Apollo 10 returns as Nixon hails space achievement
Apollo 10 crews complete a dress rehearsal for the lunar landing, orbiting the moon 31 times and testing the lunar module near the Sea of Tranquility. President Nixon congratulates the astronauts, who prepare for briefings in Houston and a possible Apollo 11 landing in July.
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Thomas P. Stafford
Air Force
Princeton
Owen S. Aspinal
Houston
Moon
Sea of Tranquility
Stafford and
Cernan
Young
Earth
Apollo 11 Astronauts Hit Busy Prelaunch Schedule
Apollo 11 crew Neil Armstrong Michael Collins and Edwin Aldrin discuss Apollo 10 success at Cape Kennedy training for July 16 launch. Armstrong says Apollo 10 proves the mission doable and aims to learn first hand from Stafford Young and Cernan.
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Cape Kennedy
Aps
Neil A. Armstrong
Armstrong
Cape Kennedy Space Center
Michael Collins
Edwin E. Aldrin
Tom
Stafford
John
Young
Gene
Cernan
Pacific Ocean
Law enforcement group names and Crusoe roots described
A pragmatic group of about 150 men focused on law enforcement and its problems is discussed by member Richard Sundholm. The origins of the group's name are described as obscure and tied to Robinson Crusoe in a brief, unresolved note.
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Richard Sundholm
Sundholm
Robinson Crusoe
SDS Rhetoric Sparks Debate On ROTC Credit Rights
In Long Beach a reader argues the SDS lacks authority to withhold ROTC course credits, saying ROTC students and college leaders alone should decide. He labeled SDS tactics as violent and questioned their democratic claim, contrasting it with historic figures.
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SDS
Hitler
D. W
Long Beach
Pentagon C5A cost overruns prompt subcommittee report
A November and January subcommittee hearing report on Air Force C5A cost overruns cites more than 2 billion dollars in excess costs. It accuses the Defense Department of interfering with Pentagon management expert A Er nest Fitzgerald testimony and highlights concentrated contractor buying by General Dynamics Lockheed United Aircraft General Electric and McDonnell Douglas. The report notes contractors are discouraged from investing in production as the government provides plants equipment and working capital and cites Lockheed reimbursed 1.2 billion for 1.3 billion in outlays. It also criticizes the Pentagon for not knowing contractor profits.
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Pentagon
A. Ernest Fitzgerald
Post
General Dynamcis
Lockheed
United Aircraft
General Electric
McDonnell Douglas
Assembly OKs Sales Tax on All Take-Out Foods
Sacramento lawmakers approve extending the sales tax to all take-out foods amid opposition concerns of higher costs. A carve out provides a fruit juice and nonreturnable vending container exemption to offset tax impact.
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Sacramento
Assembly
Southland College Campuses Protest Over Berkeley Troops
Southland students at UC Riverside UC Los Angeles San Diego Irvine and Santa Barbara walked out or skipped classes in a protest against the National Guard presence in Berkeley. UC Riverside reported 40 percent absent and UCLA saw about 5 percent.
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Southern California
National Guard
Berkeley
University of California At Riverside
Ivan Hinderaker
Ucla
San Diego
Irvine
Santa Barbara
Berkeley survey says People's Park not a nuisance
A University of California survey finds 94 percent of 610 interviewed neighbors say People's Park was not a nuisance before its closing. Associate Prof. Donald Appleyard led the faculty-student team surveying 50 blocks around campus, with options for controlled development or repurposing land.
Surgery set for Little Polio Victim
The 8 year old daughter of a Tijuana vendor is to begin treatment and undergo surgery in Downey to correct a bent spine caused by polio. Project Concern raised $8,000 for her Rancho Los Amigos Hospital bill. She will have a tracheotomy and traction, followed by spinal fusions and a steel rod insertion to straighten her spine.
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Tijuana
Downey
Rancho Los Amigos Hospital
Project Concern
San Diego
Rancho Los Amigos
Episcopal Bishop Calls Reagan Warmonger Over Berkeley Protests
Episcopal Bishop C Kilmer Myers denounces Governor Ronald Reagan as a warmonger for unleashing force against Berkeley demonstrations at a chapel service. He likens police and military actions to a Nazi era incident and faults authorities for denying moral law. A separate report notes a $410 theft of a suitcase from an auto on Anaheim Street near Cedar Avenue.
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Episcopal
California
Ronald Reagan
Kilmer Myers
Berkeley Pacific School of Religion
People’s Park
Germany
Myers
People's Park
Anaheim Street
Cedar Avenue
Kenneth C. Murray
Orrich Ave
Carson
Long Beach
Pep Talk for Park Partisans at Berkeley Rally
Berkeley activists urged supporters to take to the streets to back the People's Park fight as 200 students heard Art Gold berg urge visible protest. Police did not interfere as about 500 rioters' charges were pursued after May 15 events.
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Berkeley Area Armories
People’s Park Annex
Bay Area
Art Goldberg
People’s Park
Goldberg
Berkeley
Provo Park
Berkeley City Hall
Capitol protest at Capitol steps by UC Davis students
Pauling, a Nobel laureate and veteran anti-nuclear activist, led a Capitol protest as students from UC Davis began a six block march toward the Capitol. Signs urged opposition to Reagan and the military industrial complex while speakers framed the Berkeley episode amid calls to withdraw National Guard and outside police.
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Pauling
Capitol Steps
UC Davis
Capitol
Capitol Mall
Michael
Ronald Reagan
Berkeley
Vietnam
Back Reagan's Campus Stand
Two Republican lawmakers in San Francisco praised Gov Ronald Reagan for taking a firm stand on campus unrest. Sen. Paul Fannin of Arizona advocated preventive measures including National Guardsmen and police. Rep Barry Goldwater Jr. of California echoed the firm-hand approach.
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UPS
Ronald Reagan
Paul Fannin
Arizona
Rep
Barry Goldwater Jr
California
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