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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Aug 13, 1969

Page

5

Apollo 12 Targets Surveyor III Debris Retrieval

Apollo 12 crew reveal aim to retrieve parts of the Surveyor III lunar lander to test space exposure on metals and to photograph terrain. Cmdr Charles Conrad says the mission will refine landing techniques and install four experiments for up to a year. Bean notes Mars mission could start within 10 years if funded.

America Los Angeles International Navy Charles Pete) Conrad U.S Conrad Cal Nixon Century Plaza Bean Mars Sary

Teacher Warren to be buried in Vallejo Thursday

San Francisco art teacher Joseph John Warren of Everett Junior High was killed by a gunman during a visit to Mexico. He will be buried in Vallejo on Thursday.

Vallejo UPI San Francisco Mexico Joseph John Warren Everett Junior High

Vigil near Gamblers Special wreck unfolds at Bishop

Relatives and the pilot's widow gather at a temporary morgue in Bishop as FBI agents identify bodies from the Mineral County Airlines DC-3 crash. Sixty bodies have been counted and search crews continue recovering remains from Mt Whitney area amid questions of maintenance and locating the craft. A burglary on Long Beach resident Thomas Rath's apartment is also reported with loot valued at 475 dollars.

Bishop FBI Thomas S. Rath Chestnut Ave Long Beach

19 Year Old Marine Recruit Stricken By Meningitis

Gary L. Bennett 19 of Jonesboro Tennessee, hospitalized in San Diego with pneumonia and meningitis. He is the 33rd meningitis victim this year at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot. Bennett, who arrived June 19, recently completed six weeks of training amid a year with 21 cases and increasing deaths compared with 1968.

AN Diego Gary L. Bennett Jonesboro Tenn Marine Corps Recruit Depot Bennett San Diego

Caesars Palace Dropped KC Flight Inquiry by Nevada Board

The Nevada Gaming Control Board asked the Gaming Commission to drop its $3 million potential fine against Caesars Palace after reviewing a plan to fly 100 Kansas City guests to Las Vegas to gamble. The board cited policy concerns and said the arranger was outside Nevada jurisdiction while noting 12 named Kansas City crime figures among the group.

Carson City UPI Nevada Gaming Control Board Vegas “Strip Kansas City Nevada Caesars Palace Las Vegas

Oakland Police Vote To Accept Wage Pact

Oakland police voted by show of hands to accept a new wage agreement and canceled a threatened strike. Mayor John Reading called the deal a good compromise as Police Chief Gain urged officers to weigh strike implications amid rising crime.

Oakland UPI John Reading Charles R. Gain

Apollo 11 Isolation Hut Display at California State Fair

The mobile quarantine unit that housed Apollo 11 will be shown at the California Exposition Grounds during the Aug 22 to Sept 9 state fair and for three days afterward. It weighs 25 tons, is 35 feet long, 9 feet wide, and 6 feet 7 inches high, and had previously sat at NASA Houston headquarters. Astronauts Armstrong Aldrin and Collins entered the unit after returning to Earth. Burglars forced entrance.

Sacramento API Tom Blair NASA Houston Neil A. Armstrong Edwin E. Aldrin Jr Michael Collins Long Beach Earth Lunar Receiving Laboratory California Exposition Grounds

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