Britons Complete Pacific Row Across Record Sea Trench
John Fairfax and Sylvia Cook became the first to row 8,000 miles across the Pacific in the 35 foot Britannia II. They endured four cyclones and shark attacks after leaving San Francisco last April 26. Cook cannot swim and Fairfax survived multiple perils including an anchor rope breaking near the Great Barrier Reef.
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Brisbane
Australia
John Fairfax
Sylvia Cook
Pacific Ocean
San Francisco
Calif
Fairfax
Miss Cook
Hollywood Beach
Fla
Las Palmas
Weather brings ideal setting to Kan sas Relays finale
The Weather Man says Kan sas Relays will close with sunny skies and temperatures in the 70s at Memorial Stadium KU. Weekend outlook shows more sun with highs 65 to 70 and no rain. Tonight forecast around 40 to 45 with some clouds. Monthly rainfall in Lawrence stands at 3.24 inches, near normal, with year to date still about two inches short.
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Memorial Stadium
Lawrence
Eudora Students Attend Topeka State Hospital Day
Eudora High School students were among 425 attendees at Student Day at Topeka State Hospital on Wednesday. The event aimed to improve understanding of mental health and modern treatment techniques used at the facility.
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Eudora
Eudora High School
Topeka State Hospital
Topeka State
Astros Climbing Moon Mountain on Second Lunar Walk
Apollo 16 astronauts John W. Young and Charles M. Duke Jr. began a second moon surface excursion to search for volcanic and ancient rocks. They descended the ladder at 10 41 a m CST pausing to dodge a rock in the footpad and planned a drive halfway up a moon mountain.
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Space Center
Houston
John W. Young
Charles M. Duke Jr
Stone Mountain
Orion
Descartes Plateau
Young
Duke
Charles M. Duke
Slaughter of Montagnard Civilians Reported in Dak Pek
South Vietnamese 2nd Corps said about 100 Montagnard civilians including women and children were killed in a revenge massacre as North Vietnamese and Montagnard forces overran frontier hamlets near Dak Pek Camp. Other reports noted smaller civilian deaths.
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Highlands
2Nd Corps
Dak Pek
Laos
Pleiku
U.S
Central Highlands
Kontum Front
Highway 14
Tan Canh
22Nd Infantry Division
Duke on the Moon Exults in Apollo 16 Landing
Astronaut Charles M. Duke Jr. of the Apollo 16 mission expressed exhilaration on the lunar surface "Yahoo" and "hot dog" about the experience. He joked about tumbling in dirt, and described the lunar drill and experiments with colorfully vivid metaphors.
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Space Center
Houston
Yahoo
Hot Dog
Biggies
Charlie Duke
Kansas Traffic Deaths For April 28 1972
Kansas reporting period shows 147 traffic deaths for April 28 1972 up to 9 am, compared with 177 in the same 1971 period. The data covers 24 hours to Saturday morning.
Tornadoes Kill Three In Southern Illinois Farmhouse
A tornado demolished a farmhouse near Eddyville Illinois killing three children and injuring others in southern Illinois. Additional tornadoes and high winds damaged homes overturned mobile homes and cut power lines across multiple southern Illinois communities.
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Eddyville
Illinois
Annapolis
Middle Tennessee
Hernando
Miss
Moon Speed Mark Fails to Beat Lunar Grand Prix Record
Apollo 15 astronaut John W. Young piloted Lunar Rover 2 over a dusty cratered lunar course, reaching 6.82 mph average on two 150 foot laps. Charles M. Duke Jr. documented the run while noting the vehicle’s two wheels on the ground and the rooster tail spray during tests for Mars mission readiness.
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Young
Duke
Mars
Moon
John
Local retiree crafts a wooden world in Lawrence yard
John Lingenfelser and his wife live at 833 East 13th in Lawrence amid a yard filled with tame squirrels and windmill “sculptures” made from a pole tree house. He spends retirement carving wood into animals, stagecoaches, and furniture while a dog and family photos fill the home.
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John Lingenfelser
Thailand
Journal-World Photo
E. 13Th
Lawrence
Lingenfelser
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