Moon Flight Provokes Mixed Reactions From Astronaut Wives
Astronaut wives Mrs. Faye Stafford and Mrs. Barbara Young express relief and excitement as Apollo 10 launches. They compare the flight to childbirth and note growing nerves with each mission while watching the Cape Kennedy events on TV.
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Faye Stafford
Barbara Young
John W. Young
Stafford
Thomas P
Barbara Cernan
Husband
Cape Kennedy
Tracey
al Bishop
Houston
Earth
Moon
Lunar
Samoa
Hamburger Hill assault roils Vietnam and more
U S paratroops trying to take 3000 foot Ap Bia peak nicknamed Hamburger Hill suffered 125 enemy killed and 12 American fatalities with 79 wounded after 13 hours of fighting. Air accidents killed 14 American airmen and a C123 crashed near Saigon. Other actions report riots in Kuala Lumpur and space and European news.
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Saigon
U.S
Hamburger Hill
Ap Bia Mountain
A Shau Valley
Gis
South China Sea
U.S. Air Force
Laos
Hue
da Nang
National Tornado Outbreak Hits Southeast and Northeast
A string of tornadoes across the South and Southeast caused widespread damage. In Simca Alabama two mobile homes and a garage were destroyed with no injuries reported. Sinclairville New York mobilized 500 volunteers to clear debris from Saturday’s twister. Florida panhandle towns Crestview Estin and Valparaiso reported sightings and Pensacola sustained damage. Congress debates extending the 10 percent surcharge and capping spending as President Nixon seeks different terms. Chicago Teachers Union weighing a strike after a 2 to 1 vote. 600k students could be affected. A teen girl held by her stepfather during multiple kidnappings was released unharmed. Burlington North Carolina sees 600 officers on duty after violence left one teen dead and three injured.
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New York
Florida Panhandle
Crestview
Estin
Valparaiso
Pensacola
Washington
Congress
Nixon
House
Senate
Democratic
Mike Mansfield
Burlington
N.C
Leon Mebane
Climbers Seek Nepal Permit to Reserve Dhaulagiri Peak
Louis Reichardt and Dr. James Morrissey, both expedition members, applied to Nepal to reserve Dhaulagiri for use four years ahead. The 26,810 foot peak is the world’s seventh tallest. Peacekeeper Dr. Kevin McCann reflected at Defiance College on Eisenhower and the Vietnam War.
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Louis Reichardt
Palo Alto
James D. Morrissey
Olivette
Nepal
Kevin McCann
Eisenhower
Defiance College
Cooley Plans Private Start on Artificial Heart Work
Dr. Denton A. Cooley announced plans to begin independent artificial heart research at the Texas Heart Institute without NIH funding. He and Dr. Domingo Liotta, a developer of the device, have faced criticism for using the synthetic heart without NIH permission.
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Denton A. Cooley
Texas Heart Institute
National Institutes of Health
Cooley
Domingo Liotta
NIH
Mamie Visits Brussels and Austin Baptism News
Mamie Eisenhower arrived in Brussels Sunday night to join her son John Eisenhower the new U.S. ambassador to Belgium and plans to stay about a month. In Austin Lucinda Desha Robb the granddaughter of former President Johnson was baptized at St. David's Episcopal Church on Sunday.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Brussels
John
U.S
Belgium
Lucinda Desha Robb
Johnson
St. David’s Episcopal Church
Austin
Marion Morehouse Cummings Dies at 63 Widow of E. E. Cummings
Mrs. Marion Morehouse Cummings, 63, widow of poet E. E. Cummings and noted fashion model, died Sunday at Doctors Hospital after a long illness. Pictographer Edward Steichen praised her as the greatest fashion model. She married the poet in 1933. he died in 1962.
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Marion Morehouse Cummings
E. E. Cummings
Doctors Hospital
Edward Steichen
Marion Morehouse
Cummings
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