Apollo 16 Moon Mission Ends With Record Rock Collection
Apollo 16 returns to Earth after a 71 hour surface stay on the Descartes highlands. Young and Duke set a new on surface time record and collected vast rock samples while Mission Control celebrated a major lunar science achievement with Duke and Young bringing the mission to a close.
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Mission Control
Mattingly
Young
Duke
Orion
Casper
Descartes Plateau
North Bay Crater
Grand Canyon
Charlie
Texas
Apollo 16 timetable lists moon operations and splashdown
Apollo 16 schedule outlines key events from 3:34 p.m. jettison of Orion to 2:44 p.m. splashdown in the South Pacific. Activities include releasing a subsatellite for solar wind data, a space walk to retrieve film cassettes, and a powered return to Earth aboard Casper with Young and Duke aboard.
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Earth
Pacific Ocean
Moon
Young
Duke
Mission Control
Houston
Thomas K. Mattingly I
Casper
Lunar
Mattingly
John W. Young
Charles M. Duke Jr
Lunar highlands hold clues to moon’s ancient crust
Apollo 16 crew explored the Descartes highlands seeking rocks formed 4.6 billion years ago to illuminate the moon’s origin. Geologists debate Cayley formation origins while magnetic readings from rocks aim to map ancient lunar magnetism over time.
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Harold Masursky
U.S. Geological Survey
Descartes Mountains
Young
Duke
Moon
Cayley
Orion
Cayley Plains
David Strangway
MSC Geophysics
Apollo
Lunar
Strangway
Thomas K. Mattingly II
Casper
In- Goddard Ter
Greenbelt
Valuation Board Pushes Rollback in Lawton Homes
Lawton equalization board seeks to reduce assessor increases on new single family dwellings from 1965 onward. A 10 cent per square foot target is set between 1960 65 and 65 70 with 20 cent total increases allowed. Garages and other property values see selective adjustments as protests await hearing while Garland Clark plans an appeal to District Court.
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Equalization Board
Jack Cline
Clark
Assessor
Glenn
Comanche County
Milton Keating
Lester Paden
District Court
Board of Equalization
Garland Clark
Eisenhower Junior High Art Show Slated
Eisenhower Junior High School art department will present its annual spring art show May 15 at the school. Shows by seventh eighth and ninth grade students will be on display in Room 234 and on half way bulletin boards from 8 30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Art teachers Jane Fisher and Louise Brown lead the program.
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Eisenhower Junior High School
Eisenhower Junior High
Jane Fisher
Louise Brown
Fire alarms logged by Lawton Fire Department
Fire alarms reported in Lawton with two incidents. At 11 32 p m a house fire at 4530 Atom caused minor damage. At 3 29 a m a second house fire at 1615 Douglas was reported.
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Atom
Douglas
Mental illness study notes high societal impact and alarm
Rosenthal highlights survey findings on mental illness prevalence and consequences. He cites 1967 hospitalizations for low mood, suicide attempts and successes, a 9 million adult drinking problem, high costs and arrests, rising child admissions for mental illness, and widespread psychoneurosis making estimates difficult.
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Rosenthal
United States
South Viet Defenses Crumble Under North Vietnamese Push
South Vietnamese defenses along Highway 14 collapse as North Vietnamese troops advance past Vo Dinh, about 15 miles south of Tan Canh and 10 miles north of Kontum. Other bases and towns fall in the northern highlands as hundreds of South Vietnamese paratroopers face a critical situation.
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Vo Dinh
Tan Canh
Kontum
Highlands
Saigon
Demilitarized Zone
An Loc
Dong Han
Dmz
Government action frames national issues in antitrust and Miranda rulings
Supreme Court fights over antitrust suits against automakers and a separate Miranda decision challenge are outlined. The government’s 1969 antitrust action was dropped, consent decrees constrained four firms and the Auto Manufacturers Association. Other items include desegregation timing in Norfolk and military actions in Vietnam with casualties and equipment losses. China’s birth rate and death rate are noted.
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San Francisco
Phoenix
Douglas
Automobile Manufacturers Association
Washington
Illinois
Arizona
Colorado
Hawaii
Iowa
Kansas
Maine
Massachusetts
Minnesota
Missouri
Idaho
Ohio
Rhode Island
Vermont
Virginia
North Dakota
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Norfolk
Norfolk School Board
Grayson outlines profit margin limits on large firms
Price Commission chief Grayson says about 10 percent of large U S firms would face price rollbacks as quarterly reports show inflated profits. He notes hundreds of millions in rollbacks, claims 40 percent filed show higher margins, with half justified by seasonal factors. He asserts the policy aims to curb inflation, not favor business.
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The
Price Commission
Grayson
America
Commission
Five Eisenhower Juniors Place At Southwestern Meet
Five Eisenhower Junior High School students placed at the Southwestern Interscholastic Meet at Southwestern State College Weatherford. Marcelo Rozas finished first in native speaking Spanish while Jack LaRoach Lenny Joiner Rosita Chavarria and Kevin Spence all claimed second place in various events.
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Eisenhower
Southwestern State College
Weatherford
Marcelo Rozas
Jack LaRoach
Lenny Joiner
Oklahoma
Rosita Chavarria
Kevin Spence
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Tony England
Pete Franks
Stone Mountain
Fred Horz
Masursky
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Space Center
South Pacific
Christmas Island
Rosa Hines
Lawton
Sam Maddux
Robert A. Collier
Raymond Carson
Lawton Fire Department
Sumwy
Kontum Province
Quang Tri Province
U.S
North Vietnam
Dak To
Hanoi
Thanh Hoa
China
Constitution & Press
Dial
Southwest
Lawton Evening Constitution
Living Insurance
Anthony Libro
Zenith
Vie
Zenith Afc
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