priorities. The Daily Mirror highlights poverty at Cape Kennedy and calls the venture a mammoth misallocation of resources. Bertrand Russell worries about earthly issues before extending disputes to space. Lord Arran condemns the mission as a waste of time. The Daily Mail cartoon imagines moon cheese. The piece notes moonlight fueling critique of U.S. policy.
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Frankauer
Associated Press
London
United States
Daily Mirror
Cape Kennedy
Bertrand Russell
The
Times
Lord Arran
Daily Mail
U.S
Battle Near Tay Ninh Nabs Key Target in Vietnam
Saigon reports a four hour clash near Tay Ninh City with 27 enemy killed and no American casualties. B52 raids followed as U S forces pursued a growing threat around Tay Ninh and Black Virgin Mountain while President Thieu discussed troop withdrawals with U S military leaders.
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Saigon
Tay
Ninh City
Saisgon
Mie Tleit
Provincial
Ave c
Tali
Tay Ninh
Black Virgin Mountain
South Vietnam
Nguyen van Thien
U.S
Thieu
Nam
Thiou
Earle Wheeler
U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
Wheeler
Independence Palace
Adm
John McCain Jr
Pacific
Creighton
W. Abrams
Vietnam
Samuel Bereger
McCain
U.S. 1St Infantry Division
J Bail
Record Shark Turnout in the Pacific
On the USS Hornet recovery crew and NASA officials note unusually many sharks during Apollo 11 pickup drills in the Pacific. The carrier will launch a 2G shot wooden whaleboat with armed sailors to protect spacemen and swimmers, though no menacing moves have been made.
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Pacific
Hornet
National Aeronautics Space
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Alex. HW. Washburn
Wichita Falls
Wichitan
Tex
Record News
Dong Ha
Konnedy
Howard Benedict
AP Aerospace Winter Space Center
Air Force
Edwin E. Aldrin Jr
Michael Collns
CBC
Ter
Aunt Mary
Ernest Lateham
Youngstown
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