Apollo 15 Sunday timetable from Space Center Houston
Central Daylight times list Apollo 15 schedule with David Scott James Irwin and Alfred Worden awaking aboard the Falcon and Endeavour. They plan a seven hour second lunar exploration along Apennine foothills with core samples trenches rock collection and photo work. A television telecast runs six hours thirty minutes while Worden rests aboard Endeavour between explorations.
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Space Center
Houston
David Scott
James Irwin
Alfred Worden
Endeavour
Scott
Irwin
Apennine Mountains
Rover I
Falcon
Astros Moon Drive Marks First Lunar Rover Trip
Apollo 15 astronauts David Scott and James Irwin stepped onto Hadley Base and drove the Moon buggy, the first such drive, despite half its steering. They moved out at 10:19 am CDT, with Worden orbiting overhead collecting experiments as Scott and Irwin reported on terrain features and system glitches.
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Scott
Mission Control
St. George Crater
Earth
Hadley Base
Hadley
Cape Kennedy
Rover
Jim
Irwin
Plane Renamed The Spirit of 76 for Bicentennial Year
President Nixon announced Air Force One would be renamed The Spirit of 76 to mark the United States bicentennial. The ceremony at Andrews Air Force Base featured the inscription on the nose as Nixon boarded for a weekend trip to Ohio and Iowa.
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Washington
Air Force One
Nixon
Andrews Air Force Base
Ohio
Iowa
Congress agrees on two year draft bill despite Senate deadline
House and Senate negotiators approve a two year draft renewal bill that drops the nine month war deadline. Antiwar senators plan a filibuster after Congress returns from a month long summer recess. Senator Mansfield weighs whether to bring the bill to the Senate before recess.
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Washington
Nixon
Hanoi
U.S
Senate
House
Congress
Mike Mansfield
Armed Services
John C. Stennis
D-Miss
Stennis
House Armed Services
F. Edward Hebert
D-La
Mike Gravel
Alaska
Alan Cranston
Calif
Grasshopper Secretions Use Manmade Chemical Defense
Penn State and Cornell scientists report a grasshopper Romalea microptera secreting a defensive froth containing 2 5 dichlorophenol a manmade chemical. The finding suggests insects can incorporate synthetic compounds into their defense, prompting work on safer pest control strategies.
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University Park, Pa
Penn State
Cornell Universities
Lawrence Hendry
Hendry
Cornell
Open House ads mark Alvamar sales event
Slow warming Sunday details for August events. Russell Stover Candies and Key Hexall advertise annual inventory with open houses at Alvamar locations 8421 O'Shanter and 3421 O'Shanter. Mitchell Agency Realtors promotes open houses on Sunday August 1 from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m.
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Russell Stover
Alvanor
O'Shanter
San
Mitchell Agency Realtors
Alvamar
One O'Shanter
Sun
Adv
Slow warming starts Sunday in Lawrence area
A record low was set in Lawrence as the temperature fell to 53 degrees, with Journal-World reporting a 40 degree low at 6 am elsewhere. The forecast calls for a warming trend this weekend, with lows in the 60s and highs near 80, and about a 20 percent chance of rain Sunday.
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Lawrence
Journal-World
Economy Watch Confirms Rail Strike Expands
United Transportation Union strikes expanded, shutting down 10 railroads with eight more lines threatened. Forty one percent of the system is idle, affecting 165,000 workers as the Nixon administration weighs new legislation and Javits proposes federal back to work authority.
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Washington
United Transportation Union
UTU
Congress
Mrs Scott: Says Hubby Safe Driver On Moon Mission
Mrs. Scott speaks of Apollo 15 commander David R. Scott and James B. Irwin piloting the Falcon to a precise lunar landing. She calls her husband a good driver and expresses pride despite a church obligation keeping her from watching the full telecast.
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Mary Irwin
James B. Irwin
Manned Spacecraft Center
Houston
Tex
KU Takes Vacation as Summer Session Ends
Kansas University winds down the summer term with finals and orientation set for August 23. The chancellor and administrators join the vacationing group while Mt. Oread shifts into quiet as remodeling work fills in.
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Kansas University
Mt. Oread
Good Weather Forecast for Douglas County Fair Displays
Max Bahnmaier of the fair board predicts abundant, high quality 4-H FFA and Free Fair displays aided by recent moisture. Entries arrive early as pre-entry is not required, with 4-H and open classes showing more entrants this year. The four day fair opens Wednesday at the county fairgrounds with livestock contests, auctions, tractor and motorcycle events, and commercial exhibits plus carnival rides.
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Douglas County
Max Bahnmaier
Fair
Sotuenr
Bahnmaier
County 4-1 Club
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Science Magazine
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Labor Department
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R-N.y
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Labor
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Charles Luna
White House
Mrs. Scott
Blackburn Singers
FFA
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