President Reveals Apollo Dinner Guest List
President Nixon hosts a high profile Apollo 11 banquet at Century Plaza with 144 round tables seating 10 each. Notables include Lindbergh, Scherniakov, 92 foreign reps, and wives of fallen astronauts, with Gov Reagan toasting the moon voyagers.
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Intense 30 Minute Battle Leaves US Casualties in Vietnam
U S forces report 4 Americans killed and 12 wounded near Hiep Hoa while 1 killed and 23 wounded elsewhere. Some 16 Communist soldiers were killed in that clash as two more Americans died during an attack on a convoy 53 miles north of Saigon. Communist losses reached 53. DMZ activity spiked with 306 indications of presence in seven days and 162 air strikes were launched.
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Submarine Ben Franklin Nears Cape Cod Surfacing
The six man science sub Ben Franklin drifts toward the surface off Cape Cod after a month long Gulf Stream cruise from Florida. It sits about 1000 feet deep, 600 miles east-southeast of Cape Cod, and will begin ascent around 3 a.m. PDT Thursday, surfacing roughly three hours later 300 miles offshore. The vessel has traveled 1200 miles underwater off Palm Beach Florida.
Satellite misplacement prompts orbital adjustment plan
ATS 5 launched Tuesday from Cape Kennedy aboard an Atlas-Centaur rocket. The 13 mission experiments include aircraft safety research for transoceanic travel in the 1970s. Initial transfer orbit will take up to 20 days to move ATS 5 from near the Bay of Bengal toward a Pacific station 600 miles west of South America.
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Black-Clad Bandits Hit San Francisco Cash Heist
Three men in black robbed Challenge Cream and Butter Association in San Francisco, stealing 15 000 dollars in cash and checks. They threatened office staff with automatic pistols while another bandit waited in an escape car, then fled in a white sedan. The second item notes ATS 5 fuel issue causing launch timing changes and an extended transit window.
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Teens drive surge in narcotics arrests across California
California reports a sharp rise in drug arrests with juveniles showing a 291 percent jump in dangerous drug and amphetamine cases from 1967 to 1968. Marijuana remains the leading drug, but juveniles increasingly target hard narcotics amid 64,639 adult and 29,947 juvenile arrests.
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Lennon brother obituary details and suspect note
Lennon describes his brother James Lennon as a quiet mild man with no known enemies. A sister Mrs. Mary Blaser of Venice is mentioned and the assailant is described as a possible male mental patient who has sent crank letters to the family in recent months.
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Moon Heroes Talk to World After Lunar Walk
Armstrong and Aldrin spoke at a press conference about the Tranquility Base moonwalk drawing 54 pounds of rocks and two experiments returning promising Earth-based results. They recalled the landing, the terrain, and the mix of humor and pride, highlighting the countdown to a new era of space exploration.
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Nixon objects to House $1.1 billion HEW budget hike
President Nixon denounced the House for adding 1.1 billion to the HEW budget urging that the move conflicts with a ceiling on spending. He reiterated he will not spend beyond his April budget estimates and would not exceed the 192.9 billion ceiling. He spoke after a budget discussion with the Cabinet committee on economic policy at San Clemente.
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President Nixon Dines Quietly at Newport Beach Eatery
President and Mrs Nixon dined in a secluded alcove at a Newport Beach restaurant Monday night. Secret Service agents in sports shirts watched over Five Crowns Restaurant as the Nixons ate with Julie and David Eisenhower and C G Bebe Rebozo.
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