Apollo 9 Moon Lander Rendezvous Key Moment
Apollo 9 flight controllers timed a planned wake at 12 30 a m EST to cue the lunar lander to approach the command ship as if returning from the moon. Schweickart conducted a shortened spacewalk after vomiting, with call signs Gumdrop Spider and Red Rover.
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Dezvous
Ren
Schweickart
Sheweickart
McDmvtt
Scott
United States
David Scott
Gumdrop
McDivitt
Spider
Red Rover
Cleary Named President of San Fernando Valley State College
Dr. James W. Cleary, 41, named new president of San Fernando Valley State College in Northridge. He will assume mid June, succeeding Ralph Prater, with interim leaders Paul Blomgren and Malcolm O. Sillars having served since last September. Cleary holds degrees from Marquette and a PhD in philosophy from Wisconsin.
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Los Angeles
James W. Cleary
University ‘of Wisconsin
San Fernando Valley State College
State Colles
Glenn S. Dumke
Cleary
Northridge
State College Board of Trustees
Dumke
Ralph Prater
Paul Blomgren
Malcolm O. Sillars
Prater
San Fernando Valley State
Marquette University
Milwaukee
University of Wisconsin
Panel Stalls UC Regent Revamp Bill
Sacramento report shows an Assembly committee delaying William Bagley’s constitutional amendment to remove ex officio UC Regents and cut their terms. The measure also requires open meetings amid concerns that political control endangers university independence.
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Sacramento
University of California Board of Regents
Carl Britschgi
Redwood City
Assembly
William T. Bagley
Bagley
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Mutilation Death Hippie Held on Murder Charges
Antone Costa, 24, a Cape Cod handyman and amateur taxidermist, was ordered held without bail in the mutilation deaths of two of four women found in shallow graves in Truro. Costa faces two murder counts and was sent for 35 days of observation at Bridgewater State Hospital after his innocent plea.
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Truro
Mass
UPI
Cape Cod
Antone Costa
Provincetown
Costa
Bridgewater State Hospital
Edmund S. Dinis
Own-Your-Own Tax Rebate Clarified for Co-Owners
California and Los Angeles County officials confirm owners of own-your-own apartments may file for the $70 property tax rebate tied to Proposition 1-A. Assessor Phil Watson says single complex assessments do not bar individual unit owners from the exemption, provided owners reside in the units.
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Sacramento
Los Angeles
Phil W. Watson
Mike Cullen
Long Beach
Watson
Supreme Court
Mystery Monster Washes Ashore in Tecolutla Veracruz
Sightseers flocked to Tecolutla to view the sea monster carcass that washed ashore last Friday. Fishermen claim ownership and block removal by biologists from Tampico while scientists estimate the creature weighed about 35 tons and measured 30 by 18 feet in Veracruz State. about 3,000 people have witnessed it.
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Tecolutla
Mexico
UPI
Sealife
Tampico
Veracruz
Defence Plea: Dacy Not a Violent Man
Defense witnesses in Robert Lee Dacy's penalty trial describe him as non violent. Dr. Lester Lee testified Dacy showed no signs of harming a child and knew him about a year before the kidnapping of 5 year old Stanley Stafford Jr. Witnesses include Dacy's cousin Evelyn Nelson ex wife Ruth and sons Terrel and Larry. Prosecutor seeks death, citing disregard for lives. defense asks for life without parole. Deliberations begin this morning.
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Robert Lee Dacy
Santa Monica
Lester Lee
California State College At Long Beach
Lee
Dacy
Lakewood
Stanley Stafford Jr
Evelyn Nelson
Tanglewood St
Ruth
Terrel
Larry
Billy D. Webb
Superior Court
Dacyp
Raymond F. Crigget
Reagan Visitor Is Taken Away in Gov. Office Incident
A man identified as William Vandergrift sought to see Gov. Ronald Reagan and refused to leave the outer office. Police removed him and took him to Sacramento County Hospital for mental observation. no charges were filed.
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Sacramento
UPI
Ronald Reagan
William Vandergrift
Sacramento County
Paul Beck
Reagan
Vandergrift
Metal finishing and safety notes and veteran back pay fix
The column outlines metal blueing steps and chemicals with safety cautions and local suppliers. It also reports a widow receiving back payments from the Veterans Administration after Action Line intervention.
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