Apollo 14 Crew Debuts Moon Surface Cart System
Apollo 14 astronauts Edgar Mitchell and Alan Shepard preview a modular equipment transporter or MET cart for lunar sample gathering. The device stores a sampler, shovel, map and camera and folds into the ascent stage. The crew aims for 60–70 pounds of rock, weather permitting, with two moon walks up to five hours.
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Navy
Cmdr
Edgar D. Mitchell
Moon
Harry F. Rosenthal
Washington
Mitchell
Alan B. Shepard
America
Stuart A. Roosa
New York
Shepard
Earth
Fra Mauro
Cone Crater
U S Hopeful Hanoi Will Pull Out Troops
In Paris AP informs that Washington may accept a private understanding after North Vietnam withdraws from the south as part of a peace settlement. Nixon plan may stay on the table while Hanoi weighs negotiations and keeps public rejection in focus.
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Stephens Broening
Paris
United States
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Hanoi
Nixon
America
Indochina
Washington
Saigon
Nixon to Head GOP Team At Bart Starr Tribute
Nixon leads a Republican outreach during Bart Starr tribute in Green Bay with Lt. Gov. Jack Olson and John Erickson as targets for campaign support. Laird Knowles Byrnes and Nelson join GOP efforts while Nelson questions equal time. Nixon schedules a broad nine state to twenty state push with stops in New Jersey Pennsylvania and Ohio through a multi day swing.
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Nixon
Bart Starr
Green Bay
National Football League
Packers
Jack Olson
John Erickson
Washington Senate
Olson
Erickson
GOP
Melvin R. Laird
Warren P. Knowles
John Byrnes
R-Wis
Gaylord Nelson
Lawrence O’brien
Green Bay Area
Starr
NFL
Pete Rozelle
Packer
Vince Lombardi
Ohio
North Dakota
Missouri
Tennessee
Indiana
North Carolina
Texas
Illinois
Minnesota
White House
Burlington
Winston L. Prouty
Philip H. Hoff
New Jersey
Newark
Teterboro
Ocean Grove
Harrison A. Williams
Nelson Gross
Pennsylvania
Lancaster
Middletown
Senate
Hugh Scott
Raymond Broderick
Milton Shapp
Maryland
Michigan
Nevada
Julie
David Eisenhower
Nixons
St. Louis
Tricia
Clark MacGregor
Chicago Cop Shot Five Times Dies In Surgery
Chicago AP report details Patrolman John J. Matonich aged 33 who was fatally shot five times in a gun battle outside the Stadium after a taxi robbery. The gunman Don Davis, 21, died in surgery. Two officers and the taxi driver assisted, with Davis previously jailed for unlawful weapon use. The incident occurred before a professional basketball game in 1970 Chicago.
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Chicago
John J. Matonich
Matonich
Timothy Allman
Allman
Warren Linding
Mark Osberg
Don Davis
Davis
Damaged C5 Galaxy explodes on flight line at Dobbins AFB
At Lockheed Georgia Co base in Dobbins Air Force Base Georgia a C5 Galaxy transport exploded and burned during a fueling incident. One Lockheed employee Phillip L. Smith of Rosell Ga was killed and another injured. The aircraft owned by the Air Force was being tested by Lockheed. FBI agents were questioned but sabotage not ruled out.
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Ray Bell
John Eckhardt
Dobbins
Lockheed
Wheeler
Air Force
William Proxmire
D-Wis
FBI
Wreeley
Phillip L. Smith
Rosell
Steam Pipe Explosion Fatal to Two Men in Stickney
In Chicago area news two men died after a steam pipe explosion at the Metropolitan Sanitary District plant in Stickney. Victims were Frank Ingo of Park Ridge and Douglas Kohler, 28, of Arlington Heights. Police stated the blast was not a bomb.
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Chicago
Metropolitan Sanitary District
Stickney
Frank Ingo
Park Ridge
Douglas Kohler
Arlington Heights
Rogers Talks With Gromyko on World Issues at UN
At UN Rogers and Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko met for four hours in a dine and talk session that stretched near midnight. They discussed the Middle East peace effort truce violations in the Suez standstill zone West Berlin conditions and Nixon’s Indochina plan. A Monday follow up was set as U S strategists warn of a possible hardening line despite the Era of Negotiations.
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United Nations
N.Y
William P. Rogers
Andrei A. Gromyko
U.S
Kremlin
Middle East
West Berlin
Nixon
Indochina
Robert J. McCloskey
Soviet Union
Suez
Rogers
Heavy metals seen as threat to lakes
Madison, Wis. AP report notes heavy metal pollution in the Great Lakes must take priority over resource exploitation on lake bottoms. Sea Grant at University of Wisconsin emphasizes practical science and regional cooperation, warning Lake Erie and Ontario facing degradation while Michigan and Wisconsin observe declines in DDT in fish.
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Madison, Wis
Great Lakes
University of Wisconsin
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
P.M. Higgins
Department of Fisheries and Forestry
Lake Erie
Lake Ontario
Lake Michigan
Wisconsin
Michigan
Minnesota
Water Main Installation Closes South Ave at Losey
The intersection of South Avenue and Losey Boulevard will close Monday through Friday for water main installation on South Avenue from Losey to 21st Street. Through traffic remains allowed on South Avenue. Motorists on Losey Robinsdale and South cannot turn onto the other streets during construction. One northbound lane will be open on South Avenue.
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South Avenue
Losey Boulevard
Losey
21St Street
Bernard Mullenbach
Robinsdale Avenue
Weekend Weather Outlook With Mild Temperatures
Fair and mild conditions through Saturday night and Sunday with a low near 40 and a high near 70. Minimal precipitation chances 0 to 5 percent. Monday turns partly cloudy, the pattern remains mild with a low near 40.
UW to aid children of slain scholar
Madison Wisconsin AP reports the University of Wisconsin regents pledged undergraduate education for the three children of researcher Robert Fassnacht, killed in the Sterling Hall bombing on August 24. Fassnacht leaves a widow and three young children: Christopher, 3, and twins Heidi and Karen, aged one. Regent president Bernard Ziegler called the gesture the least the university could do.
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Madison, Wis
University of Wisconsin Board of Regents
Robert Fassnacht
Sterling Hall
Fassnacht
Christopher
Heidi
Karen
Bernard Ziegler
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