Astronaut Cunningham resigns from NASA staff
Walter Cunningham announced his resignation from the astronaut corps citing short-sighted support for the space program. He noted dwindling funding and a lack of interest in propulsion for future missions, ending an eight year career after Apollo 7 and Skylab plans faded with Charles Conrad's rise.
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Notable Figures Tangle in Capri Outing and Global Travel Plans
Tourist Jacqueline Onassis enjoyed Capri with her children Caroline and Jobo Kennedy and a friend aboard a boat near the Blue Grotto while her husband remained on his yacht. Vice President Agnew was named to lead a U S delegation for the July 1 inauguration of South Korea’s Chong Hee Park and to visit eight other nations in Asia Europe the Middle East and Africa as part of a broad trip. Composer Rudolf Frid entered Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital for a routine checkup, his first in life. Echo satellite inventor William Sullivan Jr. died at 35 in Newport News Va after heart trouble while en route to a hospital.
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U.S. War Wounded Top 400,000 in Indochina Conflict
Wounded Americans exceed 400000 and battlefield deaths rise to 45275 as presses report on Indochina war toll. Pentagon notes of soldiers worn bring total to 301st. South Vietnamese Marines suffer heavy losses in dual clashes near the DMZ with 12 marines killed and 20 North Vietnamese casualties. Communists claim disclosures on Vietnam war history surface in Paris talks. Chilean earthquake devastates northern towns, killing at least one.
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Space officials to start docking system talks in Houston
Soviet and American space officials will meet next week at the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston to begin technical discussions on common docking systems for manned missions. A 2 man Soviet team will join American counterparts for five days to set guidelines for future sessions and pursue a system enabling link up in orbit. The aim is a space link to rescue astronauts stranded in orbit.
Jackie Robinson Jr dies in Connecticut crash at 24
Jackie Robinson Jr., 24, son of baseball pioneer Jackie Robinson, was killed in a one car rollover on Merritt Parkway in Connecticut. State police said speed contributed to the crash but drugs were not involved. He served in Vietnam, later recovered from addiction, and worked with Daytop Inc. to aid others in rehabilitation after a history of arrests.
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Nixon Couple Honeymooning at Caneer Bay Plantation
The Washington Post reports former Tricia Nixon and Eddie Cox honeymooning at Caneer Bay in the Virgin Islands. The couple wed Friday in a White House ceremony and stay at a plush Laurence Rockefeller hotel, the same site Lynna Bird Robb chose for her honeymoon. Notables such as Sen Hubert Humphrey and Mayor John Lindsay have previously visited.
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Nonuplet survivor dies as others perished in Australia
One of nine children born on Sydney Sh day died Friday leaving a 12pance boy the size of a man's hand as the only survivor of the nonuplets. The latest death was the remaining girl of the Wine children born prematurely Sunday to Mrs. Geraldine Broderick 29. Ella Fitzgerald arrived in Sao Paulo Brazil for three concerts and said she would not retire, unlike Frank Sinatra.
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