Apollo 13 Disaster Review Highlights Design Flaws and Delays
A final board report pins the oxygen tank fire on a 1965 Beech modification and a 65 volt switch error. It cites a March test, the near pad catastrophe, and urges reassessment of contractors and subsystems to prevent a repeat before Apollo 14. Riverside County votes to cut welfare costs by 25 percent, risking 80 percent of welfare staff if federal funds are withheld.
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America
James A. Lovell
Fred W. Haise
John L. Swigert
Moon
Earth
Cortright
Neil A. Armstrong
NASA
Langley Research Center
Beech
Aircraft
Boulder
Colo
North American
Rockwell
Tech Space Agency
Cape Kennedy
Launich
Space
Thomas C. Paine
ATS
Manned Spacecraft ‘Center
Levtel
Riverside County
African Safari Opens for Irvine Visitors With Cageless Cars
City dwellers ride through Lion Country Safari near the San Diego Freeway in Irvine in 500 acres. Tourists peer at wildlife from closed windows as a $12 million park enforces safety rules and warns keep out with a joking sign.
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San Diego
Irvine
Three Die in Separate Car Mishaps
Three people died in separate traffic incidents on Monday in Torrance and Orange County. A Buena Park 15 year old, James Allan Gay, was struck in a crosswalk by Ronald A. Garetto, 29, of Anaheim, and died at Beach Community Hospital. Judith Ann Czvitkovics, 29, of Carson, died after being hit by a truck at Crenshaw Boulevard. investigators say she appeared to throw herself in front of the vehicle. Julianne Mueller, 2, of Pasadena, died when her car failed to stop at a stop sign and collided with a second vehicle driven by Jimmy R. Davis, 16, of Sonora.
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Buena Park
James Allan Gay
Knott Avenue
Melrose Street
Ronald A. Gardetto
Anaheim
Gay
Robert Gay
Knott Ave
Beach Community Hospital
Torrance
Judith Ann Czvitkovics
W. 236Th St
Little Company of Mary Hospital
237Th Street
Crenshaw Boulevard
Irvine Area
Julianne Mueller
Klaus Mueller
Pasadena
Mueller Auto
Sand Canyon Rd
Moulton Parkway
Jimmy R. Davis
Sonora
Pasadena busing ban thwarted by appeals court
A three judge U S circuit court refused to allow parents Stanly and Nancy Alexander and others to intervene in the Pasadena school desegregation case. Judge Manuel Real had ordered a plan with mandatory busing to correct racial imbalance and cost about $1 million yearly.
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San Francisco
Frederick Hamley
Charles Merril
Eugene Wright
Pasadena
District Court
Family Plan Meat Order Left Unfilled and Refusal Noted
A Cypress reader seeks a refund or delivery for a $500 meat order from Family Plan at 5332 Sunset Blvd Hollywood placed in Oct 1969. Only the first shipment arrived on Nov 9. subsequent delivery was delayed due to funds and then allegedly unavailable. BBB records show risk and no company contact or response to inquiries.
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M. P
Cypress. A
Family Plan
Los Angeles Better Business Bureau
NASA Picks 3 Firms for Space Shuttle Study Contracts
NASA selected Grumman Aerospace and Boeing for a 5 million study of alternate shuttle concepts including one and two stage designs. Lockheed received 1 million to design an alternate 14 stage system while Chrysler Kept a 75 thousand study on a single stage reusable vehicle.
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Washington
UPS
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Grumman Aerospace Corp
Bethpage
N.Y
Boeing Co
Seattle
Wash
NASA
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Los Angeles
Chrysler Corp
New Orleans
Agnew Defends Rhetoric At Detroit Fundraiser Speeches
Vice President Spiro Agnew defended rhetoric at a Detroit fundraiser at Cobo Hall. About 300 to 400 pickets protested outside while editorial writers urged him to deescalate. He urged elevating rhetoric to rational public persuasion and rejected calls for restraint. Virgil T. Elliott urged San Francisco to adopt a city income tax.
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Detroit
UPI
Spiro T. Agnew
Cobo Hall
Agnew
San Francisco
Virgil T. Elliott
Thrédé Peroit
Detroit River
Lindsay Halts Asbestos Use Hints Cancer
New York Mayor John Lindsay ordered an immediate halt to spraying asbestos at city construction sites. Environmental officials cite a strong link between asbestos exposure and cancer, echoing Mount Sinai research showing high mortality among asbestos workers. Police oversight accompanied the protest actions and messages criticizing national figures and events.
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New York
UPI
John V. Lindsay
John Leo
Environmental Protection Administration
Leo
Irving Selikoff
Mount Sinai Hospital
New York Area
Astro-Golor Service Note Ends With Charceanf 977
An entry describes Astro-Golor as a service and references a charceanf value of 977, noting its status or end point in the record. The text preserves a compact reference to the service and the numeric marker without additional context.
Post Office Classifieds Note Long Beach California
Fragmentary note shows second class matter at Long Beach California with billing references. Mentions Daly Sunday daily rates and single copy sales figures. Details are incomplete but indicate postal classification and pricing notes from a 20th century newspaper page.
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Long Beach
Calif
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