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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1969
Page
5
Apollo 11 commander Neil Armstrong is scheduled to be the first man to walk on the moon with Edwin Aldrin joining him shortly after. George Low says the duo will work about 2 hours 40 minutes on the surface gathering rocks and setting up experiments to relay data back to Earth for a year.
The Academy Awards give a rare tie for best actress to Barbra Streisand and Katharine Hepburn, making Hepburn the first three time lead winner. Cliff Robertson wins best actor for Charly, Oliver! named best picture, with Jack Nicholson and Ruth Gordon winning supporting honors. The event notes surprise over Oliver! beating The Lion in Winter and Hepburn tying record nominations at 11.
Four aquanauts surfaced from a days long underwater living experiment off St John in the Caribbean. Conrad Mahnken John Van der Walker Richard Waller and Edward Clifton were brought to a decompression chamber after surfacing in a transfer capsule. The project a joint effort by General Electric NASA the Navy and the Interior Department studied long term underwater life and tracking lobster.
A survey notes roughly 250 regional dialects spoken in India reflecting vast linguistic diversity. Researchers highlight distinct phonetic and vocabulary differences across states and communities.
Chicago AP reports two officers were killed after a former Marine, Frank Kulak, opened fire with rifles and pistols from a third-floor South Side flat while investigators questioned him about bombings. The siege wounded several others and injured civilians by falling debris. Kulak surrendered after a prolonged exchange.
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