Apollo 17 crew includes first scientist astronaut
NASA named Dr. Harrison H. Schmitt geologist as a scientist astronaut for Apollo 17. Commander is Navy Capt. Eugene A. Cernan. Ronald Evans is the command module pilot. Schmitt and Evans join as crew with Schmitt landing on the moon and Evans piloting the command ship during lunar orbit.
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Space Center, Houston
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Schmitt
Navy
Eugene A. Cernan
Ronald E. Evans
Cernan
Moon
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Lunar
Associated Press
John W. Young
Air Force
Charles M. Duke Jr
Thomas K. Mattingly
Young
Duke
Descartes
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Ithe
NASA
Index Continued Warm and Fair
The brief notes warm and fair weather conditions continuing across regions, with mild temperatures expected. Page 5 reference indicates continuation of the index section detailing light to moderate conditions and no significant weather events anticipated.
KU Grad Bumped From Apollo 17 for Scientist Selection
Kansas University graduates Ronald E. Evans and Joe Engle were part of Apollo 17 related notice. Evans, a KU electrical engineer and naval officer, will pilot the mission while Engle, an aeronautical engineer, was moved from the crew to allow a geologist to join. Both alumni attended KU Relays and Engineering Exposition as students in the class of 1955.
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Ronald Evans
Kansas
Kansas University
Navy
Ronald E. Evans
Air Force
Joe Engle
Engle
Evans
St. Francis
Kan
Apollo 15 parachute collapse blamed on fuel
An Apollo 15 para chute collapsed during splashdown over the Pacific north of Hawaii while the other three opened. A space center source cited that jettisoned rocket fuel oxidizer, highly corrosive to nylon, likely damaged the chute panels and shroud lines. Worden, Scott, and Irwin discussed the incident at a news conference.
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Space Center
Houston
Space Agency
Pacific Ocean
Hawaii
Earth
Governor Wallace Reopens Black School in Alabama
In Troy Alabama Governor George C Wallace orders Limestone County to reopen New Hope Junior High under a freedom of choice plan. The school, established in the 1920s with mixed attendance this year, will allow residents to choose county schools and provide transportation if attending outside. Board president C R Bottenfield says the board will not disobey the governor.
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Troy
Ala
George C. Wallace
Nixon
Wallace
Limestone County
New Hope
C. R. Bottenfield
Mid 90s Expected This Saturday And Cooling By Sunday
The forecast for Saturday calls for mid 90s and clear skies as a slow warming trend continues. By Sunday temperatures ease back into the 80s with only a slight chance of rain remaining. The outlook shows a 20 percent rain chance tonight and Saturday, with a potential rain event by Tuesday across most of the state.
K State employee suspended over student loan audit shortage
A Kansas State University spokesman said a female employee has been suspended without pay amid an investigation into missing funds. An audit showed a shortage of about 24000 dollars in the student loan account. no charges will be pursued until the inquiry ends.
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Manhattan
Kan
Kansas State University
Belfast Quiet After Four Days Of Major Rioting
After four days of rioting, shooting and firebombing, Belfast shows signs of calm with 25 dead and hundreds injured. Catholics flee to the Republic, Protestants to English cities as British troops and IRA curtail violence. Brig. Marston Tickell calls the uneasy quiet a partial defeat of the IRA.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Irish Republic
Londonderry
Nary
Castlederg
Liverpool
Irish Sea
Marston Tickell
IRA
Dollar Slump Pushes Dollar to Record Low in Europe
In Europe the dollar hit a record low against West Germany marks dropping to 3.3715 in Frankfurt and 2.4197 to the pound in London. Banks stepped in with heavy dollar purchases, including about $250 million in London, while Swiss banks reportedly absorbed as much as $2 billion as markets remained jittery.
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London
West Germany
Bank of England
KU foreign students hear talk on racism sickness
Kansas University hosted Rev. Phillip Lawson a black minister from Kansas City Mo as part of the EU Foreign Student Orientation Center program funded by a 43309 grant from the State Department. Lawson argued whites embrace a theory of superiority and discussed riots from Watts to Detroit blaming police responses. He described widespread racism and paranoia among whites as part of a broader critique of American life.
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Knsas University
Phillip Lawson
St. James Methodist Church
Kansas City
Tor
Inner City
U.S
U.S. State Department
Institute of International Education
Lawson
Watts
Detroit
Escapee Bath Stop Leads to Capture Near Topeka
A bath under a U S 56 bridge near Globe led to the capture of Howard L. Allen 28 of Lawrence the last of three Monday night walkaways from the Kansas State Reception and Diagnostic Center at Topeka Allen had pleaded guilty to theft of items from the Flamingo Club and was sentenced in Douglas County District Court to one to five years. The other two escapees Robert E Elam 30 of Wichita and Clifford Bright 32 of Kechi were recaptured at a rural home northeast of Lawrence after authorities tracked them from a truck they had seized Wednesday night.
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Topeka
Howard L. Allen
Rex Johnson
Allen
Journal- World
Jerry Schwartz
Kansas State Reception and Diagnostic Center
Lawrence
U.S. 56
Globe
Douglas County Sheriff's Department
Kansas Highway Patrol
Douglas County
Flamingo Club
Ninth
Douglas
Leavenworth County
Body Identified of Baldwin Youth Found at State Lake
Douglas County Sheriff confirms Robert Eugene Seyler 17, of Baldwin, died from a skull fracture found at the Douglas State Lake during a search for missing Richard King 16. Coroner awaiting inquest decision. memorials pending with Towner Funeral Home Ottawa. Survivors include mother Annabelle Seyler and aunt Grace Dick.
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Baldwin
Douglas County
Robert Eugene Seyler
Rex Johnson
Richard King
Schwarz Rd
Seyler
Sheriff's Office
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Johnson
Seyler Boy
James Reed
Burl Trimmer Jr
Rex Pierson
Annabelle Seyler
Grace Dick
Ottawa
Towner Funeral Home
Spacious, modern facilities at SUniKey Funeral Home
SUniKey Funeral Home announces its renovated, spacious facilities featuring contemporary design, updated amenities, and improved accessibility at 843 5141.
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Sunikey Funeral Home
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Europe
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