Moon rocket lifts off as crowds watch launch at Port Canaveral
At Port Canaveral Florida a waterfront crowd including the Southerland family witnessed Apollo 11 lift off. Benjamin Southerland age 12 clung to his father Chester as the Saturn V cleared the haze and a bright plume rose skyward. Raul V Olo of Montreal and others joined locals in a festive observance as the rocket disappeared into the light.
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White House Service Honors Apollo 1 Moon Mission
President Nixon arranges a White House worship service for the Apollo 1 mission. Astronaut Frank Borman reads Genesis, with Navy Hymn sung by Cabinet and diplomatic corps, and Paul S. Smith delivering the sermon titled The Meaning of the Man on the Moon. Nixon plans to watch the flight on TV.
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Buzz) Aldrin
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Whittier College
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James Buchanan
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Hebrew Psalm 8 to Be Left on Moon Capsule
Apollo astronauts will leave on the moon a Hebrew Psalm 8 text as part of a sealed capsule. The verse, dating from ancient Hebrew poetry, includes praise to the creator and notes God’s majesty above the heavens.
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Agnew Defends AMA Against Unjust Attacks
Vice President Agnew praised doctors at the AMA conference in New York for their work and criticized publicCriticism as unjustified. He urged perspective amid campus protests and stressed health improvements and environmental health as national goals. New AMA president Dr. Gerald Dorman pledged to curb doctor shortages and medical costs.
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Virginia primaries spark split in Byrd Democrats
Moderate William Rattle led with 39.6 percent as liberal Henry Howell trailed at 37 percent in a Virginia primary. Lt Gov. Fred Pollard dropped to 23.4 percent. Gubernatorial runoff will feature Howell against Rattle on August 19. Byrd organization candidates failed to reach runoff. State Sen. J Sargeant Reynolds defeated W Carrington Thompson by about 130,000 votes.
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Drug Firms Face 25 Million Suit Over Tetracycline Patents
The U S government seeks 25 million in damages from Pfizer Co and American Cyanamid in a civil and simultaneous antitrust suit filed in federal court. The case accuses the firms of fraudulently obtaining tetracycline patents and conspiring with Bristol-Myers Olin Mathieson Squibb Beach-Nut FE Squibb and Upjohn to monopolize the antibiotic’s sale. Pfizer defends its patent as granted in good faith and criticizes repeated government action.
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Kalamazoo
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Patent Office
United States Criticizes Formosa Raid By Nationalist China
Washington reports the United States expressed displeasure to Nationalist China over a July 2 raid in the Formosa Straits near the Min River estuary. Several Formosan small craft sank mainland Chinese supply ships. State Department spokesman Robert J. McCloskey avoided stating a violation of a formal U.S.-Nationalist China understanding but said the U.S. would regret any action heightening straits tensions.
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