Three Astronauts Report Possible Fuel Leak On Skylab Mission
Apollo astronauts Bean Garriott and Lousma launched from Cape Kennedy to rendezvous with Skylab. Ground controllers noted a helium and propellant drop in a jet engine quad and monitored a brief fuel-leak anomaly before linkup and a 59 day orbital study mission.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Skylab Laboratory
Earth
Alan L. Bean
Mission Control
Jack R. Lousma
Bean
Globe
Hunter
Hunted
Pacific
Navy
Garriott
Marine
KSC
Hostages Released as Okla State Prison Riots Persist
About 300 inmates left the riot torn Oklahoma State Prison with 11 hostages in custody as tear gas drove some to the east gate. Eight hostages were freed earlier after Gov. Hall's contact with insurgents. two guards were stabbed and two inmates killed during the unrest. National Guard and state law enforcement ringed the facility as talks continued and inmates demanded amnesty and a new inmate council.
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Mccalester
Okla
Oklahoma State Prison
David Hall
David Matthews
National Guard
Rafael Cott
Paul Graham
Graham
Corrections Department
State Highway Patrol
McAlester
Meeting Set On Sales Tax in Douglas County
Douglas County Commissioners plan to meet with Rep. John Vogel to study a county wide half-cent sales tax under state law. Chair Walter Cragan notes differences with Lawrence officials and aims to involve Baldwin Lecompton and Eudora officials while planning a possible special election outside Lawrence.
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Douglas County Commission
John Vogel
Journal-World
Walter Cragan
Lawrence
Baldwin
Lecompton
Eudora
Weekend Weather Outlook for Lawrence Area
The Lawrence area faces a warm, cloudy weekend with a 20 percent chance of rain today and 30 percent for Sunday. Showers and isolated thunderstorms possible as clouds increase, with highs near 90 today, Sunday highs in the low to mid 80s, and overnight lows in the 60s. The region picked up 0.01 inches of moisture in the last 24 hours.
Little Gems Grace Clinton Lake Area
Clinton Reservoir nears completion and inspires a network of 33 structures, 31 lakes and two floodways planned by the Wakarusa Watershed Joint District 35. The project links with Clinton Dam to control 76 percent of the valley drainage and reduce flood risk while protecting land through erosion control. Federal funds cover most costs. local easements and land donations sustain the effort.
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Lawrence
Clinton
Arden Booth
Wakarusa
Wakarusa Valley
Booth
Watershed Distric
Wakarusa River
Kansas
Corps of Engineers
Carter Anderson
Douglas
Osage
Shawnee
Wabaunsee
Anderson
Conductor Sees Youth Growth At KU Midwestern Camp
Victor Alessandro, director of the San Antonio Symphony and Opera, has returned to the Kansas University Midwestern Music and Art Camp for 18 of its 36 summers. He notes a shift toward maturity, greater self discipline, and improved high school training driven by recording tech and faster learning, and praises Russell Wiley and staff for shaping music education nationally. He cites students rehearsing the full New World Symphony with the KU Symphony Orchestra.
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Kansas University
Victor Alessandro
San Antonio
Symphony and Opera
Alessandro
Partly Cloudy and Warm Weather Notice
Weather brief notes a partly cloudy and warm day with fuller details on Page 3.
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Apollo
Lousma
The
Control Center
Kennedy Space Center
Cape
Atlantic Ocean
Walter Kapryan
Kapryan
Ed Hardy
U. S. Justice Department
American Civil Liberties Union
Joe Carter
Irvine Ungerman
Cragan
Vogel
Dennis Kallsen
Lawrence Area
National Weather Service
Little Gems
Grace Clinton Lake Area
Clinton Reservoir
Pleasant Grove
Journal-World Photo
Russell Wiley
Dvorak
Verdi
Ken Seals
Paneer Eeanerseeteneoe
Eneenn
Eanansad
Whaapeuese
Pecesssers
Reuesnne
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