Cape Kennedy Seen as Shuttle Site
President Nixon backs a six year 5.5 billion plan to develop a partially reusable shuttle system. Cape Kennedy emerges as the favored launch site due to existing large pads and Atlantic access, with other sites in California New Mexico Utah and Oklahoma fading in consideration.
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Oklahoma
San Clemente
Calif
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United States
Europe
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Atlantic Ocean
Five sue Beech Air craft over Wichita crash
Five Hutchinson residents filed a $900000 lawsuit in Sedgwick County District Court against Beech Aircraft Corp. in Wichita. Lead plaintiff Leo A. Rogers, pilot of the Beech B55 Baron wrecked January 7 1970 near Hutchinson, charges a dangerous and defective fuel system condition.
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Wichita, Kan
Sedgwick County
Hutchinson
Beech Aircraft Corp
Wichita
Leo A. Rogers
Topeka GOP leaders to breakfast with Gov Docking
Democratic Governor Docking and key Republican leaders in Kansas plan a Tuesday breakfast at Cedar Crest to seek closer ties before the 1972 legislative session opens. House and Senate leaders across parties expected to attend to kick off a year of cooperative government.
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Topeka
Kan
Robert Docking
Kansas
Morris Kay
R-Lawrence
House
Cedar Crest
Executive Mansion
Kay
Calvin Strowig
Jess Taylor
Richard C
Pete” Loux
Glee 8. Smith
Frank Hodge
Harold Herd
Senate
Youth 16 Faces Murder Charge in Kansas City
A 16 year old, Virgil Lee Kitchen, was charged with first degree murder in the stabbing death of Tollie Campbell, 53, in Kansas City. Kitchen was arraigned before Magistrate Robert W. Berrey II and held without bond after being certified to stand trial as an adult. The killing occurred on the front porch of an apartment. A witness said Campbell was seated on the porch when attacked without provocation.
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Tollie Campbell
Kansas City
Virgil Lee Kitchen
Robert W. Berrey II
Kitchen
Campbell
Problems With Moon Shot May Force Postponement
Apollo 16 launch may slip from March 17 to April due to a possible spacecraft separation issue. NASA officials said on Wednesday a delay hinges on whether the system can be fixed on the launch pad or requires moving the rocket to an assembly building. Astronauts John Young Charles Duke and Thomas Mattingly are assigned to the mission with Duke recovering from pneumonia. A prior test at North American Rockwell raised questions about the separation mechanism.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Rocco A. Petrone
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
John W. Young
Charles M. Duke Jr
Thomas K. Mattingly II
Duke
Young
Moon
North American Rockwell Corp
Downey
Calif
Town hires security firm to patrol Krebs Oklahoma
Krebs Mayor Louis Paris endorses contracting with McAlester security firm for town protection. Charles Chic Young owns the force with five uniformed employees empowered to arrest and issue citations. Patrols run 9 p.m. to dawn with day on call and weekend work.
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Krebs
Okla
Louis Paris
Oklahoma
McAlester
Paris
Charles
Chic) Young
Hoffa Arrives in Miami for Florida Vacation
Former Teamsters union chief James Hoffa has landed in Miami Beach for a 60 to 90 day stay to help his wife recover from a heart attack and multiple strokes suffered last March. President Nixon commuted Hoffa's 13 year sentence for jury tampering and mail fraud just before Christmas.
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